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"Hard To Explain" (Julian Casablancas) The Strokes Is This It, 2001 Intro: [4 measure drum beat] main riff (guitar 1 (Albert, rt. channel); guitar 2 (Nick, lft. channel) plays chords): G+G E minorEm A minorAm v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| C/GC/G D MajorD v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|3---1/--5-------|7-------5-------| 5---7/--9-------|----------------|------------5---|----5-------5---| ----------7~~---|--------5~~~----|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| C majorC v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 3---1/--5-------|7-------5\------|----------------|----------------| ------------5---|----------------|0-------2/------|4\----2---------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A minorAm v v v v v v v v ----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------| 0-------2/------|4\----2---------| ----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------| link riff (bass): G+G (guitar 2: 355433 muted; guitar 1: x1111x not muted) 0222 G+G G/BG/B v v v v v v v v ------------------------|------------------------| ------------------------|------------9--9--9--9--| 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-------------| ------------------------|------------------------| G+G G/AG/A v v v v v v v v ------------------------|------------------------| ------------------------|------------------------| 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-| ------------------------|------------------------| Verse 1: (w/ main riff:) G+G E minorEm A minorAm C/GC/G Was... honest man D MajorD Asked me for... (D MajorD) Tried to... C majorC Oh, I don't see... A minorAm I don't see... (w/ link riff:) G+G G/BG/B G+G G/AG/A / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Verse 2: (w/ main riff, hold final note and A minorAm chord two extra bars:) We shared some... All obsessed... Says we're all... Oh, I don't see... I don't see it... Pre-Chorus (guitar 1 plays G+G (x1111x) thru-out pre-chorus): 0222 G+G E minorEm Raised... Carolina (2x only: she says) G/BG/B G/AG/A I'm... like... G+G E minorEm Trying... remind... G/BG/B G/AG/A When... go back Chorus 1: chorus riff (4x, guitar 2, guitar 1 plays G+G (x1111x) thru-out chorus): 0222 v v v v v v v v v ------|------------------------|------------------------| ------|------------------------|------------------------| ------|------------------------|------------------------| 9--12-|---9--10----9-----9--12-|---9--10----9--------9--| ------|------------------------|------------------10----| ------|------------------------|------------------------| v v v v v v v v ------------------------|------------------------| ------------------------|------------------------| ------------------------|------------------------| ---------------------9--|------------------------| ---10-12----10----10----|---10-12----10----9--12-| ------------------------|------------------------| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ full band tacet here on 4th repeat of 1st chorus ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ end cold here on 4th repeat of 2nd chorus G+G I missed the last bus... G/BG/B G/AG/A I try, but you see... hard to... G+G I say the right things... G/BG/B G/AG/A I like it right... I cannot... G+G I watch the TV, forget... G/BG/B G/AG/A Well, I am too young... they are... G+G The joke is on you... G/BG/B (full band tacet) You're right... true (Repeat intro) Verse 3 (as per verse 2): Says he can't... Shake my head... Everything's just... Oh, I just can't... I just can't... (Repeat pre-chorus) Chorus 2: I say the right things... I like it right here... I watch the TV, forget... Well, I am too young... I'll make it, you see... Pretend to be nice so... I missed the last bus... G/BG/B G/AG/A [end cold] I try, but you see... hard to explain Questions? Comments? E-mail Alex @ [email protected] _________________________________________________________________
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