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Difficulty: Advanced

Band: The Strokes
Track: I Can't Win
Album: Room On Fire
Submitted by: nelson

Guitar 1: Nick Valensi
Guitar 2: Albert Hammond Jr.

Intro

Chord diagramE MajorE|--4-----------|
Chord diagramBB|--5-----------|
Chord diagramG+G|--4-----------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--4-----------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--6-----------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------|

Guitar 1

Chord diagramE MajorE|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramBB|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramG+G|-6--6--4--4-4-6-6--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-6--6--6--6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------|

Chord diagramE MajorE|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramBB|-5--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|
Chord diagramG+G|-6--6--4--4-4-6-6--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-6--6--6--6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------|

Guitar 2
Nothing during Intro...


Verse
When vocals come in come in

Guitar 1

|     |     |     |     |
|  Chord diagramBB  |  Chord diagramBB  |  Chord diagramE MajorE  |  Chord diagramE MajorE  |    X2
|     |     |     |     |

Guitar 2

Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------|   played twice
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--9-9-9-9--7-7--6--6-6--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|

Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------|   played twice
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--7-7-7-7--6-6--4--4-4--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|
Chorus
Both Guitars

Chord diagramE MajorE|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramBB|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramG+G|-6--6--4--4-4-6-6--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-6--6--6--6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------|

Chord diagramE MajorE|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramBB|-5--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|
Chord diagramG+G|-6--6--4--4-4-6-6--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-6--6--6--6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------|

Guitar 1
With Distortion

Chord diagramE MajorE|---------9-------|----6---7---6--|----6---9---6--|----6---9---6--|
Chord diagramBB|--9-12-9---9-12--|--5---5---5----|--7---7---7----|--7---7---7----|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

Albert's chords are hard to deciphere here, when Jules says "Oh-I....Can't...Win"
Chord diagramG# minorG#m for the first chord i think (please post).


"Things in bars that people do..."
Guitar 1

|     |     |     |     |
|  Chord diagramBB  |  Chord diagramBB  |  Chord diagramE MajorE  |  Chord diagramE MajorE  |    X2
|     |     |     |     |

Guitar

Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------|   played twice
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--9-9-9-9--7-7--6--6-6--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|

Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------|   played twice
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--7-7-7-7--6-6--4--4-4--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|

Chorus again
Both Guitar

Chord diagramE MajorE|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramBB|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramG+G|-6--6--4--4-4-6-6--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-6--6--6--6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------|

Chord diagramE MajorE|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramBB|-5--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|
Chord diagramG+G|-6--6--4--4-4-6-6--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-6--6--6--6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------|

Solo

Guitar 1
With distortion and reverb.
This solo is (rationally!) by no means 100% correct, however it's a starting
point i guess for someone. When there are speech marks (") above a part, that
means it's right, when there's a hash symbol (#) it means it's a cheap escape!
The percentage symbol (%) means fairly sure.

    %    "  "    "     "       "    "   "   "  #  #  #  #  # # # #  %  %  %  %   "   "

Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------9b11*-11b9-|-9-12-9-------9----9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7---------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--9b8---9b11*------------|-------12-9-12--12-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9--99-99-99-99-9b10-7-|
Chord diagramG+G|------8------------------|----------------------------------------88-99-88-99--------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|

     "   "  "  "  "       %  %  %  %  %  %  %  %    %  %  %  %  %  %  %  %

Chord diagramE MajorE|--9b11---6b8---------|------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------4-----4-7b9*--|--9-9-9-5--5-7-7-7-5--9-5---99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99---|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------------|----------------------------99-88-99-88-66-88-99-88---|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------|

* = hold note
Sorry if you get confused.


Guitar 2
Downstrokes

e|---4-------|
Chord diagramBB|---5-------|
Chord diagramG+G|---6-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---6-------| x8
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---4-------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---4-------|

e|---4-------|
Chord diagramBB|---6-------|
Chord diagramG+G|---6-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---6-------| x8
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---4-------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---4-------|

Repeated twice

Chorus
Both Guitars

Chord diagramE MajorE|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramBB|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramG+G|-6--6--4--4-4-6-6--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-6--6--6--6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------|

Chord diagramE MajorE|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramBB|-5--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|
Chord diagramG+G|-6--6--4--4-4-6-6--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-6--6--6--6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------|
Repeated 6 times

Ending

Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------|
Chord diagramBB|--77-77-77-77--|
Chord diagramG+G|--55-55-55-55--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--66-66-66-66--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------|

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