Soma tab by The Strokes

Tabs

"Soma"
               (Julian Casablancas)
                 The Strokes
               Is This It?, 2001

Note: Merriam-Webster's defines "Soma" as "an intoxicating plant juice
probably from a leafless vine (Sarcostemma intermedium) of the milkweed
family used in ancient India as an offering to the gods and as a drink
of immortality by worshipers in Vedic ritual and worshiped as a Vedic god."


Intro:

	(guitar 1 (Albert, rt. channel), guitar 2 (Nick, lt. channel) plays
	 G+G (355433) once per bar

	G+G
	v  v  v  v  v v v v v  v  v  v  v v v v
	----------------|--------|------------10--|--------|
	12--------------|--------|------8-8-------|--------|
	12--------------|---O----|9-9-------------|---O----|
	12--------------|----/---|----------------|----/---|
	10--------------|-----O--|----------------|-----O--|
	----------------|--------|----------------|--------|

Verse 1:

	Riff 1:

	  guitar 1:

	  G+G           FF
	  v  v  v  v  vvvv v  v  v  v  vvvv
	  ------------10--|-----|------------8---|-----|
	  ------8-8-------|-----|------6-6-------|-----|
	  9-9-------------|-O---|7-7-------------|-O---|
	  ----------------|--/--|----------------|--/--|
	  ----------------|---O-|----------------|---O-|
	  ----------------|-----|----------------|-----|

	  guitar 2:

	  G6G6 [xxx987] G+G [xxx787] F6F6 [xxx765] FF [xxx565]

	  G6G6  G+G     G6G6  G+G  G6G6 G+G
	  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /

	  F6F6  FF     F6F6  FF  F6F6 FF
	  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /

	Riff 2:

	  guitar 1 (same as Riff 1)

	  guitar 2:

	  G+G
	  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
	  ----7-----7-----|7-----7-----7---|
	  --8-----8-----8-|----8-----8---8-|
	  7-----7-----7---|--7-----7-------|
	  ----------------|----------------|
	  ----------------|----------------|
	  ----------------|----------------|

	  FF
	  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
	  ----5-----5-----|5-----5-----5---|
	  --6-----6-----6-|----6-----6---6-|
	  5-----5-----5---|--5-----5-------|
	  ----------------|----------------|
	  ----------------|----------------|
	  ----------------|----------------|

	(riff 1, 2x:)

	G+G            FF
	Soma is what...     take when...
	G+G             FF
	Their eyes...       new way...

	(riff 2, 2x)

	G+G             FF
	Few names...       sunbeams...
	G+G        FF
	Their dreams... in your...

Chorus 1:

	Riff 3 (guitar 1, guitar 2 plays chords):

	  G+G (x1111x)
	    0222
	  v  v  v  v   v  v  v   v   vvvv vvvv
	  --------------------|----------------------|----|----|
	  15---15---15---15---|15---15---14-14-14-14-|----|----|
	  x----x----x----x----|x----x----x--x--x--x--|--O-|----|
	  12---12---12---12---|12---12---11-11-11-11-|----/----|
	  --------------------|----------------------|----|-O--|
	  --------------------|----------------------|----|----|

	  DmDm (xx1111)
	     2000
	  v  v  v  v   v  v  v   v   vvvv vvvv
	  --------------------|----------------------|----|----|
	  15---15---15---15---|15---15---13-13-13-13-|----|----|
	  x----x----x----x----|x----x----x--x--x--x--|--O-|----|
	  12---12---12---12---|12---12---10-10-10-10-|----/----|
	  --------------------|----------------------|----|-O--|
	  --------------------|----------------------|----|----|

	(riff 3, 2x:)

	G+G       DmDm
	   Stop, and go
	(DmDm)      G+G
	In your...  I am
         DmDm
	Stop, and go
	(DmDm)
	In your...

Break (guitar 2 chord as per intro, bass plays root notes):

	guitar 1:

	G+G             G/BG/B   G/AG/A
	v  v  v  v  v v v v v v v v v v v v
	----------------|--------|--------|--------|
	12--------------|--------|--------|--------|
	12--------------|---O----|---O----|---O----|
	12--------------|----/---|----/---|----/---|
	10--------------|-----O--|-----O--|-----O--|
	----------------|--------|--------|--------|
	                    (Lets go)

	G+G
	v  v  v  v  v v v v v v v v v v v v
	------------10--|--------|--------|--------|
	------8-8-------|--------|--------|--------|
	9-9-------------|--O-----|--O-----|--O-----|
	----------------|---/----|---/----|---/----|
	----------------|----O---|----O---|----O---|
	----------------|--------|--------|--------|

Verse 2:

	When I saw her for the...
	Her eyes closed, heard...
	"And I'll be there," he...
	Trying too hard to be...

Chorus 2:

	Stop, and go
	In your...
	Stop, oh darling...

Coda (as per chorus):

	(DmDm)          G+G
	Tried it once...    liked it, and...
	(G+G)
	Said I've been doing...
	   DmDm
	Well, I'm not listening...
	     G+G
	And these friends they...
	  DmDm
	Oh, yeh
	(DmDm)
	 Oh, but...

	(as per intro:)

	G+G             [end cold]
	v  v  v  v  v v v v v
	----------------|--------|----
	12--------------|--------|12--
	12--------------|---O----|12--
	12--------------|----/---|12--
	10--------------|-----O--|10--
	----------------|--------|----


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