What Ever Happened tab by The Strokes

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"What Ever Happened?"
               (Julian Casablancas)
                 The Strokes
               Room On Fire, 2003


Intro:

	Nick (bottom line) and Albert (upper line), palm muted, 4x:

	v    v    v    v
	--------------------------------|
	--------------------------------|
	--------------------------------|
	9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
	--------------------------------|
	7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

Chorus:

	chorus riff (Albert (Nick plays chords)):

	BB (799877)            E MajorE (x7999x)
	v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

	C# minorC#m (911999)                   E MajorE
	   11
	v   v   v   v   v   v   v   v   v  v  v  v
	------------------------|------------------------|----------------|
	------------------------|------------------------|----------------|
	------------------------|------------------------|----------------|
	11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
	------------------------|------------------------|----------------|
	------------------------|------------------------|----------------|

	v  v  v  v  v   v   v   v   v   v   v   v
	----------------|------------------------|------------------------|
	----------------|------------------------|------------------------|
	----------------|------------------------|------------------------|
	9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|------------------------|------------------------|
	----------------|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
	----------------|------------------------|------------------------|
	        \------------------2nd-time-only------------------/

	chorus riff 2x:

	BB
	I want to be...
	    E MajorE
	And I don't want to...
	     C# minorC#m
	You say "please don't...
	E MajorE
	No, I won't...

	I wanna be beside...
	She wanna be...
	You say "please don't...
	No, I won't...

Guitar solo (Nick) (Albert plays chords):

	G# minorG#m  F#F#     C# minorC#m  BB     G# minorG#m  F#F#     C# minorC#m  BB
	(466444)(244322) (x46654)(x2444x)
	v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
	4---2-2---------|4-----2---------|4---2-2---------|4-----2---------|
	--4-----4p2-----|--4-----4-------|--4-----4p2-----|--4-----4-------|
	------------4---|----4-----4-----|------------4---|----4-----4-----|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

	G# minorG#m  F#F#     C# minorC#m   BB        G# minorG#m  F#F#

	v  v  v  v  v   v   v   v   v  v  v  v
	7-------6------/|9-----------------------|7-------6------/|
	----9-----------|------11---/12-12-11-9--|----9-----------|
	--8---8---------|---9-----9--------------|--8---8---------|
	----------------|------------------------|----------------|
	----------------|------------------------|----------------|
	----------------|------------------------|----------------|

	C# minorC#m   BB

	v   v   v   v
	9-----------------------|
	------11---/12-12-11-9--|
	---9-----9--------------|
	------------------------|
	------------------------|
	------------------------|

Verse 1:

	G# minorG#m F#F#      C# minorC#m   BB
	 Oh dear...   really all...
	G# minorG#m    F#F#       C# minorC#m    BB
	 Did they offend...   want it to sound...
	G# minorG#m    F#F#    C# minorC#m   BB
	 Top ten ideas... countdown shows
	G# minorG#m    F#F#           C# minorC#m  BB
	 Whose culture...        anybody know?
	G# minorG#m   F#F#        C# minorC#m   BB
	 I wait and...     "life ain't chess"
	G# minorG#m   F#F#
	 But no one comes in...

Bridge (Nick) (Albert plays chords except for last 2 measures - then he
	plays bottom line:

	BB   G# minorG#m    BB   G# minorG#m    BB   G# minorG#m    BB   G# minorG#m
	v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	              You don't miss me          I...

	C# minorC#m
	v   v   v   v   v   v   v   v
	------------------------|------------------------|
	------------------------|------------------------|
	13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
	------------------------|------------------------|
	------------------------|------------------------|
	------------------------|------------------------|
	\-play-stacatto-by-lifting-left-hand-after-each-note-/
	...know...

	BB    G# minorG#m       BB    G# minorG#m <--roots played by bass
	v   v   v   v   v   v   v   v
	------------------------|------------------------|
	------------------------|------------------------|
	13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|13-13-13-13-13-13-------|
	6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|6--6--6--6--6--6--------|
	------------------------|------------------------|
	------------------------|------------------------|

Verse 2:

	G# minorG#m F#F#     C# minorC#m    BB
	 Oh Tennessee, what did you...
	G# minorG#m   F#F#       C# minorC#m    BB
	 I come together...   middle of the night
	G# minorG#m     F#F#       C# minorC#m  BB
	 Oh that's an...     I can't write
	    G# minorG#m  F#F#
	'Cause I've got you...

(Repeat intro)

(Repeat chorus)


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