Soma tab by The Strokes

"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 (355433) once per bar

	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                      F
	    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:

	    G6 [xxx987]  G [xxx787]  F6 [xxx765]  F [xxx565]

	    G6    G          G6    G   G6 G
	    /   /   /   /    /   /   /   /

	    F6    F          F6    F   F6 F
	    /   /   /   /    /   /   /   /

	Riff 2:

	    guitar 1 (same as Riff 1)

	    guitar 2:

	    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-------|
	    ----------------|----------------|
	    ----------------|----------------|
	    ----------------|----------------|

	    F
	    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                       F
	Soma is what...         take when...
	G                         F
	Their eyes...             new way...

	(riff 2, 2x)

	G                         F
	Few names...              sunbeams...
	G                F
	Their dreams...  in your...

Chorus 1:

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

	    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--|
	    --------------------|----------------------|----|----|

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

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

	guitar 1:

	G                         G/B      G/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
	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):

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

	(as per intro:)

	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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