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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
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9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
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7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Chorus:
chorus riff (Albert (Nick plays chords)):
B (799877) E (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#m (911999) E 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: B I want to be... E And I don't want to... C#m You say "please don't... E 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#m F# C#m B G#m F# C#m B (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#m F# C#m B G#m 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#m B v v v v 9-----------------------| ------11---/12-12-11-9--| ---9-----9--------------| ------------------------| ------------------------| ------------------------| Verse 1: G#m F# C#m B Oh dear... really all... G#m F# C#m B Did they offend... want it to sound... G#m F# C#m B Top ten ideas... countdown shows G#m F# C#m B Whose culture... anybody know? G#m F# C#m B I wait and... "life ain't chess" G#m F# But no one comes in... Bridge (Nick) (Albert plays chords except for last 2 measures - then he plays bottom line: B G#m B G#m B G#m B G#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#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... B G#m B G#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#m F# C#m B Oh Tennessee, what did you... G#m F# C#m B I come together... middle of the night G#m F# C#m B Oh that's an... I can't write G#m F# 'Cause I've got you... (Repeat intro) (Repeat chorus) Questions? Comments? E-mail Alex @ springalo430@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________
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