What Ever Happened tab by The Strokes

"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)):

	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)


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