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Double Dare by Yo La Tengo

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                        DOUBLE DARE - YO LA TENGO
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Tuning: EADGBE

*this is the line that you can't really hear at first, slowly taking part after
two bars of a disfigured guitar line playing E F#m | Abm F#m and back*

e|---------------------|-----------0---------0---------|
B|---------------------|-----------0---------0---------|
G|-8----6----8----6----|-8----6----1----6----1----6----|
D|-6----4----6----4----|-6----4----2----4----2----4----|
A|---------------------|-----------2---------2---------|
E|---------------------|-----------0---------0---------|
                      ***
***this is where the song gains traction, when the drums come in***

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6brb-4-2-1-2-1--1-6brb-4-2-1-2-1--1-6brb-4-2-1-2-1--1|
D|---------------2-2---------------2-2---------------2-2|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-6brb-4-2-1-2-1-|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|---------------0|

***
***this is the main line, the rhythm line plays E F#m Abm F#m E like the intro***

e|-0-------------------|-2----0----2----0----2--------0-|
B|-0-------------------|-2----0----2----0----2--------0-|
G|-1----6----8----6----|-2----1----2----1----2--------1-|
D|-2----4----6----4----|-4----2----4----2----4--------2-|
A|-2-------------------|-4----2----4----2----4--------2-|
E|-0-------------------|-2----0----2----0----2--------0-|
   %    &    *    &      #    %    #    %    #        %

%           &     *                      &
I, I should know. You, shouldn't have to tell me.

#                  %           #        %               #            %
Sometimes it's the way we feel. All the way we feel, we feel, pretty bad.

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-6brb-4-2-1-2-1-|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|---------------0|

e|-0-------------------|
B|-0-------------------|
G|-1----6----8----6----|
D|-2----4----6----4----|
A|-2-------------------|
E|-0-------------------|

e|-0-------------------|-2----0----2----0----2--------0~~~~~~~~|
B|-0-------------------|-2----0----2----0----2--------0~~~~~~~~|
G|-1----6----8----6----|-2----1----2----1----2--------1~~~~~~~~|
D|-2----4----6----4----|-4----2----4----2----4--------2~~~~~~~~|
A|-2-------------------|-4----2----4----2----4--------2~~~~~~~~|
E|-0-------------------|-2----0----2----0----2--------0~~~~~~~~|
   %    &    *    &      #    %    #    %    #        %       ***

***you might want to use a tremolo arm for this part***

%           &     *                  &
In a double dare, he's got wandering eyes.

#              %           #        %                      #               %
And I see them look at you, looking straight at you, but i know where they are.

e|-0-------------------0-------------------|
B|-0-------------------0-------------------|
G|-1-----------2-/6~~~1-----------2-/6~~~~|
D|-2--------4----------2--------4----------|
A|-2-------------------2-------------------|
E|-0-------------------0-------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6brb-4-2-1-2-1--1-6brb-4-2-1-2-1--1-6brb-4-2-1-2-1-2~~|
D|---------------2-2---------------2-2-------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-6brb-4-2-1-2-1-|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|---------------0|

e|-0--------2--------4--------2--------4--------2--------|
B|-0--------2--------4--------2--------4--------2--------|
G|-1--------2--------4--------2--------4--------2--------|
D|-2--------4--------6--------4--------6--------4--------|
A|-2--------4--------6--------4--------6--------4--------|
E|-0--------2--------4--------2--------4--------2--------|
***
***this is kind of a hard part and I don't think it's perfectly accurate but it fits 
nonetheless so yeah sorry about that :/***

e|-0-------------------|-2----0----2----0----2--------4--------|
B|-0-------------------|-2----0----2----0----2--------4--------|
G|-1----6----8----6----|-2----1----2----1----2--------4--------|
D|-2----4----6----4----|-4----2----4----2----4--------6--------|
A|-2-------------------|-4----2----4----2----4--------6--------|
E|-0-------------------|-2----0----2----0----2--------4--------|
   %    &    *    &      #    %    #    %    #        @

%             &     *                      &
I'll walk you home. You take as long as it takes.

#              %           #       %                 #             @
The sun in the morning sky, in the morning sky we'll know where we are.

e|-2--------0-|
B|-2--------0-|
G|-2--------1-|
D|-4--------2-|
A|-4--------2-|
E|-2--------0-|
   #        %

#             %
We'll know where we are.

e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-6brb-4-2-1-2-1--1-6brb-4-2-1-2-1--1|
D|---------------2-2---------------2-2|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

e|-----------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
B|-----------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
G|-6brb-4-2-1-2-1--1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
D|-----------------2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A|-----------------2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
E|---------------0-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

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Last Updated: September 10, 2025