The Strokes – Drag Queen (Guitar)

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Intro + Verse Chorus + Bridge + Outro ------------- -------------------------------------- C5 x355xx A# x1333x (first time and third time) D5 x577xx C x3555x Dm x5776x A# x8876x (second time) [Intro] C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 [Verse 1]
C5                                         D5
Eighties people dancing, oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, always get it right

                 C5                               D5      
I'd listen but I can't tonight, I can't tonight, I can't tonight

          C5                              D5      
Well it’s something that you do to get it right

         C5                            D5      
End up reviled for it, yeah that's the thanks I get
[Chorus 1] (see chord definition above for different A# shapes)
A#              C    
   I don't understand

               Dm                    A#
Your fucked-up system, this sinister city

                A#                     C    
Try to sell the water, try to sell the air

                 Dm                        
Try to sell your daughter, try to sell her hair
[Verse 2] C5 D5
C5                                       D5
We all want to watch the fight, is it on Sunday?

C5                                     D5
Hide in a hole with a gun in your hand in front of someone you want dead

C5                      D5
I guess, hiding in your suit
[Solo] C5 D5 C5 D5 [Verse 3]
  C5                                     D5
I did not know that, they’re bringing me back to my past

                    C5                                                 D5
I got my head in my hand, I got my head in my-, I- I got my head in my hand

                                                C5                              D5
I got my head in-, I got my head in-, it’s just something that you do to get it right

         C5                            D5      
End up reviled for it, yeah that's the thanks I get
[Chorus 2] (see chord definition above for different A# shapes)
A#                    C    
Jail, that's what you get

                Dm                     A#
Stepping to the system, profiting from war

                A#                     C    
Fighting as the victim, always wanting more

                Dm                                  A#
Trying to trick your brothers, get them to fight it for ya
[Bridge]
A#
I cannot believe my eyes

C
Darling I can tell you lies

Dm
Coast to coast, L.A. to Chicago

Dm
I don't know geography all that well
[Outro]
A#      C
Yeahhh, yeah

                Dm                      A#
Defying Western logic, even if it shows you’re wrong

                 A#                         C    
I guess that's a classic, been with us all along
D5 C5