The Strokes – Evening Sun (Guitar)

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Chords

Chords used:
    E    F#   B    D#m   C#m   A    Am   D    Dm   C    G    E
e|--7----9----7-----6-----4----o----o----2----1----o----3----0-------------|
B|--9----11---7-----7-----5----2----1----3----3----1----o----0-------------|
G|--9----11---8-----8-----6----2----2----2----2----o----o----1-------------|
D|--9----11---9-----8-----6----2----2----o----o----2----o----2-------------|
A|--7----9----9-----7-----4----o----o----x----x----3----2----2-------------|
E|--x----x----7-----x-----x----x----x----x----x----x----3----0-------------|
                                                             ^use open E in the
                                                                chorus and bridge

[Verse]

E                 F#              B
They love you or they hate you

B                   E   D#m C#m     E
But they will never let you be

E                  F#             B
They thrill you or sedate you

B                   E   D#m C#m
But they will never let you see
[Pre-Chorus] C#m [Chorus]
A  Am  D  Dm   A
In the evening sun

D  Dm  A  Am   E
In the evening sun
[Verse]
E             F#             B
Encourage and deranged you

B                 E    D#m  C#m   E
Watch you walking scared alone

E           F#        B
Despite intimidation

B                     E   D#m C#m
Pleased to watch you dance along
[Pre-Chorus] C#m [Chorus]
A  Am  D  Dm   A
In the evening sun

D  Dm  A  Am   E
In the evening sun
[Bridge]
A                   E
Go your separate way now

  G                     C             A                E
Someday you'll come back and I'll be dreaming I was sunburned

G                   C
I don't want to break your heart in

 A                    E
Break your heart in two halves

 G                   C              A
Keep one half and give one half to me

A               E
I like the summer - miss the summer

G                     C                    E
Tell me, what'd you do? Nothing? Me too...
[Verse]
E                   F#          B
All actors they're pretending

B                 E  D#m   C#m    E
And singers they sometimes lie

E                 F#       B
Oh kids are always honest

B                              E    D#m   C#m    E
Cause they don't think they're ever gonna die

E                             F#                   B
You're the prettiest smartest captain of the team

B                    E     D#m   C#m
I love you more than being seventeen
[Pre-Chorus] (Alternative: just hit the 4th fret of A instead of playing the full chord, C#m I think it builds to the last chorus more, but it's up to you) [Chorus]
A  Am  D  Dm   A
In the evening sun

D  Dm  A  Am   E
In the evening sun
[Outro]
D  Dm  A  Am   E
In the evening sun
Hold that last E