The Strokes – Under Cover Of Darkness (Guitar Tab)
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Tabbed by: Frank Truei
Email: [email protected]
I worked hard and fast on this tab... its ACCURATE!
Note that each part is retabbed because of subtle differences.
[Intro]
(Guitar 1)
e|------11~-------------------11~---------------------12-12--11-11------| B|-----------11----11-------------11----11------------------------14--12| G|--------------11-------------------11---------------------------------| D|9--9-----------------9--9-----------------11--11----------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|7--7-----------------7--7-----------------9---9-----------------------| e|-------7h9-7-----7| B|-------7-------9--| G|------------------| D|11-11-------------| A|------------------| x2 E|9--9--------------|
[Intro]
(Guitar 2)
e|11-11---------------11-11-----------------9--9------------------9--9| B|12-12---------------12-12-----------------9--9------------------9--9| G|11-11---------------11-11-----------------9--9------------------9--9| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| e|11-11--11b12-11-9----11-11-18b19-14-16----9--9--12-12-11-11-9-7-9--9| B|12-12-------------12-12-12-------------16-9--9--12-12-11-11-9-7-9--9| G|11-11----------------11-11----------------9--9------------------9--9| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| e|9--9----11h12-11--------11| B|9--9----12--------12s14---| G|6--6----------------------| D|--------------------------| A|--------------------------| E|--------------------------|
[Verse]
(Guitar 1)
e|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6-----| B|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4-----| G|4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| e|11-11---11-11---11-11---11-11---7-7---7-7---7-7---9-9-9-9| B|12-12---12-12---12-12---12-12---9-9---9-9---9-9---9-9-9-9| G|13-13---13-13---13-13---13-13---9-9---9-9---9-9---9-9-9-9| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| e|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6-----| B|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4-----| G|4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| e|7--7-7--7-7-7--9--9-9--9-9-9--7--7-7--7-7-7--9-9-9-9-----| B|9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-----| G|9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-----| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| e|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7| B|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7| G|4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4| D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------|
[Verse]
(Guitar 2)
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------9-------7--------------7-------|
A|-----------------9-6-9---9-6------6-9---9-6--/|
E|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------7--7-----------7-|
PM
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|---------------8-------6--------------6-------|
D|-----------------8---8---8----------8---8-----|
A|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----9-------9-6--6-9-------9-6/|
E|----------------------------------------------|
PM
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------6-------4--------------4-------|
A|-----------------6---6---6----------6---6-----|
E|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----7-------7-4--4-7-------7-4-|
PM
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|---------------4s6-----4--------------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------4----2----|
PM
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|---------------4-------3--------------3-------|
D|-----------------4---4---4----------4---4-----|
A|-------------------6-------6-2--2-6-------6-2\|
E|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------------|
PM
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|---------------8-------6--------------6-------|
D|-----------------8---8---8----------8---8-----|
A|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----9-------9-6--6-9-------9-6\|
E|----------------------------------------------|
PM
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4/6-6-6-6---------2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E|------------------------4-4-4-4----------------|[Chorus]
(Guitar 1)
Keeps strumming this short for the next 2 bars: e|--------------| B|--------------| G|--------------| D|9--9-9--9-9-9-| A|--------------| E|7--7-7--7-7-7-|
At the same time a 3rd track has at each accented beat
e|7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-| B|7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-| G|4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--3--3--3--3-| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------|
Then when it picks up same strum in the background:
e|7-----------------------9----------------------| B|7-----------------------9----------------------| G|4-----------------------6----------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
(Guitar 2)
(short notes)
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--9--13-9---9--13--9--13-9---9--13|
D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---11-11-11--11-11--11-11-11--11-11|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
(short notes)
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--6-11-6--6-11-6-11-6--6-11|
D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---8-8--8--8-8--8-8--8--8-8-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--9--13-9---9--13--9--13-13--13-13|
D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---11-11-11--11-11--11-11-11--11-11|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
(short notes)
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--6-11-6--6-11-11-11-11-11-|
D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---8-8--8--8-8--8--8--8--8--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7/9---9--9---9--9--9-|
G|8--8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8/9---9--9---9--9--9-| \
D|9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9/11--11-11--11-11-11| \
A|-----------------------------------------------| \
E|-----------------------------------------------| \
\
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|11--11-11--11-11-11/12--12-12--12-12-12--12--12-12--12-12-12| x2
G|9---9--9---9--9--9-/11--11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11| /
D|11--11-11--11-11-11/13--13-13--13-13-13--13--13-13--13-13-13| /
A|------------------------------------------------------------| /
E|------------------------------------------------------------|/
/
e|----------------------------------------| /
B|14--14-14--14-14-14--14--14-14--14-14-14| /
G|11--11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11| /
D|11--11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11| /
A|----------------------------------------| /
E|----------------------------------------| /[Intro]
(again)
[Pre-verse 2]
(Guitar 1)
e|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6-----| B|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4-----| G|4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| e|7--7-7--7-7-7--9--9-9--9-9-9--7--7-7--7-7-7--9-9-9-9-----| B|9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-----| G|9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-----| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| e|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7| B|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7| G|4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4| D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------|
(Guitar 2)
hint: play the 7 on E with your pinky first
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|---------------4-------3--------------3-------|
D|-----------------4---4---4----------4---4-----|
A|-------------------6-------6-2--2-6-------6-2/|
E|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------------|
PM
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|---------------8-------6--------------6-------|
D|-----------------8---8---8----------8---8-----|
A|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----9-------9-6--6-9-------9-6/|
E|----------------------------------------------|
PM
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4/6-6-6-6/7-7-7-7/2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|[Chorus 2]
(Same as guitar 1)
[Chorus 2]
(Guitar 2)
(short notes)
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--9--13-9---9--13--9--13-9---9--13|
D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---11-11-11--11-11--11-11-11--11-11|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
(short notes)
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--6-11-6--6-11-6-11-6--6-11|
D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---8-8--8--8-8--8-8--8--8-8-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
(let notes ring)
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|8--8-9--8--8--8-9--8--9---13-9---9--13--9--13-9---9--13|
D|9--9-9--9--9--9-9--9--11--11-11--11-11--11-11-11--11-11|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
(let notes ring)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--6-11-6--6-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11|
D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---8-8--8--8-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7/9---9--9---9--9--9-|
G|8--8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8/9---9--9---9--9--9-| \
D|9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9/11--11-11--11-11-11| \
A|-----------------------------------------------| \
E|-----------------------------------------------| \
\
e|------------------------------------------------------------| \
B|11--11-11--11-11-11/12--12-12--12-12-12--12--12-12--12-12-12| x2
G|9---9--9---9--9--9-/11--11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11| /
D|11--11-11--11-11-11/13--13-13--13-13-13--13--13-13--13-13-13| /
A|------------------------------------------------------------| /
E|------------------------------------------------------------|/
/
e|11----------------------------------------| /
B|12-14-14-14--14-14-14--14--14-14--14-14-14| /
G|11-11-11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11| /
D|---11-11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11| /
A|------------------------------------------| /
E|------------------------------------------|[Solo]
(Guitar 2 - Lead)
e|x-x-x-x----------------------------------------------------| B|x-x-x-x------11-12---11-12-11-------11-12----11-12-11------| G|x-x-x-x--9---------9----------9--11-------11----------11---| D|x-x-x-x----------------------------------------------------| A|x-x-x-x----------------------------------------------------| E|x-x-x-x----------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------9--7--12--11s7-7---7-11-11/12| B|----11-12---11-12-11-------11------------------8-----------| G|9---------9----------9--8----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| e|11/-----------------------------------------------| B|----7---7s12--12s16----------14-16--14------------| G|--------------------13-15s16-----------16p15p13s11| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------| B|----11-12---11-12-11--------11-12----11-12-11-----| G|9---------9----------9---11-------11----------11--| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|----11-12---11-12-11---------------------------------------| G|9---------9----------9--8-8--------6-6---------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
(Guitar 1 - rhythm)
(follow the rhythm of the first power chord so I dont keep repeating) e|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------| G|6--6-4--6-4-6--6--6-6--6-6-6/8\6\4----------| D|6--6-6--6-6-6--6--6-6--6-6-6/8\6\4----------| A|4--4-4--4-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4/6\4\2----------| E|--------------------------------------------| PM (with chuck here) e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-44--------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| D|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-44-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5555-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-22-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6666-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| E|-------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3333-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3| (follow the CHANGED rhythm of the first power chord so I dont keep repeating) e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|6--6-6--6-6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6/8/6--| D|6--6-6--6-6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6/8/6--| A|4--4-4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4/6/4--| E|---------------------------------| (ring) e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|4-----------4--4-----------------| D|4-----------4--4-----------------| A|2-----------2--1-----------------| E|---------------------------------|
[Final chorus]
(All parts same as Chorus 2)
[Outro]
e|------11-----------| B|-----------11----11| G|--------------11---| D|9--9---------------| A|-------------------| E|7--7---------------|