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The Rhythm Song

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The Rhythm Song by The Strokes (Unreleased by the way)

Guitar 1 (Nick Valensi)
Guitar 2 (Albert Hammond Jr)

Standard Tuning (E A D G B e)

GUITAR 1- Nick Valensi

INTRO
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|    
D|2-0--------------|x12
A|--------0-1-2----|
E|-----3-----------|

On the 4th, 8th, and 12th time, plays it like:
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|    
D|2-0-4-0---0------|
A|--------2--------|
E|-----------------|

VERSE
E|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
B|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
G|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
D|-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|-2-0--------------|-2-0--------------|
A|----------------------------------|---------0-1-2----|---------0-1-2----|
E|----------------------------------|------3-----------|------3-----------|
"I'm tired of the lost so left alone, Yeah."
"Arriving just in time to see the earth destroyed, yeah"

E|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
B|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
G|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
D|----------------------------------|-2-0--------------|-2-0-4-0---0------|
A|----------------------------------|---------0-1-2----|---------2--------|
E|--3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~2~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|------3-----------|------------------|
"Surrounded by the souls I've thrown"
"I said drag me there, or just take me home"

Play Verse twice.

CHORUS
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-5-------7-------|
A|-5-(x16)-7-(x16)-|
E|-3-------5-------|
"(Julian mumbles, can't understand what he says)"

SECOND VERSE
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|    
D|2-0--------------|x8
A|--------0-1-2----|
E|-----3-----------|

E|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
B|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
G|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
D|-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|-2-0--------------|-2-0--------------|
A|----------------------------------|---------0-1-2----|---------0-1-2----|
E|----------------------------------|------3-----------|------3-----------|
"Protected by the saints in all 50 states"
"I'm from around here so I should know, yeah, I said yeah"

E|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
B|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
G|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
D|----------------------------------|-2-0--------------|-2-0-4-0---0------|
A|----------------------------------|---------0-1-2----|---------2--------|
E|--3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~2~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|------3-----------|------------------|
"American minds destined to be great"
"Blame it all on the Eskimos"

Play Verse twice (not first riff).

SECOND CHORUS
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-5-------7-------|
A|-5-(x16)-7-(x16)-|
E|-3-------5-------|
"(Julian mumbles, can't understand what he says)"

SOLO
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-7-7-4-4-4-2-7-4-|
D|-----------------| x8       on the 5th time, throw in a 9b 
A|-----------------|         (on the G String)as the first note
E|-----------------|

E|------------|
B|------------|
G|---9--7--9--|(tremolo picking)
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|

E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|    
D|2-0--------------|x4
A|--------0-1-2----|
E|-----3-----------|

THIRD VERSE
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|    
D|2-0--------------|x8
A|--------0-1-2----|
E|-----3-----------|

E|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
B|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
G|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
D|-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|-2-0--------------|-2-0--------------|
A|----------------------------------|---------0-1-2----|---------0-1-2----|
E|----------------------------------|------3-----------|------3-----------|
"I'm tired of the lost so left alone"
"Arriving just in time to see the earth destroyed, yeah"

E|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
B|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
G|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
D|----------------------------------|-2-0--------------|-2-0-4-0---0------|
A|----------------------------------|---------0-1-2----|---------2--------|
E|--3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~2~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|------3-----------|------------------|
"Surrounded by the souls I've thrown"
"I said drag me there, or just, just take me home"

Play Verse twice (not first riff).

THIRD CHORUS
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-5-------7-------|
A|-5-(x16)-7-(x16)-|
E|-3-------5-------|
"(Julian mumbles, can't understand what he says)"

SECOND SOLO
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-10b (x14)---10-8---10-8-10-8---10-8-----| mess around with those notes,
G|------------------9-----------9------9---| you know, a little improve.. it
D|-----------------------------------------| practically impossible to tack
A|-----------------------------------------| the solo perfect, nick probably
E|-----------------------------------------| plays it different every time.
                                             oh, and throw some 17's and 15's 
                                             on the G String for high notes..
GUITAR 2- Albert Hammond Jr

(guitar 1 plays four times by self)
on third time guitar 2 comes in

E|---------|
B|---------|
G|-9~~~----|
D|-9~~~----| hold for 2 measures
A|-7~~~----|
E|---------|

E|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-9--12-----|
D|-9--12--7--| x8
A|-7--10--7--|
E|--------5--|
**not exact strum pattern (listen to song to figure out)

VERSE
E|-------------|------------|
B|-------------|------------|
G|-9~~~--------|--9--12-----|
D|-9~~~--------|--9--12--7--| x4
A|-7~~~--------|--7--10--7--|
E|-------------|---------5--|
"I'm tired of the lost so left alone"
"Surrounded by the souls I've thrown"
"Arriving just in time to see the earth destroyed, yeah"
"I said drag me there, or just take me home"

CHORUS
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-12-------14-------|
D|-12-(x16)-14-(x16)-|
A|-10-------12-------|
E|-------------------|
"(Julian mumbles, can't understand what he says)"

SECOND VERSE
E|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-9--12-----|
D|-9--12--7--| x8
A|-7--10--7--|
E|--------5--|

E|-------------|------------|
B|-------------|------------|
G|-9~~~--------|--9--12-----|
D|-9~~~--------|--9--12--7--| x4
A|-7~~~--------|--7--10--7--|
E|-------------|---------5--|
"Protected by the saints in all 50 states"
"American minds destined to be great"
"I'm from around here so I should know, yeah, I said yeah"
"I said drag me home or just, take me home"

SECOND CHORUS
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-12-------14-------|
D|-12-(x16)-14-(x16)-|
A|-10-------12-------|
E|-------------------|
"(Julian mumbles, can't understand what he says)"

SOLO
E|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|
G|-9-9-9-------------12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-|-9-9b-9-9b-9-9b--|
D|-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-|-9-9b-9-9b-9-9b--|
A|-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--|-7-7b-7-7b-7-7b--|
E|-------8--8--8--8--------------------------|-----------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-14-|
D|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-14-|
A|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-14-14-14-14-14-|
D|-14-14-14-14-14-|
A|-12-12-12-12-12-|
E|----------------|

**all the strumming in the solo needs listening to for speed...

THIRD VERSE
E|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-9--12-----|
D|-9--12--7--| x8
A|-7--10--7--|
E|--------5--|

E|-------------|------------|
B|-------------|------------|
G|-9~~~--------|--9--12-----|
D|-9~~~--------|--9--12--7--| x4
A|-7~~~--------|--7--10--7--|
E|-------------|---------5--|
"I'm tired of the lost so left alone"
"Surrounded by the souls I've thrown"
"Arriving just in time to see the earth destroyed, yeah"
"I said drag me there, or just, just take me home"

THIRD CHORUS
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-12-------14-------|
D|-12-(x16)-14-(x16)-|
A|-10-------12-------|
E|-------------------|
"(Julian mumbles, can't understand what he says)"

SECOND SOLO
E|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-9--12-----|
D|-9--12--7--| play this until the end or solo is finished, end on barred 7..
A|-7--10--7--|
E|--------5--|



not the best tabs ever, but i've spend over 4 hours on these.. so, be happy =]

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