Hard To Explain

The Strokes

Composição de: Julian Casablancas
Tom:
Afinação:
Gtr. 1: (chords) clean
Gtr. 2: (lead) distorted

Intro/Verse

Gtr. 1  Each chord is played 8 times (downstroke).

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------5---5---7---7---7---7---5---5-------------------| 
D|-5---2---7---7---5---5---7---7---7---7---5---5---7---7-----------| 
A|-5---2---7---7---3---3---5---5---5---5---3---3---7---7-----------| 
E|-3---0---5---5-----------------------------------5---5-----------| 

Gtr. 2

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------7----------------7-5-----------------------| 
G|-5-7-7h9------7-5-9-5---5-9-5--7-5-9-5---------------------------| 
D|---------7-5--------------------------------5-7-7h9-7--5-7-7h9-7-| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

Bass fill (if you are playing without a bass one of the guitars can 
play this riff)

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-| 

Bridge (raised in carolina...)
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Gtr. 1

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-5---5---2---2---5---5---7---7---5---5---2---2---5---5---7---7---| 
A|-5---5---2---2---5---5---7---7---5---5---2---2---5---5---7---7---| 
E|-3---3---0---0---3---3---5---5---3---3---0---0---3---3---5---5---| 

Gtr. 2 (2 times)

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

Riff again...
then pre-chorus


Albert slides up to this:

e|----10--|                          
B|-3s-12--|  and plays this through  
G|----12--|  pre-chorus and chorus   
D|----12--|                          
A|----10--|                          
E|----10--|                          

While Nick plays this:
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e|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---2-2-2-2-2-2-
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---2-2-2-2-2-2-
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---0-0-0-0-0-0-
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------
e|----| 
B|----| 
G|2-2-| 
D|2-2-| 
A|0-0-| 
E|----| 

raised in carolina (she said), im not like that
trying to remind her, when we go back

Chorus (I missed the last bus...)

Gtr. 1

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------7---------------7---------------7-------------------| 
D|-5---5---2---7---5---5---2---7---5---5---2---7---5---5---2-------| 
A|-5---5---2---5---5---5---2---5---5---5---2---5---5---5---2-------| 
E|-3---3---0-------3---3---0-------3---3---0-------3---3---0-------| 

chorus

e|--------------------------------------------------|                 
B|--------------------------------------------------|                 
G|--------------------------------------------------|                 
D|--9--12--9--10--9---(x2)------9--------------(x2)-|                 
A|----------------------------10--10--12--10--------|                 
E|--------------------------------------------------|                 

Remember other     e|-10-
guitarist is still B|-12-
playing this like  G|-12-
a madman! ->       D|-12-
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