Strokes - Hard To Explain2 guitar tab
Hard to Explain
The Strokes
tab by Nick Lyons (nlyons83@hotmail.com) 6/23/2002
the first tab posted was a good start, but incomplete. so i tried to finish it, but anyone can feel free to use mine as a jumping off point to clarify it further, cause i'm not claiming this to be 100% accurate (i was ecspecially unsure of the lyrics).
0:00 intro: starts off just drums, then enter:
G Em G
e|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
*
G Em G
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----5------------------5----7--5---------5----7--5-------------------------------
G|-5-7---------------7-5----5----------7-5----5-------------------------------------
D|-------7---5--------------------------------------------5--7---9--7---5--7---9--7-
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
bass fill:
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-8-8-8-8--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-
0:32 verse: lyrics enter at *'s:
*was it all this mad?
*ask me for the phone, tried to take control, oh i don't see it that way, i don't see it that way
*we should sell ideas
*all lost sense of faith, says we're all the same, oh i don't see it that way, i don't see it that way
1:21 bridge: play each chord quickly (sixteenth notes?)
G E C A
G|-----------5----2-
D|-5----2----5----2-
A|-5----2----3----0-
E|-3----0-----------
G E C A
wasted til you're lifeless, i'm not like that
tryin to remind her, when we go back
1:44 chorus: i came up with these chords from the bass line, so they may sound wrong
G(open) C(barr) Am
i missed the last word so take the next train, you like what you see its hard to explain
i said the right thing but act the wrong way, i like it right here but i cannot stay
i watch the tv forget what i'm told, i am too young and they are too old
the joke is on you cause bliss is a zoo, you're right its true
2:08 interlude: after short silence, play intro
2:34 verse: same
*if you can't decide
*shake my head to say everything's just great, oh i just can't remember, i just can't remember
2:57 bridge: same
G E C A
wasted til you're lifeless, i'm not like that
tryin to remind her, when we go back
3:20 chorus: same
G(open) C(barr) Am
i said the right thing but act the wrong way, i like it right here but i cannot stay
i watch the tv forget what i'm told, i am too young and they are too old
i make what you see i'm ever so pleased, pretend to be nice though i can be me
i missed the last word so take the next train, you like what you see its hard to explain
