Artist: The Strokes
Title: The End Has No End
Album: Room On Fire (RCA 2003)
* see bottom of tab for song structure
Guitar 1: Nick
Guitar 2: Albert
b=bend
br = bend/release
/ or = slide
Intro – Guitar 1
C#5 G#5 C5 F#5
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G||–6–6–6–6————–|–5–5–5–5————–||
D||–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–|–5–5–5–5–4–4–4–4–||
A||–4–4–4–4–6–6–6–6–|–3–3–3–3–4–4–4–4–||
E||————–4–4–4–4–|————–2–2–2–2–||
Verse A – Guitar 1 (palm-muted)
One by one ticking time bombs won…
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B||–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–|–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–|
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Oh, it’s the other way around. Hey, what’s that sound…
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–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–|
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One by one by one baby here they come…
–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–|
–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–|
–5–5–5–5–5–5–5–5–|–5–5–5–5–5–5–5–5–|
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He wants it easy… He want it relaxed…
–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–||
–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–|–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–||
–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–|–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–||
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Two steps forward… Then two steps back alright.
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–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–|
–5–5–5–5–5–5–5–5–|–5–5–5–5–5–5–5–5–|
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Verse A – Guitar 2
E||———————-|———————–|———————-|
B||–7———6———|–7——-6—-6——-|–7———6———|
G||——-6———6—-|——-6———-6—-|——-6———6—-|
D||———————-|———————–|———————-|
A||———————-|———————–|———————-|
E||———————-|———————–|———————-|
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–7——-6—-6——–|–6———4———|–6——-4—-4——-|
——-6———-6/-5–|——-5———5—-|——-5———-5—-|
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–6———4———|–6——-4—-4——–||
——-5———5—-|——-5———-5/-6–||
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Verse B – Guitar 1
Won’t ya take a walk….
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B||——————14————–|——————14————–|
G||——11–13————–13–11–|——11–13————–11–13–|
D||–11———-11——11———-|–11———-11——11———-|
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——11–13————–11–13–|——11–13————–13–11–||
–10———-10——10———-|–10———-10——10———-||
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Verse B – Guitar 2
Won’t ya take a walk…
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B||–7———6———|–7——-6—-6——-|
G||——-6———6—-|——-6———-6/-5-|
D||———————-|———————–|
A||———————-|———————–|
E||———————-|———————–|
out side… Oh no…
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–6———4———|–6——-4—-4——-||
——-5———5—-|——-5———-5/6–||
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Chorus – Guitar 1
The End Has No End
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B||———————————-|–11–11–11————————–||
G||–11–11–13–13–13–13–11–11–|————–13–13–13–13–13–13–||
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Chorus – Guitar 2
C# G#
E||————————–|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–|
B||–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–|
G||–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–|–5–5–5–5–5–5–5–5–|
D||–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–|–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–|
A||–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–|–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–|
E||————————–|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–|
A#m D#m
–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–|–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–||
–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–|–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–||
–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–|–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–|–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–||
–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–|————————–||
Solo – Guitar 1 (palm-muted)
C#5
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G||–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–||
D||–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–||
A||–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–||
E||————————–|| (x4)
G#5
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D||–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–||
A||–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–||
E||–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–|| (x4)
* begin releasing palm mute after 2nd bar of G#5
Solo – Guitar 2
E||—————–7—-|–6—-4———4—-|–4—-4–4—-4–4–4–|
B||–9br–7—-6———|————7———|–6b——6b——6b—-|
G||———————-|———————-|————————|
D||———————-|———————-|————————|
A||———————-|———————-|————————|
E||———————-|———————-|————————|
*b
–4—-4–4—-4–4–4–|————————–|
–6b——6b——6b—-|–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–|
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*b *b
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–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–|–11–11–11–11–11–11–11–11–|
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*b
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*b – slowly bend each of these bars to full-bend without releasing.
Verse C – Guitar 1
He wants it easy…
C#
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B||–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–||
G||–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–||
D||–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–||
A||–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–||
E||————————–|| (x4)
Two steps forward…
G#
E||–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–||
B||–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–||
G||–5–5–5–5–5–5–5–5–||
D||–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–||
A||–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–|| (x4)
E||–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–||
Song Structure
(Guitar 1)
– Intro
– Verse A (x1) chord repititions indicated above
– Verse B (x4) repeat last 2 bars twice, the fourth time through
– Chorus (x4) slight change third time played, just play A# longer
– Solo (x1)
– Verse C (x1) chord repititions indicated above
– Verse B (x4) repeat last 2 bars twice, the fourth time through
– Chorus (x8) slight change eighth time played, just play A# longer
– Intro
(Guitar 2)
– Intro not played by guitar 2
– Verse A (x2) last two bars not played second time
– Verse B (x4) repeat last 2 bars twice, the fourth time through
– Chorus (x2) repeat last bar twice, the second time through
– Solo (x1)
– Verse A (x1)
– Verse B (x4) repeat last 2 bars twice, the fourth time through
– Chorus (x4) repleat last bar three times, the fourth time through
– Outro
