Artist: The Strokes
Title: The Way It Is
Album: Room On Fire (RCA 2003)
* corrected on 12/07/03
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* It’s all tabbed here but you have to
listen to piece it together correctly *
Chords:
B B7 F# F#(2) F#7 E
E||–7—-7—-2———-2————-|
B||–7—-7—-2—-11—-2—–9——-|
G||–8—-8—-3—-11—-3—–9——-|
D||–9—-7—-4—-11—-4—–9——-|
A||–9—-9—-4—-9—–4—–7——-|
E||–7—-7—-2———-2————-|
x4
B B7
E||–7–7–7–7—-7–7–7—-7–7–7–7–7–7–7–|
B||–7–7–7–7—-7–7–7—-7–7–7–7–7–7–7–|
G||–8–8–8–8—-8–8–8—-8–8–8–8–8–8–8–|
D||–9–9–7–9—-9–7–9—-9–7–9–9–9–7–9–|
A||–9–9–9–9—-9–9–9—-9–9–9–9–9–9–9–|
E||–7–7–7–7—-7–7–7—-7–7–7–7–7–7–7–|
(listen for timing)
She was asleep and the problem would stay…
E||——————————————-|——————————————||
B||—–9————————————-|——————————————||
G||–9———11——–8–11p–8–9———|—6–9p–6–8——–6–9p—6–8——–||
D||——————————————-|——————————————||
A||——————————————-|——————————————||
E||——————————————-|——————————————||
– just strums E chord
I wish it was not true… but that’s the way it is.
B F#
E||–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–||
B||–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–||
G||–8–8–8–8–8–8–8–8–|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–||
D||–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–||
A||–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–||
E||–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–||
B F#
E||–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–|———————————-||
B||–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–|–11–11–11–11–11–11–11–11–||
G||–8–8–8–8–8–8–8–8–|–11–11–11–11–11–11–11–11–||
D||–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–|–11–11–11–11–11–11–11–11–||
A||–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–|–9—9—9—9—9—9—9—9—||
E||–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–|———————————-||
E||——————————————————-|
B||——————————————————-|
G||——————————————————-|
D||–9–9–9–9—-9–9–9/-13–13–13–13–11–11–9–9–|
A||——————————————————-|
E||–7–7–7–7—-7–7–7/-11–11–11–11–9—9—7–7–|
E||——————————————————-|
B||——————————————————-|
G||——————————————————-|
D||–9–9–9–9—-9–9–9/-13–13–13–13–11–11–9–9–|
A||——————————————————-|
E||–7–7–7–7—-7–7–7/-11–11–11–11–9—9—7–7–|
E||————————————————-|
B||————————————————-|
G||————————————————-|
D||–4–4–4–4—-4–4–4/-8–8–8–8–6–6–4–4–|
A||————————————————-|
E||–2–2–2–2—-2–2–2/-6–6–6–6–4–4–2–2–|
E||——————————————————-|
B||——————————————————-|
G||——————————————————-|
D||–8–8–8–8—-8–8–8/-13–13–13–13–11–11–9–9–|
A||——————————————————-|
E||–6–6–6–6—-6–6–6/-11–11–11–11–9—9—7–7–|
* Gtr. 1 ends break here with F# octave strummed twice.
B B7
E||–7–7–7–7—-7–7–7—-7–7–7–7–7–7–7–|
B||–7–7–7–7—-7–7–7—-7–7–7–7–7–7–7–|
G||–8–8–8–8—-8–8–8—-8–8–8–8–8–8–8–|
D||–9–9–7–9—-9–7–9—-9–7–9–9–9–7–9–|
A||–9–9–9–9—-9–9–9—-9–9–9–9–9–9–9–|
E||–7–7–7–7—-7–7–7—-7–7–7–7–7–7–7–| x2
F# F#7
–2–2–2–2—-2–2–2—-2–2–2–2–2–2–2–|
–2–2–2–2—-2–2–2—-2–2–2–2–2–2–2–|
–3–3–3–3—-3–3–3—-3–3–3–3–3–3–3–|
–4–4–2–4—-4–2–4—-4–2–4–4–4–2–4–|
–4–4–4–4—-4–4–4—-4–4–4–4–4–4–4–|
–2–2–2–2—-2–2–2—-2–2–2–2–2–2–2–| x2
* Gtr. 2 ends break here with F# chord strummed twice.
Song Structure
– Intro (x4)
– Verse (x1)
– Intro (x2)
– Verse (x2)
– Chorus (x3)
– Verse (x1)
– Break (x2)
– Verse (x2)
– Chorus (x4)
* both guitars end with F# chord
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* Don’t forget to turn off word-wrap. *
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