Hard To Explain

The Strokes

Composição de: Julian Casablancas
Tom:
Afinação:
Tabbed by Arvid (*)

This sounds very close to the original song. Enjoy!

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)
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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...)

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|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

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-------| 

Gtr. 2 (play 3 times...               ...then this)
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e|------------------------------------|----------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------|----------------------------| 
G|-7-4-5-4--7-4-5-4--4--------4-------|-7-4-5-4--7-4-5-4--4--------| 
D|---------------------5-7-5----5-7-5-|---------------------5-7----| 
A|------------------------------------|----------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------|----------------------------| 

Intro
Bass fill
Verse
Bass fill
Verse
Bridge
Chorus
Silence for a few seconds
Verse
Bass fill
Verse
Bridge
Chorus

And there it is!
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