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Under The Cover Of Darkness

Under Cover of Darkness
By The Strokes
Guitar Tab

Tuning: Standard (From low to high: E A D G B e)
Guitar 1/Lead
Guitar 2/Rhythm

You can play this song using full bar chords, but you get a better Strokes sound if you 
play root chords. This tab is for root chords, but it is open to the player’s 
interpretation or preference.

If it would help you learn this song, watch me play it here: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9qMnJeTS5g

INTRO
Lead (Only Lead the first time):
|------11----------------11----------|--------12-12-11-11----------------|
|-7-7-----11----11--7-7-----11----11-|-9--9---------------14-12----9--9--|
|-8-8--------11-----8-8--------11----|-9--9------------------------11-11-|
|-9-9---------------9-9--------------|-11-11-----------------------11-11-|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-7---7-|
|-7h9-7-|
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|

Second time:
Lead:
|------11----------------11----------|--------12-12-11-11-------------7h9-7-|
|-7-7-----11----11--7-7-----11----11-|-9--9---------------14-12-9--9--7---7-|
|-8-8--------11-----8-8--------11----|-9--9---------------------9--9--------|
|-9-9---------------9-9--------------|-11-11--------------------11-11-------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

|-7---7-|
|-7h9-7-|
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|

Rhythm:
|------11hb-11-9-7------18hb-14-16----|-------------------------------11h12-|
|-7-7--------------7-7-------------16-|-9--9---12-12-11-11-9-7--9--9--12----|
|-8-8--------------8-8----------------|-9--9--------------------9--9--------|
|-9-9--------------9-9----------------|-11-11-------------------11-11-------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

|-11-------11-|
|-12-12h14----|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
VERSE
Lead:
|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-----------------8-------6---|
|-----------------9-------7--------------7-----|-------------------8---8---8-|
|-------------------9-6-9---9-6------6-9---9-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----9-------|

|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------8--8-----------|-----------------------------|

                                                                 First time:
|------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------|
|------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------|
|------------6-----|----------------------------------------------|-----------|
|----------8---8---|-----------------6-------4--------------4-----|-----------|
|-9-6--6-9-------9-|-------------------6---6---6----------6---6---|-----------|
|------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----7-------7-4--4-7-------7-|-0-0-0-0-0-|

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-------4/6-4-----|
|-0-0-0-------4-2-|

Second time:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

Rhythm:
|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-|-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--|-11-11--11-11--11-11--11-11--|
|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--|-12-12--12-12--12-12--12-12--|
|-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-|-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--|-13-13--13-13--13-13--13-13--|
|-9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9-|-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8--|-13-13--13-13--13-13--13-13--|
|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
Chords: B major       Eb Minor 7            Ab minor

First time:
|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-|
|-9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9-|
|-9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9-|
|-9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9-|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
E major

Second time:
|-4-4-44-4--4-4-44-4--6-6-66-6--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-|
|-4-4-44-4--5-5-55-5--7-7-77-7--9-9-9-9--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-|
|-4-4-44-4--6-6-66-6--6-6-66-6--9-9-9-9--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-|
|-6-6-66-6--6-6-66-6--8-8-88-8--9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab minor    Db minor   Eb minor 7   E major    B major

PRE-CHORUS
Lead and Rhythm:
|-----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-8-11-8-x-11--8-11-8-x-11--9-13-9-x-13--9-13-9-x-13--|-8-11-8-x-11--8-11-8-|
|-9-9--9-x-9---9-9--9-x-9---9-9--9-x-9---9-9--9-x-9---|-9-9--9-x-9---9-9--9-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|

|-------|----------------------|
|-------|---7---x-7----7---x-7-|
|-x-11--|-6-6-6-x-6--6-6-6-x-6-|
|-x-9---|-8-8-8-x-8--8-8-8-x-8-|
|-------|----------------------|
|-------|----------------------|

Instead of going starting over after 2nd time, play this:
|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|

CHORUS
Lead and Rhythm:
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-8-11-8-11-8-11-88-11-|-9-13-9-13-9-13-99-13-|-8-11-8-11-8-11-88-11-|
|-9-9--9-9--9-9--99-9--|-9-9--9-9--9-9--99-9--|-9-9--9-9--9-9--99-9--|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

|----------------------------|
|-14-1414-1414--11-1111-1111-|
|-11-1111-1111--11-1111-1111-|
|-11-1111-1111--11-1111-1111-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|

|----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------11-1111-1111-9-99-99---9-99-99--|
|-8-11-8-11-8-11-88-11-|-9-13-9-13-9--9-9--9-9--9-99-99---9-99-99--|
|-9-9--9-9--9-9--99-9--|-9-9--9-9--9--9-9--9-9--9-99-99---9-99-99--|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------|
|-14-1414-1414-14-1414-1414-|
|-11-1111-1111-11-1111-1111-|
|-11-1111-1111-11-1111-1111-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|

INTRO
VERSE (only play second half)
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS

GUITAR SOLO
Lead:
|-x-x-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-x-x---------11-12---11-12-11------11-12----11-12-11------11-12---11-12-11-|
|-x-x------/9-------9----------9/11-------11----------11\9-------9----------|
|-x-x-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-x-x-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-x-x-12\0------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------9--7-7/12-11\7---7-11/12-11\0----7/11---------9-11--9----------|
|-----11----------------7---------------7------9-11-12--------12p11p9\7-|
|-9\8-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----11-12---11-12-11------11-12----11-12-11------11-12---11-12-11-------|
|-/9-------9----------9/11-------11----------11\9-------9----------9\8\6-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm:
Strum these chords
|-4--6--4--2--|
|-5--7--5--2--|
|-6--6--6--3--|
|-6--8--6--4--|
|-------------|
|-------------|
Db minor  Eb minor  Db minor F# major

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-44------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-44-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-22-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-55-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-22-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-33------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
P.M.................................................................

Strumming again...
|-4--6--4--2--2-|
|-5--7--5--4--2-|
|-6--6--6--4--3-|
|-6--8--6--4--4-|
|---------------|
|---------------|
Db minor  Eb minor  Db minor  B major  F# major

PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
INTRO

END

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