Artist: The Strokes
Song: Hard To Explain
Album: Is This It
Tabbed by: Dave (Mouth02)

Standard Tuning: EADGBe


Verse (Rythem)              Am                C                  D
----------------------0000000000000000--0000000000000000--2222222222222222--
----------------------1111111111111111--1111111111111111--3333333333333333--
--00000000--00000000--2222222222222222--0000000000000000--2222222222222222--
--55555555--44444444--2222222222222222--2222222222222222--0000000000000000--
----------------------0000000000000000--3333333333333333--0000000000000000--
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  "Was an honest man..."                                                        x1
         C                                      (palm-muted)
--0000000000000000--0000000000000000--33333333333333333333333333333333--
--1111111111111111--1111111111111111--33333333333333333333333333333333--
--0000000000000000--0000000000000000--00000000000000000000000000000000--
--2222222222222222--2222222222222222------------------------------------
--3333333333333333--0000000000000000------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  "I don't see it that way..."


After you play this once, you play the verse again, and hold -0-, then go to the bridge                                                       -1-
                                                             -0-
                                                             -2-
                                                             -0-  x16
                                                             ---







Verse (Lead)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--88888888--77777777--8888888888888888----------------------7---------------7-5--
--00000000--00000000--0000000000000000---5/7/9------7-5-9-5---5-9---7-5-9-5------
-----------------------------------------------7-5----------------7--------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  "Was an honest man..."
-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------
--00-22/3-2--00-22/3-2---------------------
-------------------------------------------
------------------------1717171717171717---
------------------------1515151515151515--x8
  "I don't see it that way..."


After you play this once, you play the verse again, and hold ---, then go to the bridge                                                       ---
                                                             -2-
                                                             ---                                                                                  --- x16
                                                             ---



Bridge (Rythem)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------4444444444444444--7777777777777777--
--55555555555555555--5555555555555555--4444444444444444--7777777777777777--  x2
--55555555555555555--5555555555555555--2222222222222222--5555555555555555--
--33333333333333333--0000000000000000--------------------------------------
"Raised in Carolina..."


Bridge (Lead)
--------------------
--------------------
--------------------
--1717171717171717-- x8
--1717171717171717--
--1515151515151515--

Chorus (Rythem)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
--9-12-9-10-9-9-12-9-10-9----9-------------9-------------------------  x4
--------------------------10---10-12-10-10---10-12-10----------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
  "I missed the last bus..."



Chorus (Lead)
--------------------------
--------------------------
--------------------------
--------------------------  x8
--1717171717171717--------        It seems too easy, but if you watch them live,
--1515151515151515--------        thats what the lead guitarist plays.


Then you play the whole over again, and thats it.  If you have any questions, comments, or corrections, you can e-mail me at MasterHamfast22@aol.com or IM me on
MasterHamfast22.  Amen