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Under Cover Of Darkness

The Strokes

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Under Cover Of Darkness

Written by The Strokes

	  		 
Guitar 1 - Intro 
e|------11~-------------------11~---------------------12-12--11-11------| 
B|-----------11----11-------------11----11------------------------14--12| 
G|--------------11-------------------11---------------------------------|   
D|9--9-----------------9--9-----------------11--11----------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|7--7-----------------7--7-----------------9---9-----------------------| 

e|-------7h9-7-----9| 
B|-------7-------9--| 
G|------------------| 
D|11-11-------------| 
A|------------------|                 x2 
E|9--9--------------| 

Guitar 2 - Intro 
e|7--7-----------------7--7-----------------9--9------------------9--9| 
B|7--7-----------------7--7-----------------9--9------------------9--9| 
G|4--4-----------------4--4-----------------6--6------------------6--6| 
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 

e|7--7---11b12-11-9-7--7--7--18b19-14-16----9--9--12-12-11-11-9-7-9--9| 
B|7--7-----------------7--7--------------16-9--9--12-12-11-11-9-7-9--9| 
G|4--4-----------------4--4-----------------6--6------------------6--6| 
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 

e|9--9----11h12-11--------11| 
B|9--9----12--------12s14---| 
G|6--6----------------------| 
D|--------------------------| 
A|--------------------------|    
E|--------------------------| 


------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
Guitar 1 - Verse 

e|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6-----| 
B|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4-----| 
G|4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------| 

e|11-11---11-11---11-11---11-11---7-7---7-7---7-7---9-9-9-9| 
B|12-12---12-12---12-12---12-12---9-9---9-9---9-9---9-9-9-9| 
G|13-13---13-13---13-13---13-13---9-9---9-9---9-9---9-9-9-9| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------| 


e|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6-----| 
B|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4-----| 
G|4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------| 

e|7--7-7--7-7-7--9--9-9--9-9-9--7--7-7--7-7-7--9-9-9-9-----| 
B|9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-----| 
G|9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-----| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------| 

e|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7| 
B|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7| 
G|4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4| 
D|------------------------| 
A|------------------------| 
E|------------------------| 

Guitar 2 - Verse 
  
e|----------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------9-------7--------------7-------| 
A|-----------------9-6-9---9-6------6-9---9-6--/| 
E|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------7--7-----------7-| 
   PM 
e|----------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------8-------6--------------6-------| 
D|-----------------8---8---8----------8---8-----| 
A|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----9-------9-6--6-9-------9-6/| 
E|----------------------------------------------| 
    PM 
e|----------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------6-------4--------------4-------| 
A|-----------------6---6---6----------6---6-----| 
E|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----7-------7-4--4-7-------7-4-| 
   PM 
e|--------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------| 
D|---------------4s6-----4--------------| 
A|----------------------------4----2----| 
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------| 
  PM 
e|----------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------4-------3--------------3-------| 
D|-----------------4---4---4----------4---4-----| 
A|-------------------6-------6-2--2-6-------6-2\| 
E|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------------| 
  PM 
e|----------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------8-------6--------------6-------| 
D|-----------------8---8---8----------8---8-----| 
A|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----9-------9-6--6-9-------9-6\| 
E|----------------------------------------------| 
  PM 
e|-----------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------| 
A|2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4/6-6-6-6---------2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| 
E|------------------------4-4-4-4----------------| 

------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Guitar 1 - Chorus 
Keeps strumming this short for the next 2 bars: 
e|--------------| 
B|--------------| 
G|--------------| 
D|9--9-9--9-9-9-| 
A|--------------| 
E|7--7-7--7-7-7-| 

At the same time a 3rd track has at each accented beat 

e|6--6--6--6--8--8--8--8--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-| 
B|6--6--6--6--8--8--8--8--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-| 
G|4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--3--3--3--3-| 
D|-----------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------| 



Then when it picks up same strum in the background: 

e|7-----------------------9----------------------| 
B|7-----------------------9----------------------| 
G|4-----------------------6----------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------| 


Guitar 2 - Chorus 
  (short notes) 

e|------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--9--13-9---9--13--9--13-9---9--13| 
D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---11-11-11--11-11--11-11-11--11-11| 
A|------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------| 

  (short notes) 
e|-----------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------| 
G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--6-11-6--6-11-6-11-6--6-11| 
D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---8-8--8--8-8--8-8--8--8-8-| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------| 

e|------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--9--13-9---9--13--9--13-13--13-13| 
D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---11-11-11--11-11--11-11-11--11-11| 
A|------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------| 

  (short notes) 
e|-----------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------| 
G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--6-11-6--6-11-11-11-11-11-| 
D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---8-8--8--8-8--8--8--8--8--| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------| 

e|-----------------------------------------------| 
B|7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7/9---9--9---9--9--9-| 
G|8--8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8/9---9--9---9--9--9-|           \ 
D|9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9/11--11-11--11-11-11|            \ 
A|-----------------------------------------------|             \ 
E|-----------------------------------------------|              \ 
                                                                 \ 
e|------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|11--11-11--11-11-11/12--12-12--12-12-12--12--12-12--12-12-12|   x2 
G|9---9--9---9--9--9-/11--11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11|   /  
D|11--11-11--11-11-11/13--13-13--13-13-13--13--13-13--13-13-13|  / 
A|------------------------------------------------------------| / 
E|------------------------------------------------------------|/ 
                                                              / 
e|----------------------------------------|                  / 
B|14--14-14--14-14-14--14--14-14--14-14-14|                 / 
G|11--11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11|                / 
D|11--11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11|               / 
A|----------------------------------------|              / 
E|----------------------------------------|             / 



-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
INTRO again 
-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Short verse before verse 2 

Guitar 1-  

e|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6-----| 
B|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4-----| 
G|4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------| 

e|7--7-7--7-7-7--9--9-9--9-9-9--7--7-7--7-7-7--9-9-9-9-----| 
B|9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-----| 
G|9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-----| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------| 

e|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7| 
B|7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7| 
G|4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4| 
D|------------------------| 
A|------------------------| 
E|------------------------| 


Guitar 2 - 

hint: play the 7 on E with your pinky first 
e|----------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------4-------3--------------3-------| 
D|-----------------4---4---4----------4---4-----| 
A|-------------------6-------6-2--2-6-------6-2/| 
E|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------------| 
   PM 
e|----------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------8-------6--------------6-------| 
D|-----------------8---8---8----------8---8-----| 
A|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----9-------9-6--6-9-------9-6/| 
E|----------------------------------------------| 
                                  PM 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4/6-6-6-6/7-7-7-7/2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| 

--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Guitar 1 - Chorus 2 
Same as Chorus 1 

Guitar 2 - Chorus 2 

(short notes) 
e|------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--9--13-9---9--13--9--13-9---9--13| 
D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---11-11-11--11-11--11-11-11--11-11| 
A|------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------| 

  (short notes) 
e|-----------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------| 
G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--6-11-6--6-11-6-11-6--6-11| 
D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---8-8--8--8-8--8-8--8--8-8-| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------| 

 (let notes ring)  
e|-------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------| 
G|8--8-9--8--8--8-9--8--9---13-9---9--13--9--13-9---9--13| 
D|9--9-9--9--9--9-9--9--11--11-11--11-11--11-11-11--11-11| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------| 


  (let notes ring) 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|8-11-8--8-11--8-11-8--8-11--6-11-6--6-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11| 
D|9-9--9--9-9---9-9--9--9-9---8-8--8--8-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 


e|-----------------------------------------------| 
B|7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7/9---9--9---9--9--9-| 
G|8--8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8/9---9--9---9--9--9-|          \ 
D|9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9/11--11-11--11-11-11|           \ 
A|-----------------------------------------------|            \ 
E|-----------------------------------------------|             \ 
                                                                \ 
e|------------------------------------------------------------|  \ 
B|11--11-11--11-11-11/12--12-12--12-12-12--12--12-12--12-12-12|   x2 
G|9---9--9---9--9--9-/11--11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11|   / 
D|11--11-11--11-11-11/13--13-13--13-13-13--13--13-13--13-13-13|  / 
A|------------------------------------------------------------| / 
E|------------------------------------------------------------|/ 
                                                              / 
e|11----------------------------------------|                / 
B|12-14-14-14--14-14-14--14--14-14--14-14-14|               / 
G|11-11-11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11|              /  
D|---11-11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11|             / 
A|------------------------------------------|            / 
E|------------------------------------------| 

SOLO 
--------------------------------------------------------- 
Guitar 2 - Lead 

e|x-x-x-x----------------------------------------------------| 
B|x-x-x-x------11-12---11-12-11-------11-12----11-12-11------| 
G|x-x-x-x--9---------9----------9--11-------11----------11---| 
D|x-x-x-x----------------------------------------------------| 
A|x-x-x-x----------------------------------------------------| 
E|x-x-x-x----------------------------------------------------| 

e|------------------------------9--7--12--11s7-7---7-11-11/12| 
B|----11-12---11-12-11-------11------------------8-----------| 
G|9---------9----------9--8----------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------| 

e|11/-----------------------------------------------| 
B|----7---7s12--12s16----------14-16--14------------| 
G|--------------------13-15s16-----------16p15p13s11| 
D|--------------------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------| 

e|--------------------------------------------------| 
B|----11-12---11-12-11--------11-12----11-12-11-----| 
G|9---------9----------9---11-------11----------11--| 
D|--------------------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------| 

e|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----11-12---11-12-11---------------------------------------| 
G|9---------9----------9--8---------6----------4-------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------| 



Guitar 1 - Rhythm 
  (follow the rhythm of the first power chord so I dont keep repeating) 
e|--------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------| 
G|6--6-4--6-4-6--6--6-6--6-6-6/8\6\4----------| 
D|6--6-6--6-6-6--6--6-6--6-6-6/8\6\4----------| 
A|4--4-4--4-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4/6\4\2----------| 
E|--------------------------------------------| 
  PM                              (with chuck here) 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-44--------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| 
D|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-44-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5555-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| 
A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-22-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6666-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| 
E|-------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3333-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3| 

(follow the CHANGED rhythm of the first power chord so I dont keep repeating) 
e|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------| 
G|6--6-6--6-6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6/8/6--| 
D|6--6-6--6-6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6/8/6--| 
A|4--4-4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4/6/4--| 
E|---------------------------------| 
  (ring) 
e|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------| 
G|4-----------4--4-----------------| 
D|4-----------4--4-----------------| 
A|2-----------2--1-----------------| 
E|---------------------------------| 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
FINAL CHORUS 
-All parts same as Chorus 2 

OUTRO 
e|------11-----------| 
B|-----------11----11| 
G|--------------11---|   
D|9--9---------------| 
A|-------------------| 
E|7--7---------------|

______________________________
tabbed by: Frank Truei 
Email: [email protected]

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