The Libertines - Boys in the band
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Tuning:
Boys In The Band - The Libertines
From The Album 'Up The Bracket'
Standard Tuning - Capo on 1st fret
Tabbed in relation to capo, ie. 3rd fret actually means 4th
Intro:
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f¦¦--------------2-------2---¦----------¦
C¦¦--3-------------3-------3-¦-----3----¦
G#¦¦--2---------2-------2-----¦---2---2--¦ Repeat 8 times
D#¦¦--0-------0-------0-------¦-0--------¦
A#¦¦--------------------------¦----------¦
F¦¦--------------------------¦----------¦
Main Riff:
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e¦¦------------------------------¦
B¦¦------------------------------¦
G¦¦------0-2-2/3-2-0---1-1--4-4--¦ x2
D¦¦--2-2-0-2-2/3-2-0---2-2--5-5--¦
A¦¦--2-2---------------2-2--5-5--¦
E¦¦------------------------------¦
e¦¦------0--0-0--------------------¦
B¦¦------3--3-3--------------------¦
G¦¦--1---1--1-1---1-1-1--4-4-4--1--¦ x2
D¦¦--2---2--2-2---2-2-2--5-5-5--2--¦
A¦¦--2---2--2-2---2-2-2--5-5-5--2--¦
E¦¦--0--------------------------0--¦
Verse:
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You're Etalking like you've never seen the
light... etc.
e¦¦---------------¦
B¦¦-----3--3-3-3--¦
G¦¦--1--1--1-1-1--¦ x3 I think there's about 3 guitars here,
D¦¦--2--2--2-2-2--¦ each doing this or variations of the main riff
A¦¦--2--2--2-2-2--¦
E¦¦--0------------¦
But I've C#5never seen you dance and I've B5never heard you sing
So G#5how could it mean a...
...single thing?
e¦¦---------------¦------------------------------------------¦
B¦¦---------------¦--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--11-¦
G¦¦-6--6--6-------¦--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--11-¦
D¦¦-6--6--6-------¦--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--11-¦
A¦¦-4--3--2-------¦---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---9-¦
E¦¦---------------¦------------------------------------------¦
It's Ball so rudimentary
e¦¦--2-------7-----¦
B¦¦----3-------8---¦
G¦¦------4/------9-¦
D¦¦----------------¦
A¦¦----------------¦
E¦¦----------------¦
Main riff + another verse
Chorus:
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Tell me Ebaby, G#mhow does it feel?
I C#mknow you like the roll of the liAmousine G#mwheel
E And they all get them G#mout
A For the boys in the Bband
E They scream and they sG#mhout
A For the boys in the Bband
Then comes a messy version of the main riff and another verse
Bridge:
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e¦¦------4-4-4-4-4--10-10-10-10--¦
B¦¦------0-0-0-0-0--10-10-10-10--¦
G¦¦------------------------------¦ Repeat over the main riff
D¦¦------------------------------¦
A¦¦------------------------------¦
E¦¦------------------------------¦
Solo:
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e¦¦---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B¦¦---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G¦¦--14^16--(14)16-(14)16--14-12----12----12----12----14-12-14-12-14-12-14-12-
D¦¦------------------------------14----14----14----14-------------------------
A¦¦---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E¦¦---------------------------------------------------------------------------
e¦¦---------12--¦
B¦¦---------12--¦
G¦¦--14^16------¦ Repeat this last part a few times.
D¦¦-------------¦
A¦¦-------------¦
E¦¦-------------¦
Then do a harmonic across the strings at the 12th
e¦¦----------------------------------------------¦
B¦¦----------------------------------------------¦
G¦¦--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------¦
D¦¦--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---2-2-0-2-2/3-2-0-¦
A¦¦--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---2-2-0-2-2/3-2-0-¦
E¦¦------------------------------0-0-------------¦
Then back into the chorus and end on
e¦¦--0-
B¦¦--3-
G¦¦--1-
D¦¦--0-
A¦¦--2-
E¦¦--0-