The End Has No End Tab - The Strokes






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Artist: The Strokes
Title: The End Has No End
Album: Room On Fire (RCA 2003)

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* see bottom of tab for song structure

Guitar 1: Nick
Guitar 2: Albert

b=bend
br = bend/release
/ or  = slide

Intro - Guitar 1
    C#5          G#5            C5          F#5
E||--------------------------|--------------------------||
B||--------------------------|--------------------------||
G||--6--6--6--6--------------|--5--5--5--5--------------||
D||--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--||
A||--4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--|--3--3--3--3--4--4--4--4--||
E||--------------4--4--4--4--|--------------2--2--2--2--||



Verse A - Guitar 1 (palm-muted)

     One by one ticking time bombs won...  
E||--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
B||--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
G||--------------------------|--------------------------|
D||--------------------------|--------------------------|
A||--------------------------|--------------------------|
E||--------------------------|--------------------------| (x2)

  Oh, it's the other way around. Hey, what's that sound...
--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------| 
  
  One by one by one baby here they come...
--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|

  He wants it easy... He want it relaxed...  
--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--||
--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--||
--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--||
--------------------------|--------------------------||
--------------------------|--------------------------||
--------------------------|--------------------------|| (x2)

 Two steps forward...    Then two steps back alright.
--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|


Verse A - Guitar 2

E||----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
B||--7---------6---------|--7-------6----6-------|--7---------6---------|
G||-------6---------6----|-------6----------6----|-------6---------6----|
D||----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
A||----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
E||----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|

------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
--7-------6----6--------|--6---------4---------|--6-------4----4-------|
-------6----------6/-5--|-------5---------5----|-------5----------5----|
------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|

----------------------|------------------------||
--6---------4---------|--6-------4----4--------||
-------5---------5----|-------5----------5/-6--||
----------------------|------------------------||
----------------------|------------------------||
----------------------|------------------------||


Verse B - Guitar 1 

   Won't  ya  take  a walk.... 
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B||------------------14--------------|------------------14--------------|
G||------11--13--------------13--11--|------11--13--------------11--13--|
D||--11----------11------11----------|--11----------11------11----------|
A||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
------------------13--------------|------------------13--------------||
------11--13--------------11--13--|------11--13--------------13--11--||
--10----------10------10----------|--10----------10------10----------||
----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

Verse B - Guitar 2

     Won't        ya       take     a     walk...
E||----------------------|-----------------------|
B||--7---------6---------|--7-------6----6-------|
G||-------6---------6----|-------6----------6/-5-|
D||----------------------|-----------------------|
A||----------------------|-----------------------|
E||----------------------|-----------------------|

  out  side...          Oh no...
----------------------|-----------------------||
--6---------4---------|--6-------4----4-------||
-------5---------5----|-------5----------5/6--||
----------------------|-----------------------||
----------------------|-----------------------||
----------------------|-----------------------||


Chorus - Guitar 1

     The     End             Has        No          End
E||----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------|--11--11--11--------------------------||
G||--11--11--13--13--13--13--11--11--|--------------13--13--13--13--13--13--||
D||----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
E||----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||


Chorus - Guitar 2

     C#                         G#                       
E||--------------------------|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
B||--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
G||--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
D||--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
A||--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
E||--------------------------|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|

  A#m                        D#m                                           
--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--||
--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--||
--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--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--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--||
--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--------------------------||


Solo - Guitar 1 (palm-muted)
   C#5
E||--------------------------||
B||--------------------------||
G||--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--||
D||--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--||
A||--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--||
E||--------------------------|| (x4)
   G#5
E||--------------------------||
B||--------------------------||
G||--------------------------||
D||--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--||
A||--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--||
E||--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|| (x4)

* begin releasing palm mute after 2nd bar of G#5

Solo - Guitar 2

E||-----------------7----|--6----4---------4----|--4----4--4----4--4--4--|
B||--9br--7----6---------|------------7---------|--6b------6b------6b----|
G||----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
D||----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
A||----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
E||----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
                           *b 
--4----4--4----4--4--4--|--------------------------|
--6b------6b------6b----|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
------------------------|--------------------------|
------------------------|--------------------------|
------------------------|--------------------------|
------------------------|--------------------------|
  *b                         *b
--------------------------|----------------------------------|
--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|
--------------------------|----------------------------------|
--------------------------|----------------------------------|
--------------------------|----------------------------------|
--------------------------|----------------------------------|
  *b
----------------------------------||
--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--||
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*b - slowly bend each of these bars to full-bend without releasing.


Verse C - Guitar 1

     He wants it easy...
     C#
E||--------------------------||
B||--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--||
G||--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--||
D||--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--||
A||--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--||
E||--------------------------|| (x4)

     Two steps forward...
     G#
E||--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--||
B||--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--||
G||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--||
D||--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--||
A||--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|| (x4)
E||--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--||



Song Structure
(Guitar 1)
 - Intro
 - Verse A (x1) chord repititions indicated above
 - Verse B (x4) repeat last 2 bars twice, the fourth time through
 - Chorus  (x4) slight change third time played, just play A# longer 
 - Solo    (x1)
 - Verse C (x1) chord repititions indicated above
 - Verse B (x4) repeat last 2 bars twice, the fourth time through
 - Chorus  (x8) slight change eighth time played, just play A# longer
 - Intro

(Guitar 2)
 - Intro not played by guitar 2
 - Verse A (x2) last two bars not played second time
 - Verse B (x4) repeat last 2 bars twice, the fourth time through
 - Chorus  (x2) repeat last bar twice, the second time through
 - Solo    (x1)
 - Verse A (x1)
 - Verse B (x4) repeat last 2 bars twice, the fourth time through
 - Chorus  (x4) repleat last bar three times, the fourth time through
 - Outro