Under Cover of Darkness The Strokes

Intro: B B C#m C#m

(Verse)
B
Slip back out of whack, at your best.
D#m
It's a nightmare,
G#m
E
So I'm joining the army.
B
Know how folks back out, I'll still call.
D#m
Will you wait for me now?

(Verse2)
B
Get dressed, jump out of bed you do it best.
D#m
Are you OK?
G#m
I've been all around this town

(Bridge)

(Chorus2)

G#m
D#m
We've got the right to live, fight to use it,
C#m
E
Got everything but you can just choose it,
B
I won't just be a puppet on a string.

G#m
I'lll

(Chorus)Repeat of G#m E B F#
G#m
E
B
F#
Don'tt
goooooo
that
wayyyyyyyyy
G#m
I'lll

E
waittttttttt

B
for

F#
youuuuuuuuu

G#m
And I'm tired of all your friends
E
Listening at your door
B
And I want,
F#
What's better for you.
G#m
E
So long, my friend
B
F#
And adversary.
(No guitar)
Oh, but I'll wait for
B B C#m C#m (intro riff)
you.

E
B
Everybody's been singing the same song for ten
years.

E
waittttttttt

G#m
E
Will youuuuu

B
for

B
waitttttttttt

F#
youuuuuuuuu
F#
for me tooo?

G#m
And they sacrifice their lives,
E
In the land of all closed eyes.
B
I've been saying it a billion times,
F#
And I'll say it again.
G#m
E
So long, my end
B
F#
The sorry embrace.
G#m
Don'ttt
G#m
I'lll

E
gooooooo
E
waittttttttt

B
that
B
for

F#
wayyyyyyyyy
F#
youuuuuuuuu

G#m
E
And I'm tired of all your friends
B
F#
Knockin down your door
G#m
E
Get up in the morning
B
F#
and give it your all
G#m
E
So long, my friend
B
F#
And adversary.
(No guitar)
Oh, but I'll wait for
B B C#m C#m (intro riff)
you.

Call me back V2 THE STROKES

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E
A
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1. Wait time is the worst,
2. Wait time is to blame

I can hardly
sit
thought fame was a trip

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E
A
F#m
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E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
No one has the time
We all have the time

Someone is always late chch

Someone is always feared

Bm
E
A
F#m
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D|-------------------6-----6---6---------7-----7----------4----4----------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1. I
2. I

look
look

for
for

you
you

And you look for

And you look

me who oh oh
away
oh oh

Bm
E
A
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
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oh

oh oh oh

oh oh

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1. I dont know why I came down
2. ____________________________

I hold your phone, dont wake up

_________________________________

A
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1
2
1. I hear a voice, in the ground
2. ___________________________________________

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2

Gm
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1. Tell me, dont tell me, The hard part is telling me
2. Waiting
up
is
so
much
fun
to
eighteen
movies
make out
party

Dm

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1. Something that you are not
2.
do
oooo,

yeah

uuuu

likely to telling

____________________________uu

GRATISFACTION THE STROKES

F
Em
Dm
C
G
Oh b-baby, don't you be so mad because I barely remember
C
G/B
Am
G
F
And she tries to recognize me with the eyes she saw me with in December
F
Em
Dm
C
G
And she's starting to realize that it's actually not a good thing
C
G/B
Am
G
F
And it's so tough because you're down to go out again and have another adventure
F
Em
Dm
C
G
All her friends in the alleyway shout back, but she can't hear them
[chorus]
F
Dm
G
Dm C
But she'll never gonna get my love
C
G/B
Am
G
Dm
We can only blame the sand
F
Dm
C
Em G
Get? up in the morning in love
C
Em
A#
Dm
Am
You'll be frustrated 'till the day you give up
F
Em
Dm
C
G
He got punched the mouth for sticking his nose in other people's business
C
Dm
Em
Am
F
No good solution, always on the verge of some revolution
F
Em
Dm
C
G
With tough luck it may take a thousand years but I think we can do it
C
Dm
Em
Am
F
Best friends fight, but they never enjoy life as good as when they abuse it
[chorus]

F
Dm
G
Dm C
But she'll never gonna get my love
C
G/B
Am
G
Dm
We can only blame the sand
F
Dm
C
Em G
Get? up in the morning in love
C
Em
A#
Dm
Am
You'll be frustrated 'till the day you give up
[solo] C

D
C
F
Em
Dm
C
G
He could never mention it out here and now without big tears in his eyes
F
Dm
G
Dm C
But she'll never gonna get my love
C
G/B
Am
G
Dm
We can only blame the sand
F
Dm
C
Em G
You get tired when the days are too long
C
Em
A# Dm
Am
You get lonely when the days are gone
F
Dm
G
Dm C
No you'll never gonna get this love
C
G/B Am
G
Dm
We know ... of the? dark
F
Dm
C
Em G
That's about as far as we go
C
Em
A#
Dm
Am
Get up in the morning in love

Intro: C F G
Verse: C Dm G Em Dm
Chorus: F G

LAST NIGHT THE STROKES

C
Last night she said
Dm
Oh, Baby, I feel so down
G
Oh, and turned me off
Em
Dm
When I feel left out
C
So I, I turned around
Dm
Oh, Baby, I don't care no more
G
I know this for sure
Em
Dm
I'm walking out that door
C
Well, I've been in town For just about fifteen minutes now
Dm
Oh, Baby, I feel so down
G
And I don't know why
Em
Dm
I keep walking for miles
F
G
But the people they don't understand
No, girlfriends, they can't understand
Your grandsons, they won't understand
On top of this I ain't ever gonna understand
C
Last night she said
Dm
Oh, Baby, I feel so down
G
Oh, and turned me off
Em
Dm
When I feel left out
C
So I, I turned around
Dm
Oh, Baby, I'm gonna be alright
G
It was a great big lie
Em
Dm
As I left that night, yeah
(Solo) C F G
F
G
Oh, people they don't understand
No, girlfriends, they don't understand
In spaceships, they won't understand
And me, I ain't ever gonna understand
C
Last night she said
Dm
Oh, Baby, I feel so down
G
She had turned me off
Em
Dm
When I feel left out
C
So I, I turned around
Dm
Oh, little girl, I don't care no more
G
I know this for sure
Em
Dm
I'm walking out that door, yeah
Ending C F G