Boys In The Band Guitar Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 
	

Up The Bracket Tabs:

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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:
----------

   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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           E
    You're talking 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------------¦


              C#5                           B5
     But I've never seen you dance and I've never heard you sing

        G#5
     So how 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¦¦---------------¦------------------------------------------¦


           B 
      It's all so rudimentary


    e¦¦--2-------7-----¦
    B¦¦----3-------8---¦
    G¦¦------4/------9-¦
    D¦¦----------------¦
    A¦¦----------------¦
    E¦¦----------------¦
 

 Main riff + another verse

Chorus:
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              E     G#m
      Tell me baby, how does it feel? 
        C#m                             A       G#m
      I know you like the roll of the limousine wheel
     
      E                        G#m
         And they all get them out 
      A                      B
         For the boys in the band
      E                        G#m
         They scream and they shout 
      A                      B       
         For the boys in the band

    
 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:
-----
   
    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-

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture SLUT Badass	#1 by SLUT at Feb 12, 1970 at 4:12 PM EST
	love the song.

No Picture kev Average	#2 by kev fitzgerald at Jul 8, 1974 at 10:09 AM EST
	In The Libertines book 'Bound Together' It says something like 'They All Get Them Out For' reffers to people metaphorically rolling out the red carpet and buying them drinks 'cause there in a band. Meh..I dont know. Either way. Amazing song.

No Picture Chad Wanna Be	#3 by Chad Barri at Jun 4, 1975 at 12:13 PM EST
	I guess they wrote this about their obsessed groupies, how they worship them and the kind of attention they get for being the boys in the band.

No Picture FUCK Rhythm Player	#4 by FUCK OFF at Jan 20, 1981 at 9:54 PM EST
	Yes I heard that too, it would make perfect sense if it was bout the QON...it's definitely about tits rather than beer.

No Picture James Average	#5 by James Davison at Mar 12, 1987 at 5:49 AM EST
	it's all so rudimentary - its all so underdeveloped, thinking you can cling onto some one to be happy. also ''they all get them out'' i should imagine means they all get their tits out...

No Picture massie Professional Badass	#6 by massie at Nov 3, 1991 at 6:45 AM EST
	i heard that this song was written about the queens of noise

No Picture David Average	#7 by David Eldridge at Sep 10, 1993 at 3:37 AM EST
	I like the last chorus when Carl shouts it...dunno why, it just sounds really good. Great song

No Picture claireus Wanna Be	#8 by claireus s at Jun 18, 1996 at 6:27 AM EST
	about groupies

No Picture steve Wanna Be	#9 by steve hoffmann at Aug 15, 1996 at 3:11 PM EST
	yeah i remember reading in Last of the Rock Romantics that Pete was annoyed people thought it was about groupies or something.. Any relation to the Play/Film of the same name?

No Picture Matt Rhythm Player	#10 by Matt at Jun 9, 2006 at 12:35 PM EST
	Everyone loves the boys in the band.

No Picture maximus Average	#11 by maximus hyrule at Aug 6, 2007 at 1:29 PM EST
	This is a top song the best Libs song the drumming and whole structure is ammazin