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Artist: The Libertines
Track: Can't Stand Me Now
Tabbed By: Tomsk
With reference to Jonathan Ross Performance '04
Guitar 1: Pete Doherty
Guitar 2: Carl Barat
=========Intro==========
Bass line
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|--00-44-77-99---------|
Guitar 1
e|--0-------------------|
B|--0-------------------|
G|--9-------------------|
D|--9-------------------|
A|--7-------------------|
E|--0-------------------|
Guitar 2
e|--12x12-etc----11-12--| fast finger-picking
B|--12-12--------12-12--| no consecutive pattern
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
Guitar 1
e|----------------------|
B|-------12--------12---|
G|--13-14---13(h)14-----|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|----9-9-8-9------------|
D|----9-9-8-9--11-9-8-6--|
A|----7-7-6-7--9--7-6-4--|
E|--0-0------------------|
e|--9---7----5---7---0--|
B|---9---77---5---7--0--|
G|----9----8---6-----9--|
D|-------------------9--|
A|-------------------7--|
E|-------------------0--|
=========Verse========
(Lyrics may vary)
Guitar 1
E
"An ending fitting for the start
A
"you twisted, tore our love apart your
e|--9-9--7-7--5-5(/)7-7--|
B|--9-9--7-7--5-5(/)7-7--|
G|--9-9--8-8--6-6(/)8-8--|
"light fingers threw the dart
"shattered the lamp and into darkness cast us out"
"Oh you've got it the wrong way round
"you cut me out and try to blame it on the brown
"cornered, the boy kicked out at the world
"the world kicked back a lot harder now"
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==========Bridge===========
Guitar 1 - Downstrokes
Pete is on Beat 1 throughout this section
E E
"If you wanna try
"If you wanna try
Cm
"What's the worst you can do? uh-o-oh
"I know you're right
"I know you're right
"Im still in love with you
Guitar 2 - Upstrokes
Carl starts on Beat 1, then plays on the off-beat
E E
"If you wanna try
E Cm
"If you wanna try
Cm Cm
"What's the worst you can do? uh-o-oh
"I know you're right
"I know you're right
"Im still in love with you"
This part is very tricky so i have set out the metre for Carl.
________________________
|----1----2----3----4----| 1,2,3,4 = the beat. (4:4)
|----*--------------*----| the star represents a stroke.
|---------*---------*----|
|---------*---------*----|
|________________________|
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B A
"Take me anywhere, I can't take you anywhere
B A
"Take me anywhere, I can't take you anywhere
F# B
"I'll take you anywhere that you wanna go"
===========Chorus===========
Guitar 1
e|--0-------------------|
B|--0-------------------|
G|--9-------------------|
D|--9-------------------|
A|--7-------------------|
E|--0-------------------|
Guitar 2
e|--0-------------------|
B|--5-finger-picked-----|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
Guitar 1
E
"Oh you can't stand me now"
A
"you can't stand me now"
"you can't stand me now"
E
"you can't stand me now"
"you can't stand me now"
A
"you can't stand me now"
E A
"Oh how we long to keep it together
Cm B
"or do we just keep on pretending
A B
"and hope our love is never ending
E A
"try to pull the world I wasn't feeling too clever"
Cm B A B
"Aww.......Spendin'..............need a meandin'(drunk?)"
Guitar 2
"Oh how we long to keep it together
e|--0----5p4-------------|
B|--5---5---5------------|
"or do we just keep on pretending
e|--7-5-4---5-4----5p4---|
B|-------------5--5---5--|
Outro
After Second Chorus
Guitar 2
"Can't stand me now"
e|--5p4--5p4--5p4--5p4--5p4---|
B|-----5----5----5----5----5--|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
e|--7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-0--|--/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11/12--|
B|---------------------|-------------------------------|
G|---------------------|-------------------------------|
D|---------------------|-------------------------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------------------|
E|---------------------|-------------------------------|
e|--12-11/12-12-14-12-12-14-12-12--|--17p16----X5--|
B|---------------------------------|-------17------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------|
e|--19-19-19-19-19--19--17-17-17-16-16-12-12-12-11/12--|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|--12-12----12----12-----|
B|-------14b---14b---14b--|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
Guitar 1
When Carl plays at 19th fret Pete moves from
e|--0-----12(h)14--|
B|--0-----12-------|
G|--9--to-13-------|
D|--9-----14-------|
A|--7-----14-------|
E|--0-----12-------|
____________________________________________________________________________
The Positions:
A A B B Cm E E E F#
e|-5---0---7---2---9---0--0--12--2--|
B|-5---2---7---4---9---0--0--12--2--|
G|-6---2---8---4---10--9--1--13--3--|
D|-7---2---9---4---11--9--2--14--4--|
A|-7---0---9---2---11--7--2--14--4--|
E|-5---0---7---2---9---0--0--12--2--|
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Jimmy Average |
#1 by Jimmy Dresbach at Apr 10, 1975 at 5:09 AM EST |
| It doesn't sound it but this song is very sad...I love it | |
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Ryan Wanna Be |
#2 by Ryan Carter at Aug 22, 1975 at 1:13 AM EST |
| i think the pete is one of the most talented musicians out their and the libertines fucking rocked and i would love to see them get back toghether but i guess there is a point that people can't take being around you anymore and although you mean the world to each other you've hurt them too much to have a relationship. Pete seriouly needs to get off the drugs cause people are going to remember him as the druggie not the great musician that he is | |
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Guitar FrE@k Average |
#3 by Guitar FrE@k Freak at Jan 17, 1979 at 5:39 AM EST |
| Cornered the boy, kicked out at the world... the world kicked back Alot fuckin' harder... this section is sung by pete and the 'world refers to the band the libertines as they are his 'world' he kicked out at them by taking drugs and robbing carls flat and the 'kicked back alot fuckin harder' by expelling him from the band. | |
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#4 by at Feb 13, 1981 at 8:18 PM EST |
| how can you not like the libertines, they're one of the best bands to have come out of the 21st century!!! | |
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Kornowski - Wanna Be |
#5 by Kornowski - Im не русский, Бог Черт возьми! at Oct 9, 1998 at 4:39 AM EST |
| The 'If you wanna try' verse seems so pleading to me. Who hasn't been addiction's bitch or had a friend in that situation? | |
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Tyler Average |
#6 by Tyler at Apr 14, 2004 at 4:47 PM EST |
| I think the lyrics, 'And you take all that they're lending Until you needed mending.....' is basically about Pete's drug ues getting so bad that he needs help. And the first two verses are alternating between Carl and Pete. | |
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Jer Average |
#7 by Jer at Nov 10, 2004 at 12:16 PM EST |
| "the brown"must mean he blames it on the drugs | |
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Steve Wanna Be |
#8 by Steve Smyth at Apr 5, 2007 at 2:41 PM EST |
| too bad libertines disbanded =( | |
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