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Song: Reptilia
Artist: The Strokes
Album: Room On Fire
Tabbed By: Devan Burke
	
	*-"Guitar 1" part for "Bridge" tabbed by koiizumi@hotmail.com. Thank you.-*

This is how I play it after watching them on the Conan O'Brien Show and live in Mississauga.

Intro

 Guitar 1                 x2                          x2
e|--------------------------|---------------------------|
B|--------------------------|---------------------------|
G|---7---7-----7------------|---------------------------|  Repeat both sections as needed.
D|------------------9----7--|---------------------------|  (these parts make up one part for G1)
A|--------------------------|----11--11---11---14---17--|
E|--------------------------|---------------------------|


 Guitar 2
   Bm     E  
e|--7-----7--|
B|--7-----9--|
G|--7-----9--|  Repeat as many times as is needed.
D|--9-----9--|
A|--9-----7--|
E|--7--------|


Verse     - During the first part of the verse, guitar 2 doesn't play anything.

 Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  After playing this a couple times, 
D|--12-12--12----------12-12--12----------------------------12-------------------12--|  go back into the "Intro" section.
A|-------------14--12-------------14--12----11-11--11---14-------11-11--11---14------|  At the same time, Guitar 2 comes back
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  in with backing chords.


Bridge

 Guitar 2
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15-15---15--10-10---10-/-12-12---12-/-14-14---14--12-12---12-/-14-14--14--10-10--10-/-15-15--|
G|---x--x----x----x--x----x----x--x----x----x--x----x----x--x----x----x--x---x----x--x---x----x--x--| 
After playing this twice, Guitar 1
D|---x--x----x----x--x----x----x--x----x----x--x----x----x--x----x----x--x---x----x--x---x----x--x--| 
comes in.
A|--14-14---14---9--9----9-/-10-10---10-/-12-12---12--10-10---10-/-12-12--12---9--9---9-/-14-14--| 

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 


Guitar 1
e|--10-------10-9-------9------------9----12-9---------10-9----12-9------------9-------9--|
B|-----10-12------10-12---12-8-10-12---10------12-8-12------10------12-8-10-12---10-12----|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| I'm not sure about the last section that
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| leads into the Bridge again, but I think
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| it's right for the most part.
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo
 Guitar 1
   Bm    E
e|--7----7--|
B|--7----9--|
G|--7----9--| These are the backing chords for the solo.
D|--9----9--|
A|--9----7--|
E|--7-------|


 Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--9--7-----7-----------------------7---9--7-----7--------------------------
G|--------9-----9--7--9--7--6--7--6------------9-----9--7--9--7--6--7--6-----
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------9--
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------



e|---------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--/9--7-----7-----------------------7--9--7-----7--------------------
G|---------9-----9--7--9--7--6--7--6-----------9-----9--7--9--7--6-----
D|------------------------------------------------------------------9--
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------


                             The D(Fret 10) is held a bit longer than the C#
e|----------7--------------------10-9-------------------
B|--10b12------10p9p7-----7------------10p9p7-----7-----
G|---------------------9-----7-----------------9-----7--
D|------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------



e|--12b14r12-----------------------12b14r12------------
B|------------15p1412------12----------------15p14p12--
G|---------------------14------13----------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------



e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--9(b11)r9--9--7-----7-----------------------7--9--7-----7-------------|
G|------------------9-----9--7--9--7--6--7--6-----------9-----9--7---4--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
   The G#(Fret 9) is a released bend down from 11. (Just to make things clear)

Bridge(after solo)
 Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------9---------9---------9---------9--|
G|-------7---------7---------7---------7----------9---------9---------9---------9--| Repeat 2x and go back into verse/intro section.
D|-------9---------9---------9---------9----------9---------9---------9---------9--|
A|-------9---------9---------9---------9-----7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--|
E|--7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7-------------------------------------------|
 single notes are palm muted.   


The song ends with Guitar 1 bending and releasing a C# note, and then quickly hitting 
a Bm chord
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