Band: The Strokes
Track: I Can't Win
Album: Room On Fire
Tabbed By: Tomsk/Casablanko (help from Wmfulton)
Guitar 1: Nick Valensi
Guitar 2: Albert Hammond Jr.

Intro

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

--|
--|
--|
--|
--|
--|

Guitar 1

E|-4--4--4--4-
B|-4--4--4--4-
G|-6--6--4--4-
D|-4--4--4--4-
A|-6--6--6--6-
E|------------

4-4-4--4--4-4-
4-4-4--4--4-4-
4-6-6--4--4-4-
4-4-4--4--4-4-
6-6-6--6--6-6-
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4-|
4-|
4-|
4-|
6-|
--|

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

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

Guitar 2
Nothing during Intro...


Verse
When vocals come in come in

Guitar 1

|     |     |     |     |
|  B  |  B  |  E  |  E  |    X2 
|     |     |     |     |

Guitar 2

E|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|------------
A|--9-9-9-9--7
E|------------

------------|
------------|
------------|
------------|   played twice
-7--6--6-6--|    
------------|

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

------------|
------------|
------------|   played twice
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-6--4--4-4--|
------------|


Chorus
Both Guitars

E|-4--4--4--4-
B|-4--4--4--4-
G|-6--6--4--4-
D|-4--4--4--4-
A|-6--6--6--6-
E|------------

4-4-4--4--4-4-
4-4-4--4--4-4-
4-6-6--4--4-4-
4-4-4--4--4-4-
6-6-6--6--6-6-
--------------

4-|
4-|
4-|
4-|
6-|
--|

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

4-4-4--4--4-4-
5-5-5--5--5-5-
4-6-6--4--4-4-
4-4-4--4--4-4-
6-6-6--6--6-6-
--------------

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

Guitar 1
With Distortion

E|---------9--
B|--9-12-9---9
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

-----|----6---
-12--|--5---5-
-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------

7---6--|----6-
--5----|--7---
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------

--9---6--|----
7---7----|--7-
---------|----
---------|----
---------|----
---------|----

6---9---6--|
--7---7----|
-----------|
-----------|
-----------|    
-----------|

Albert's chords are hard to deciphere here, when Jules says "Oh-I....Can't...Win"
G#m for the first chord i think (please post).


"Things in bars that people do..."
Guitar 1

|     |     |     |     |
|  B  |  B  |  E  |  E  |    X2 
|     |     |     |     |
 
Guitar 

E|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|------------
A|--9-9-9-9--7
E|------------

------------|
------------|
------------|
------------|   played twice
-7--6--6-6--|    
------------|

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

------------|
------------|
------------|   played twice
------------|
-6--4--4-4--|
------------|

Chorus again
Both Guitar

E|-4--4--4--4-
B|-4--4--4--4-
G|-6--6--4--4-
D|-4--4--4--4-
A|-6--6--6--6-
E|------------

4-4-4--4--4-4-
4-4-4--4--4-4-
4-6-6--4--4-4-
4-4-4--4--4-4-
6-6-6--6--6-6-
--------------

4-|
4-|
4-|
4-|
6-|
--|

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

4-4-4--4--4-4-
5-5-5--5--5-5-
4-6-6--4--4-4-
4-4-4--4--4-4-
6-6-6--6--6-6-
--------------

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

Solo

Guitar 1 
With distortion and reverb.
This solo is (rationally!) by no means 100% correct, however it's a starting
point i guess for someone. When there are speech marks (") above a part, that
means it's right, when there's a hash symbol (#) it means it's a cheap escape!
The percentage symbol (%) means fairly sure.

    %    "  "    "     "       "    "   "   "  #  #  #  #  # # # #  %  %  %  %   "   "
      
E|------------
B|--9b8---9b11
G|------8-----
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

--9b11*-11b9-|
*------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|

-9-12-9-------
-------12-9-12
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--------------
--------------
--------------

9----9--9--9--
--12-11-11-11-
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

9--7-7-7-7----
11-9-9-9-9--99
------------88
--------------
--------------
--------------

--------------
-99-99-99-9b10
-99-88-99-----
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--------------
--------------

---|
-7-|
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---|

     "   "  "  "  "       %  %  %  %  %  %  %  %    %  %  %  %  %  %  %  %

E|--9b11---6b8
B|-------4----
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

---------|----
-4-7b9*--|--9-
---------|----
---------|----
---------|----
---------|----

--------------
9-9-5--5-7-7-7
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--------------
--------------
--------------

--------------
-5--9-5---99-9
----------99-8
--------------
--------------
--------------

--------------
9-99-99-99-99-
8-99-88-66-88-
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--------------

--------|
99-99---|
99-88---|
--------|
--------|
--------|

* = hold note
Sorry if you get confused.


Guitar 2
Downstrokes

e|---4-------|
B|---5-------|
G|---6-------|
D|---6-------|
A|---4-------|
E|---4-------|

 x8

e|---4-------|
B|---6-------|
G|---6-------|
D|---6-------|
A|---4-------|
E|---4-------|

 x8

Repeated twice

Chorus
Both Guitars

E|-4--4--4--4-
B|-4--4--4--4-
G|-6--6--4--4-
D|-4--4--4--4-
A|-6--6--6--6-
E|------------

4-4-4--4--4-4-
4-4-4--4--4-4-
4-6-6--4--4-4-
4-4-4--4--4-4-
6-6-6--6--6-6-
--------------

4-|
4-|
4-|
4-|
6-|
--|

E|-4--4--4--4-
B|-5--5--5--5-
G|-6--6--4--4-
D|-4--4--4--4-
A|-6--6--6--6-
E|------------
Repeated 6 tim

4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|
4-6-6--4--4-4-4-|
4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|
6-6-6--6--6-6-6-|
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es

Ending

E|------------
B|--77-77-77-7
G|--55-55-55-5
D|--66-66-66-6
A|------------
E|------------

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7--|
5--|
6--|
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Please post, comments, suggestions, praise to:
Barca_Rocks@hotmail.com

Thanks for your time, Casablanko.