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CAN YOU TELL - Ra Ra Riot
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Tabbed by: rikky
Email: rikkycohn@gmail.com
the song is written in the key of F#m/A.
this is a simplified tab, played live the song gets a lot trickier.
taken from the album version, although the EP version is in the same key.
The basic chord structure of the song is -
(x2)
timing is pretty simple -
Oh have I been too dis- creet?
How long am I sup- posed to wait?
I think about you nightl- y
Oh can you tell I'm lo- sing sleep?
it sounds good if you slowly strum the Bm and C#m on an acoustic.
play it in E-shape, barred 5-7-9 (sounds nice alongside the record).
e|-----------9----------9----------9----------9--|
B|-----10---------10---------10---------10-------|
G|--11----11---11----11---11----11---11----11----|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
(fill with D and E power chords)
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--4~--5~/9\7\4~---5~/7~--|
E|-------------------------| (x2)
make it sound all slide-y and cool.
OUTRO TAB:
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12~\9-9/--| (x2)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5~\2-2/--| (x2)
SONG STRUCTURE:
Intro -
x4 (0:00)
Verse I -
x8 (0:13)
Chorus I -
CHORUS TAB (w/ filler) (0:40)
BREAK (0:47)
Verse II -
(0:53)
Chorus II -
CHORUS TAB (w/ filler) (1:06)
BREAK (1:13)
CHORUS TAB (w/ filler) x4 (1:30)
BREAK (1:57)
Outro -
OUTRO x2 (2:10)
SCRIPT:
/ slide up
\ slide down
~ vibrato