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Cant Stand Me Now

The Libertines
Tab
4.7(21)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Verse

"Light fingers through the dark shattered the lamp into darkness it cast us"

e|-9-------------|----7--------|------5----------|-----7-7—7-----|
B|-----9---------|----7---7----|-5---------5-----|-----7-7—7-----|
G|----------9----|-8----------8|-6--------------6|-8---8-8—-8-9-9|
D|-------------11|-------------|----------------7|-9---9-9—-9-9-9|
A|---------------|-------------|-----------------|------------7-7|
E|---------------|-------------|-----------------|------------0-0|

"No, You've got it the wrong way round"

e|----------------|
B|-9-9-9-----9-9-9|
G|-9-9-9-----9-9-9| times 2
D|-9-9-9-----9-9-9|
A|-7-7-7-----7-7-7|
E|-0--------------|

"You shut me up and blamed it on the brown"

e|-5---5-5---5-5-5|
B|-5---5-5---5-5-5|
G|-6---6-6---6-6-6| times 2
D|-7---7-7---7-7-7|
A|-7---7-7---7-7-7|
E|-5---5-5---5-5-5|

"Cornered the boy kicked out at the world, the world kicked back a lot fucking harder now"

e|------9---7---|-7—-7---7---7-7-5|-5----5-5—-5-5-5|7—-7-7—-7-7--|
B|-9--------7---|-7—-7---7---7-7-5|-5----5-5—-5-5-5|7--7-7—-7-7--|
G|-9-----------9|-8—-8---8---8-8-6|-6----6-6—-6-6-6|8—-8-8—-8-8--|
D|-11-----------|-9------9---9-9-7|-7----7-7—-7-7-7|9—-9-9—-9-9--|
A|-11-----------|-----------------|----------------|------------0|
E|-9------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|

"If you wanna try, If you wanna try, there's no worse you could do"

e|--------------|-----------------|--9----------9--|--9--------9--|
B|--9--------9--|--9-----------9--|--9----------9--|--9--------9--|
G|--9--------9--|--9-----------9--|--9----------9--|--9--------9--|
D|--9--------9--|--9-----------9--|--11---------11-|--11-------11-|
A|--7--------7--|--7-----------7--|----------------|--------------|
E|--------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------|

For the "I know You Lie, I know you lie, but I'm still in love with you" line play same

above but play this to replace the last bar.

e|--9---9-—9—-7|
B|--9---9—-9—-7|
G|--9---9—-9—-8|
D|-11—-11--11-9|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|

"Can't Take Me Anywhere, I'd take you anywhere, You can't take me anywhere"

e|--7----------------|--5-----------------|--7-------------------|
B|--7----------------|--5-----------------|--7-------------------|
G|--8----------------|--6-----------------|--8-------------------|
D|--9----------------|--7-----------------|--9-------------------|
A|--9----------------|--7-----------------|--9-------------------|
E|--7----------------|--5-----------------|--7-------------------|

"I cant take you anywhere, I'll take you anywhere you wanna go"

e|--5---------------|--------------------------------------------|
B|--5---------------|--------------------------------------------|
G|--6---------------|--2--------------2----8—-8-—8-—8-—8-—8-—8—--|
D|--7---------------|--4--------------4----9--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
A|--7---------------|--4--------------4----9--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
E|--5---------------|--2--------------2----7--7--7--7--7--7--7---|

Chorus

"You cant stand me now, You cant stand me now, you cant stand me now"

e|--0------0--0--0-|-----0----0-----0-|--------0--0--0-|----0----0---0|
B|--5----5--5--5---|--5----5-----5----|-4/5--5--5--5---|--5----5---5--|
G|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|
E|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|

Play above twice for chorus.

Verse 2

"Have we enough to keep it together"

e|-----0-4---4-----|-------4-----4---4|7-7-7--5-5-5-4--|-4-4-4-4---4-4|
B|--5------5---5-5-|--5-5----5-----5--|---------------5|-5-5-5-5---5-5|
G|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|
E|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|

"or do we just keep on pretending? And hope our luck is never ending"

e|--5-4---5-4---5-4|-7-7-7-5-5---4-4--|4-----4--4-4-4-4|-5-5---4---4--|
B|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-------------5-5--|5--5-----5-5-5-5|-5-5---5-5---5|
G|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|
E|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|

"You tried to pull the wool, I wasn't feeling too clever. And now

e|--4---4---4---4--|-5-5-5-7--7-5-5-4-|--4---4--4-4-4-4|----0----0--0-|
B|---5---5---5---5-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|5----5---5-5-5-5|4/5---4-5--4--|
G|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|
E|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|

"take all that they're lending, until you needed mending now"

e|--5-5-5-7-7-5-4--|-7---0--0----0--0-|----0------4--4-|-5-4---5------|
B|--5-5-5-5-5-5---5|-5---5--5--4-5--5-|-5-------5--5---|---5-5-5--5--0|
G|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|
E|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|

Then comes "if you wanna try" part, for this just play the same as before. Then for

play the same as the first chorus.

Outro

For the hammer-ons I've put the h underneath the first note cos there wasn't enough room.

e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|0---0-0---0-0-0-|---------------|
B|-17171717171717|-16-17171717171717-|1617171617171717|171917-16171917|
G|---------------|-------------------|-h-----h--------|h--------------|
D|---------------|-------------------|----------------|---------------|
A|---------------|-------------------|----------------|---------------|
E|---------------|-------------------|----------------|---------------|
e|---------------|-------------------|--161616--161616-|
B|16-17-19-171616|-17-----17----17---|--171717--171717-|
G|---------------|---1818---1818--18-|18------18-------|
D|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|
e|--16-16-x-16-16-16-x-x-16-x-x|---16-16-16-x-x-16-x-x-16-x-x-|
B|--17-17-x-17-17-17-x-x-17-x-x|---17-17-17-x-x-17-x-x-17-x-x-|
G|--18-18-x-18-18-18-x-x-18-x-x|-18------18-x-x-18-x-x-18-x-x-|
D|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
e|-----16-16-16-16-16----16-16-|--16--|
B|-----17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|--17--|
G|-----18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-|--18--|
D|-----------------------------|------|
A|-----------------------------|------|
E|-----------------------------|------|

That's it! Hope you enjoy. Peace out.

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| x Dead note

| h Hammer-on

| / Slide up

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