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Narcissist

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

Song

I haven't bothered to tab both guitars for the most of the tab as for most of the song

the two parts are pretty much the same.. this is my first tab, it's pretty acccurate if

you ask me but you can get away with sounding sloppy, these guys never play anything the

same way twice anyway

Intro C Bb C C Bb C

e|---------------------------------------------3-3-1-3---3-3-1-3------------|
B|---------------------8-8---------------------5-5-3-5---5-5-3-5------------|
G|-8h9p8h9p8h9p8h9p8h9-------------------------5-5-3-5---5-5-3-5------------|
D|-------------------------8h9p8h9p8h9p8-9-8---5-5-3-5---5-5-3-5------------|
A|---------------------------------------------3-3-1-3---3-3-1-3------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------15////-|

Main Riff

G C A D

e|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------|
B|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|--5----- x8 --|
G|----------------------|------3-5--5p3---5-3---|-----------------------|--7b(9)-------|
D|-----3-5--5p3---5-3---|---5-----------5-----5-|------5-7--7p5---7-5---|--------------|
A|--5-----------5-----5-|-3---------------------|---7-----------7-----7-|--------------|
E|3---------------------|-----------------------|-5---------------------|--------------|

To avoid confusion, the x8 means hit the bend eight times.. you'll figure it out

Verse

Chords

G C A D

e|-3---3---5---5-------------------|
B|-3---5---5---7-------------------|
G|-4---5---6---7-------------------|
D|-5---5---7---7-------------------|
A|-5---3---7---5-------------------|
E|-3-------5-----------------------|

Lead

G C A D

e|-----3---3-5-3--3---3--3-5-3--3----5--5-7-5--5--55555555----|
B|-------3------3---5--5------5-------5-------5---77777777----|
G|----4----------------------------6--------------77777777----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

Listen to the song to figure out the rhythm, one guitar strums chords on the

offbeat the other sort of does semi-improvised chordal tones which i have tabbed an

example of

Chorus

G Eb Bb C Bb C C Bb C

e|-3---6---6---3-3-1-3--3-3-1-3---------------------------|
B|-3---8---6---5-5-3-5--5-5-3-5---------------------------|
G|-4---8---7---5-5-3-5--5-5-3-5---------------------------|
D|-5---8---8---5-5-3-5--5-5-3-5---------------------------|
A|-5---6---8---3-3-1-3--3-3-1-3---------------------------|
E|-3-------6----------------------------------------------|

Bridge A

Guitar 1

Bm F# G C F Bb G C D

e|-4--2--3--3--1---------1-----3------------3----------5--|
B|-3--2--3--5--1---------3-----3------------5----------7--|
G|-4--3--4--5--2---------3-----4------------5----------7--|
D|-4--4--5--5--3---------3-----5------------5----------7--|
A|-2--4--5--3--3---------1-----5------------3----------5--|
E|----2--3-----1---------------3--------------------------|

Guitar 2

Bm F# G C F Bb G C D

e|-4--2--3--3---------------------------------------------|
B|-3--2--3--5---6---6-------------8---8---8-8----------10-|
G|-4--3--4--5-----7---7-------------9---9-----9--------11-|
D|-4--4--5--5-----------8-----------------------10-----12-|
A|-2--4--5--3--------------8-----------------------10--12-|
E|----2--3------------------------------------------------|

Bridge B/chaotic libertinesy solo thing

Guitar 1

G C A D G C

e|------------------------5--------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------5-----5----5--5----------7------7-----------3-3-----3-----3-3-----3-|
G|---4-----------5-------------6---6----7--7-----7---------3-5b7r5-3--5--3-5b7r5-3-|
D|----5------5-------------------7---7--7----7-----7----5-------------5------------|
A|-5----5----3-----3--------------------5---------------5-------------3------------|
E|-3----------------------------------------------------3--------------------------|

A D

-----------------------------|
-----5-5-----5-5-5-----------|
-----5-7b9r7-5-7-7b9---------|
--7--------------------------|
--7--------------------------|
--5--------------------------|

Guitar 2

G C A D |

e|--------3---------------5-------------5-----------|
B|--------3--5------------5-------------7-----------|
G|-4---------5------------6-------------7-----------|
D|-5---------5------------7-------------7-----------|
A|-5---------3------------7-------------5-----------|
E|-3----------------------5-------------------------|

G C A D

-----3---3-5-3--3---3--3-5-3--3----5--5-7-5--5--55555555----|
-------3------3---5--5------5-------5-------5---77777777----|
----4----------------------------6--------------77777777----|
------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|

This bridge might not sound perfect but i spent a good half hour on it and it's pretty

damn good, even if its not dead on with what they actually play it will still sound

alright, this would've been improvised anyway so don't stress if you can't hit every

note perfect

Structure

Intro

Main riff x2

Verse x2

Chorus x2

Bridge A

Chorus x2

Bridge B/Solo

Main Riff x2

Chorus

Outro

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