Selfless Tab

by The Strokes
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: E
Capo: no capo
Author BrohlHomme [a] 109. Last edit on Aug 1, 2020
We have an official Selfless tab made by UG professional guitarists.
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Tabbed by: Brandon Briers (See YouTube)
E-mail: bbriers96@gmail.com
Timings are approximated, listen to studio track or my cover for timings
 
[Nick Valensi Intro and Post-Solo/ Second Verse]
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----7-----7---------7-----7--------9-----9---------9----9----|
G|---6-----6-----6---8-----8----8---9-----9-----9---8----8----8-| (x4)
D|-7-----7-----7---7-----7----7---9-----9-----9---9----9----9---|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----7-----7---------7-----7--------9-----9---------9----9----|
G|---6-----6-----6---8-----8----8---9-----9-----9---9----9----9-|
D|-7-----7-----7---7-----7----7---9-----9-----9---9----9----9---|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[AHJ Intro]
 
(strummed slowly)
 
e|--9-------------11-------------12-------------11-----|
B|--10------------10-------------12-------------12-----|
G|--9-------------11-------------13-------------13-----| (x3)
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--9-------------11-------------12--------------------|
B|--10------------10-------------12--------------------|
G|--9-------------11-------------13--------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
 
[Nick Chorus]
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-----2---------4-----4---------9-----9-----------9---------9---| (x3)
D|---2-----2-----2---4-----4-----4---9-----9------9---11---11---11---11|
A|-0-----2-----4---2-----4-----6---7-----9-----11---0---------0--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------9--------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------10-----------------------|
G|-----2-----2---------4-----4---------9-----9-----------9---------9---------------------| (Variation)
D|---2-----2-----2---4-----4-----4---9-----9------9---11---11-------11-------------------|
A|-0-----2-----4---2-----4-----6---7-----9-----11---0------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[AHJ Chorus]
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6---6-6---6-6---8---8-8---8-8----9----9-9----9--9----2---2-2---2-2-----14---14-14---14-14-|
D|-7---7-7---7-7---9---9-9---9-9----9----9-9----9--9----2---2-2---2-2--OR-14---14-14---14-14-|
A|-7---7-7---7-7---9---9-9---9-9---11---11-11---11-11---4---4-4---4-4-----16---16-16---16-16-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
 
 
 
[Solo]
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11/13---11----13--------------11-11h13p11/9-/8-9-11-9-8-9-9h11p9/8-/6-8-9-8-6--|
D|-------------------13-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11---------------8-----------9-/8-/6---------------------9--/6--9--/6----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-14---------------8------------11-11h13p11/9-/8-9-11-9-8-9-9h11p9/8-/6-8-9-8-6--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11---------------8------------6------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
 
[Nick Valensi Solo Rhythm]
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----2-----2-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2-----2-----2-----4-----4---------1-----1-----1---------1-----1-----|
D|-4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4---2-----2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2-| (x3)
A|-----------------2-----2-----2---4-----4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----2-----2-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2-----2-----2-----4-----4-----1-------------------------------------|
D|-4-----4-----4-----4-----4-------2-------------------------------------|
A|-----------------2-----2-----2---4-------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[AHJ Solo Rhythm]
 
e|-5---5---5---5---5---5---6---6---6-6---6--4---4---4-4---4-4---4---4-4---4--|
B|-7---7---7---5---7---5---6---6---6-6---6--5---5---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5--|
G|-6---6---6---6---6---6---8---8---8-8---8--6---6---6-6---6-6---6---6-6---6--| (x3)
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-5---5---5---5---5---5---6---6---6-6-----4---------------------------------|
B|-7---7---7---5---7---5---6---6---6-6-----5---------------------------------|
G|-6---6---6---6---6---6---8---8---8-8-----6---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Intro again]
 
[Chorus again]
 
[Outro]
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------2-------------------------|
G|-6-----6-----6---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---2-------------------------|
D|-7-----7-----7---4-----4-----4---6-----6-----6---2-------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up
 
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tyguy666
I never comment but you nailed this and deserve thanks. 5 stars
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