Can You Tell Tab

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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.
 
VERSE CHORDS:
 
The basic chord structure of the song is -
A (x2) Bm C#m
 
timing is pretty simple -
 
        Oh      have I been     too dis-        creet?
A               Bm              C#m             A
 
        How     long am I sup-  posed to        wait?
A               Bm              C#m             A
 
        I       think about you nightl-         y
A               Bm              C#m             A
 
     Oh can you tell    I'm     lo-     sing    sleep?
A               Bm              C#m             A
 
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).
 
CHORUS TAB:
 
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)
 
 
VERSE TAB:
 
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 -
VERSE CHORDS x4 (0:00)
 
Verse I  -
VERSE CHORDS x8 (0:13)
 
Chorus I -
CHORUS TAB (w/ filler) (0:40)
BREAK (0:47)
 
Verse II -
VERSE TAB (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 TAB x2 (2:10)
 
 
TAB SCRIPT:
 
 /  slide up
 \  slide down
 ~  vibrato
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