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Can't Stand Me Now

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                             Can't Stand Me Now-The Libertines
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This song is feckin brilliant! Definitely the best off the album. This sounds exactly 
the song is played.
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Tabbed by: Nedelko
First Part of Intro-

e|0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|-------16------------------|
B|16-17-17-17-16-17-17---|---17--17-----17-----17--17|
G|---------------------18|----------18-----18------18|
D|-----------------------|---------------------------|
A|-----------------------|---------------------------|
E|-----------------------|---------------------------|

Main Intro- Gtr1-
e|--------16---|-16----|---------16|--16------|------16----------|
B|-------------|---17--|------17---|-----17---|---17----17-----17|
G|-------------|-----18|---18------|--------18|-------------18---|
D|-------------|-------|-----------|----------|------------------|
G|-------------|-------|-----------|----------|------------------|
A|-------------|-------|-----------|----------|------------------|
E|-------------|-------|-----------|----------|------------------|

e|----16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-x-16-x-x-x-16-x---------|
B|--17---------17----17-----------------------------x-17-x-x|
G|--18------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|17-x-x-17-x-x-17-x|-x-17-x-17-x-x-17-x|-17-x-x-17-x-x-17-x|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
Play this thing above 3 times then on the fourth time play a 16 in front of the first 17 
each bar.

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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