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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