'12 51 (ver 8)' by Strokes - Guitar Tutorial

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            The Strokes
'12:51'
from 'Room On Fire'
Transcribed By: Dennis and Adam Quann

This is quite an easy song even for new guitarists and it sounds cool.
Every part of the song is here and is tabbed for both lead and rhythm.

Key: ~ - Let note ring
     . - Palm mute
     ^ - Bend

Intro:
Lead Guitar:
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Rhythm Guitar:
e|---7~-----------7~-----------------------|
B|---9~-----------9~-----------------------|
G|---9~-----------9~-----------9-----------|
D|-----------------------------9-----------|
A|-----------------------------7-----------|
E|-----------------------------------------|


Pre-Verse:
Lead Guitar:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|
E|-------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rhythm Guitar:
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--10--------------9----------------10-------------9---------|
G|---9--------------9-----------------9-------------9---------|
D|--10--(14x)-------9--(14x)---------10--(14x)------9--(14x)--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse:
Lead Guitar:
e|--4-------4------2-------2------4-------4-----2-------2------|
B|----5-7-5---7-5----4-5-4---5-4----5-7-5---7-5---4-5-4---5-4--|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm Guitar:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------22222222----------44444444-------------------------------------|
D|-22222222-22222222-44444444-44444444-22222222-77777777-44444444-99999999-|
A|-22222222-00000000-44444444-22222222-22222222-77777777-44444444-99999999-|
E|-00000000----------22222222----------00000000-55554444-22222222-77777777-|
   ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........


Chorus:
Lead Guitar:
e|--7-------7-------7-------------------7-------7------7------------------|
B|----9-7-9---9-7-9---9-7-9--5-5-9-7-9----9-7-9--9-7-9---9-7-9--5-5-9-7-5-|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm Guitar:
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|--99999999-6666-------|
D|--99999999-6666-9999--|
A|--77777777-4444-9999--|
E|----------------7777--| Repeat 4x


Verse 2:
Lead Guitar:
e|--4-------4------2-------2------4-------7------2-------2------|
B|----5-7-5---7-5----4-5-4---5-4----5-7-5---10-9---4-5-4---5-4--|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm Guitar:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------22222222----------44444444-------------------------------------|
D|-22222222-22222222-44444444-44444444-22222222-77777777-44444444-99999999-|
A|-22222222-00000000-44444444-22222222-22222222-77777777-44444444-99999999-|
E|-00000000----------22222222----------00000000-55554444-22222222-77777777-|
   ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........


Chorus:
Lead Guitar:
e|--7-------7-------7-------------------7-------7------7------------------|
B|----9-7-9---9-7-9---9-7-9--5-5-9-7-9----9-7-9--9-7-9---9-7-9--5-5-9-7-5-|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm Guitar:
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|--99999999-6666-------|
D|--99999999-6666-9999--|
A|--77777777-4444-9999--|
E|----------------7777--| Repeat 4x


Bridge:
Lead Guitar:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|13-15-12-13--17-15--------13-15-12-13--17-15--------17-17-13-13-15-15-12-12-------------15-15-12-12|
G|-------------------17-16---------------------17-16--------------------------------14-14------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------14-14------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-17-15--------13-15-12-13--17-15---------|
G|-------17-16---------------------17-16^--|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

Rhythm Guitar:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10------------9--------------10-----------9-----------10-----------9-----------10----------9------|
G|--9------------9---------------9-----------9------------9-----------9------------9----------9------|
D|-10--(14x)-----9--(14x)-------10--(14x)----9--(14x)----10-(14x)-----9-(14x)-----10--(14x)---9-(14x)|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 3:
Lead Guitar:
e|--4-------4------2-------2------4-------4-----2-------2------|
B|----5-7-5---7-5----4-5-4---5-4----5-7-5---7-5---4-5-4---5-4--|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--4-------7------2-------2------4-------7-------2-------2------|
B|----5-7-5---10-9----4-5-4---5-4----5-7-5---10-9---4-5-4---5-4--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|


Rhythm Guitar:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------22222222----------44444444-------------------------------------|
D|-22222222-22222222-44444444-44444444-22222222-77777777-44444444-99999999-|
A|-22222222-00000000-44444444-22222222-22222222-77777777-44444444-99999999-|
E|-00000000----------22222222----------00000000-55554444-22222222-77777777-| Repeat 2x
   ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........


Chorus:
Lead Guitar:
e|--7-------7-------7-------------------7-------7------7------------------|
B|----9-7-9---9-7-9---9-7-9--5-5-9-7-9----9-7-9--9-7-9---9-7-9--5-5-9-7-5-|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm Guitar:
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|--99999999-6666-------|
D|--99999999-6666-9999--|
A|--77777777-4444-9999--|
E|----------------7777--| Repeat 4x


Outro:
Lead Guitar:
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
   . . . . . . . . . . 

Rhythm Guitar:
e|---7~-----------7---|
B|---9~-----------9---|
G|---9~-----------9---|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

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