The Strokes - Hard to Explain

      [Intro]
                                                    (Open chord voicing)
      G   Em7   Am  C/G   D    C   Am7        G   Em7   Am  C/G   D    C   Am7
e|----3----7----0----0----x----x----x----|----3----0----0----0----2----0----0----|
B|----3----8----1----1----7----5----5----|----3----3----1----1----3----1----1----|
G|----4----7----2----0----7----5----5----|----0----0----2----0----2----0----0----|
D|----5----9----2----2----7----5----5----|----0----2----2----2----0----2----2----|
A|----5----7----0----3----5----3----0----|----2----2----0----3---------3----0----|
E|-------------------3-------------------|----3----0---------3-------------------|

G Em7 Am   C/G   D     C   Am7


[Verse 1]
G        Em7     Am   C/G
  Was an honest man
D
Asked me for the phone
D
Tried to take control
    C
Oh, I don't see it that way
Am7                     G
I don't see it that way


[Verse 2]
G               Em7    Am    C/G
  Oh, we shared some ideas
D
All obsessed with fame
D
Says we're all the same
    C
Oh, I don't see it that way
Am7                    
I don't see it that way


[Pre-Chorus 1]
                                                    (Open chord voicing)
            G    Em7    Bm    Am                    G    Em7    Bm    Am   
e|----------3-----7-----2-----0----------|----------3-----0-----2-----0----------|
B|----------3-----8-----3-----1----------|----------3-----3-----3-----1----------|
G|----------4-----7-----4-----2----------|----------0-----0-----4-----2----------|
D|----------5-----9-----4-----2----------|----------0-----2-----4-----2----------|
A|----------5-----7-----2-----0----------|----------2-----2-----2-----0----------|
E|---------------------------------------|----------3-----0----------------------|

G             Em7   
Raised in Carolina
Bm           Am
   I'm not like that
G           Em7       
Trying to remind her
Bm           Am
   When we go back


[Chorus 1]
    G
I missed the last bus, I'll take the next train
   Bm                   Am
I try but you see, it's hard to explain
   G
I say the right things, but act the wrong way
   Bm                     Am
I like it right here, but I cannot stay
   G
I watch the TV, forget what I'm told
     Bm                  Am
Well I am too young, and they are too old
     G
The joke is on you, this place is a zoo
       Bm          
You're right, it's true


G Em7 Am   C/G   D     C   Am7


[Verse 3]
G          Em7     Am     C/G
He says he can't decide
  D
I shake my head to say
D
Everything's just great
    C
Oh, I just can't remember
Am7
I just can't remember


[Pre-Chorus 2]
G             Em7      
Raised in Carolina 
        Bm          Am
She says, I'm not like that
G           Em7       
Trying to remind her
Bm           Am
   When we go back


[Chorus 2]
   G
I say the right things, but act the wrong way
   Bm                     Am
I like it right here, but I cannot stay
   G
I watch the TV, forget what I'm told
     Bm                  Am
Well I am too young, and they are too old
   G
Oh man can't you see, I'm nervous so please
   Bm                  Am
Pretend to be nice, so I can be mean
   G
I missed the last bus, we take the next train
   Bm                   Am      
I try but you see, it's hard to explain