"Soma"
(Julian Casablancas)
The Strokes
Is This It?, 2001
Note: Merriam-Webster's defines "Soma" as "an intoxicating plant juice
probably from a leafless vine (Sarcostemma intermedium) of the milkweed
family used in ancient India as an offering to the gods and as a drink
of immortality by worshipers in Vedic ritual and worshiped as a Vedic god."
Intro:
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(guitar 1 (Albert, rt. channel), guitar 2 (Nick, lt. channel) plays
G (355433) once per bar
G
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
----------------|--------|------------10--|--------|
12--------------|--------|------8-8-------|--------|
12--------------|---O----|9-9-------------|---O----|
12--------------|----/---|----------------|----/---|
10--------------|-----O--|----------------|-----O--|
----------------|--------|----------------|--------|
Verse 1:
Riff 1:
guitar 1:
G F
v v v v vvvv v v v v vvvv
------------10--|-----|------------8---|-----|
------8-8-------|-----|------6-6-------|-----|
9-9-------------|-O---|7-7-------------|-O---|
----------------|--/--|----------------|--/--|
----------------|---O-|----------------|---O-|
----------------|-----|----------------|-----|
guitar 2:
G6 [xxx987] G [xxx787] F6 [xxx765] F [xxx565]
G6 G G6 G G6 G
/ / / / / / / /
F6 F F6 F F6 F
/ / / / / / / /
Riff 2:
guitar 1 (same as Riff 1)
guitar 2:
G
v v v v v v v v
----7-----7-----|7-----7-----7---|
--8-----8-----8-|----8-----8---8-|
7-----7-----7---|--7-----7-------|
----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|
F
v v v v v v v v
----5-----5-----|5-----5-----5---|
--6-----6-----6-|----6-----6---6-|
5-----5-----5---|--5-----5-------|
----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|
(riff 1, 2x:)
G F
Soma is what... take when...
G F
Their eyes... new way...
(riff 2, 2x)
G F
Few names... sunbeams...
G F
Their dreams... in your...
Chorus 1:
Riff 3 (guitar 1, guitar 2 plays chords):
G (x1111x)
0222
v v v v v v v v vvvv vvvv
--------------------|----------------------|----|----|
15---15---15---15---|15---15---14-14-14-14-|----|----|
x----x----x----x----|x----x----x--x--x--x--|--O-|----|
12---12---12---12---|12---12---11-11-11-11-|----/----|
--------------------|----------------------|----|-O--|
--------------------|----------------------|----|----|
Dm (xx1111)
2000
v v v v v v v v vvvv vvvv
--------------------|----------------------|----|----|
15---15---15---15---|15---15---13-13-13-13-|----|----|
x----x----x----x----|x----x----x--x--x--x--|--O-|----|
12---12---12---12---|12---12---10-10-10-10-|----/----|
--------------------|----------------------|----|-O--|
--------------------|----------------------|----|----|
(riff 3, 2x:)
G Dm
Stop, and go
(Dm) G
In your... I am
Dm
Stop, and go
(Dm)
In your...
Break (guitar 2 chord as per intro, bass plays root notes):
guitar 1:
G G/B G/A
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
----------------|--------|--------|--------|
12--------------|--------|--------|--------|
12--------------|---O----|---O----|---O----|
12--------------|----/---|----/---|----/---|
10--------------|-----O--|-----O--|-----O--|
----------------|--------|--------|--------|
(Lets go)
G
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
------------10--|--------|--------|--------|
------8-8-------|--------|--------|--------|
9-9-------------|--O-----|--O-----|--O-----|
----------------|---/----|---/----|---/----|
----------------|----O---|----O---|----O---|
----------------|--------|--------|--------|
Verse 2:
When I saw her for the...
Her eyes closed, heard...
"And I'll be there," he...
Trying too hard to be...
Chorus 2:
Stop, and go
In your...
Stop, oh darling...
Coda (as per chorus):
(Dm) G
Tried it once... liked it, and...
(G)
Said I've been doing...
Dm
Well, I'm not listening...
G
And these friends they...
Dm
Oh, yeh
(Dm)
Oh, but...
(as per intro:)
G [end cold]
v v v v v v v v v
----------------|--------|----
12--------------|--------|12--
12--------------|---O----|12--
12--------------|----/---|12--
10--------------|-----O--|10--
----------------|--------|----
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