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Can't Stand Me Now chords by The Libertines (Official Version)

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A
B
E6
E
A/E
A7
C#m
F#m

Intro 1
A 
B 
E6 
E6 
 (A major)  (B major)  (E6)  (E6) 
E 
E 
E6 
E6 
 (E major)  (E major)  (E6)  (E6) 
A/E 
A/E 
A/E 
A/E 
 (A/E)  (A/E)  (A/E)  (A/E) 
A/E 
A/E 
A/E 
A/E 
 (A/E)  (A/E)  (A/E)  (A/E) 
E 
E 
E 
E 
 (E major)  (E major)  (E major)  (E major) 
E 
E 
E 
E 
 (E major)  (E major)  (E major)  (E major) 
E 
E 
A7 
A7 
 (E major)  (E major)  (A7)  (A7) 
C#m 
B 
A 
B 
 (C sharp minor)  (B major)  (A major)  (B major) 

Verse 1
E 
An  (E major) ending fitting for the start
A 
You  (A major) twist and tore our love apart
C#m 
B 
Your  (C sharp minor) light fingers  (B major) threw the dark
A 
 (A major) Shattered the lamp and
B 
into darkness  (B major) it cast us
E 
 (E major) No, you've got it the wrong way round
A 
C#m 
You  (A major) shut me up, and blamed it on the brown  (C sharp minor) 
B 
Cornered the boy, kicked  (B major) out at the world
A 
The  (A major) world kicked back
B 
a  (B major) lot fuckin' harder now

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Pre-chorus 1
E 
 (E major) If you wanna try
If you wanna try
C#m 
 (C sharp minor) There's no worse you could do
E 
Uh oh oh  (E major) 
I know you lie
I know you lie
C#m 
 (C sharp minor) I'm still in love with you
Uh oh oh
B 
 (B major) Can't take me anywhere
A 
 (A major) I'll take you anywhere
B 
 (B major) You can't take me anywhere
A 
 (A major) I  can't take you anywhere
F#m 
B 
 (F sharp minor) I'll  take you anywhere  (B major) you wanna go

Chorus 1
E 
Oh,  (E major) you can't stand me, no,
you can't stand me now
A/E 
 (A/E) You can't stand me, no,
you can't stand me now
E 
 (E major) You can't stand me, no,
A/E 
you can't stand me now  (A/E) 
You can't stand me, no,

Verse 2
you can't stand me now
E 
A 
 (E major) Have we enough to keep it to (A major) gether?
C#m 
B 
 (C sharp minor) Or do we just keep  (B major) on pretending
A 
B 
 (A major) And hope our luck is  (B major) never ending now
E 
 (E major) You tried to pull the wool,
A 
I wasn't feeling too  (A major) clever
C#m 
B 
And you  (C sharp minor) take  all  (B major) that they're lending
A 
B 
 (A major) Until you  (B major) need amending now

Pre-chorus 2
E 
 (E major) If you wanna try
If you wanna try
C#m 
 (C sharp minor) There's no worse you could do
E 
Uh oh oh  (E major) 
I know you lie
C#m 
All you do is make me cry  (C sharp minor) 
All these words they ain't true
B 
 (B major) I  can't take me anywhere
A 
 (A major) I  can take you anywhere
B 
 (B major) You can't take me anywhere
A 
 (A major) I  will take you anywhere
F#m 
B 
 (F sharp minor) I'll  take you anywhere  (B major) you wanna go

Chorus 2
E 
Oh,  (E major) you can't stand me, no,
you can't stand me now
A/E 
 (A/E) You can't stand me, no,
you can't stand me now
E 
 (E major) You can't stand me, no,
A/E 
you can't stand me now  (A/E) 
You can't stand me, no,
you can't stand me now
E 
 (E major) You can't stand me now
(you can't stand me now)
A/E 
 (A/E) You can't stand me, no,
you can't stand me now
E 
 (E major) You can't stand me now,
you can't stand me now
A/E 
 (A/E) No, you can't stand me now

Outro 1
E 
 (E major) No oh oh
You can't stand me now
A 
C#m 
B 
A 
B 
 (A major) Oh oh oh  (C sharp minor)  (B major)  (A major)  (B major) 
E 
E 
A 
A 
 (E major)  (E major)  (A major)  (A major) 
C#m 
B 
A 
B 
 (C sharp minor)  (B major)  (A major)  (B major) 
E 
 (E major) 

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E6
E
A/E
A7
C#m
F#m

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: IntermediateKey: E majorBPM: 162

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

A: x-0-2-2-2-0
B: x-2-4-4-4-x
E6: 0-2-2-1-2-0
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
A/E: 0-x-2-2-2-0
A7: x-0-2-0-2-0
C#m: x-4-6-6-5-x
F#m: 2-4-4-2-2-2

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This is the definitive original version of Can't Stand Me Now by The Libertines, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of E major. It is designed for guitarists ready to move past the basics and capture the true feel of The Libertines's performance.

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