Rita Mitsouko - C’est Comme ça - Guitar Tab

The No Comprendo

1986 4:54

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About C’est Comme ça

Few French tracks from the 1980s hit as hard rhythmically as "C'est Comme ça," and the guitar work is a big reason why. The part sits right in that New Wave pocket: tight, percussive, and built to lock with a driving rhythm section at 120 BPM. In E Standard, there is no exotic tuning to wrestle with, so your energy can go entirely into feel and precision. The real challenge is keeping the strumming clean and clipped without letting notes bleed together, a discipline that rewards players who have spent time on muting technique. Rita Mitsouko had a knack for arrangements where the guitar is more textural glue than lead voice, which means dynamics matter more than speed here. If any rhythmic figure is giving you trouble, use the Practice Toolbar to loop it slowed down until the pick attack and muting become automatic before you bring it back up to tempo.

• The guitar part works in E Standard tuning, keeping the focus entirely on tight rhythmic execution rather than any altered voicings.
• At 120 BPM the strumming pattern demands consistent pick control and clean left-hand muting to avoid unwanted string noise.
• The guitar functions as textural support alongside keyboards, so practicing precise dynamics and note length is more useful than working on lead technique.