The Killers - When You Were Young (3) guitar tab
Tabbed by Allen Gregory
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The Killers - When You Were Young
Standard Tuning EADGBe
Chords Used
E – (022100)
F# - (244322)
G#m – (466444)
B – (799877)
E5 - (x799xx)
D#m5 – (x688xx)
C#m5 – (x466xx)
Bm5 - (x244xx)
B5 - (799xxx)
A#5 – (688xxx)
G#5 - (466xxx)
F#5 - (244xxx)
C#m - (446654)
B7 - (779877)
E^ - (12 14 14 13 12 12)
Chorus Riff2 (play where there is a **)
E-------------16-14-------11----------|------16-14--------
B----------12-------11-11----12-11-12-|---12--------------
G-------13----------------------------|13----------13-----
D-------------------------------------|-------------------
A-------------------------------------|-------------------
E-------------------------------------|-------------------
Intro (d=down u=up ...=pause)
E^ (strum down once then release pressure from fingers to mute out the chord and strum d d...d u d d - sounds better when on an amp and distorted)
E F# G#m B E x2
Intro Riff/Chorus Riff-(played where there is a * - mainly between 'when you * were young')
E-------------16-14----|------16-14-------
B----------12-------11-|---12-------------
G-------13-------------|13----------13----
D----------------------|------------------
A----------------------|------------------
E----------------------|------------------
E F# G#m
You sit there in your heart-ache
B E
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
E F# G#m
To save you from your old ways
B
You play forgiveness
E
Watch it now here he comes
E F# G#m
He doesnt look a thing like Je-sus
B
But he talks like a gentleman
E
Like you imagined
F# G#m
When you*were young
B E
E
Can we climb this mountain
F# G#m
I dont know
B E
Higher now than ever before
E F# G#m
I know we can make it if we take it slow
B
Let's take it easy
E
Easy now, watch it go
E F# G#m
We're burning down the highway sky-line
B
On the back of a hurricane
E
That started turning
F# G#m B E
When you*were young
F# G#m B E
When you**were young
E F# G#m
And sometimes you close your eyes
B E
And see the place where you used to live
F# G#m B E
When you were young
Solo 1 (E,F#,G#m,B,E over the top)
E--------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11------|-------------16-14----|------16-14-------
B-----------------------------------------------------7-9--|----------12-------11-|---12-------------
G----------------------------------------------------------|-------13-------------|13----------13----
D----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|------------------
Fill section:- E5, D#m5, C#m5, Bm5, B5, A#5, G#5, F#5 (strum down 3 times for E, D#m5 and C#m5 and once for the rest of the fill section)
C#m
They say the devil's water It ain't so sweet
G#m
You dont have to drink right now
B7
But you can dip your feet
F#
Every once in a little while
E,F#,G#m,B,E x2 (or play bass line on the E string: ----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 x2)
Solo 2 (E,F#,G#m,B,E over the top) x 2
E--------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11------|--------14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14------
B-----------------------------------------------------7-9--|------------------------------------------------------7--9-
G----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------
E F# G#m
You sit there in your heart-ache
B E
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
E F# G#m
To save you from your old ways
B
You play forgiveness
E
Watch it now Here he comes
E F# G#m
He doesnt look a thing like Je-sus
B
But he talks like a gentleman
E
Like you imagined
F# G#m
When you were young
B
(talks like a gentleman)
E
(like you imagined)
E F# G#m
When you*were young
B E
F# G#m B E
I said he doesnt*look a thing like Jesus
F# G#m B E
He doesnt**look a thing like Jesus
(Fill section:-) E5, D#m5, C#m5, Bm5, B5, A#5, G#5, F#5 (same as above)
But more than you'll ever know
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