The Killers
When You Were Young
Sam's Town (2006)
Tuning: Half step down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb)
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h = hammer-on
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I tried to include everything so sorry if it's long.
I haven't really included any rhythm but you figure most of it out just by listening...
INTRO:
eb-----10--------|Bb-----10--------|Gb------0--------|Db------7--------|Ab------8--------|Eb---------------|
That is the correct opening chord but if you find that awkward to play then this sounds
just as good I think:
eb-----10--------|Bb-----10--------|Gb------0--------|Db-----10--------|Ab------8--------|Eb---------------|
Guitar 1:
eb---x-x----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|Bb---x-x---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-\-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|Gb---x-x---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|Db---x-x---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-\-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|Ab---x-x---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-\-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|Eb---x-x----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
eb--------5-------------------5-----------------|Bb-----------8--0--(0)-----------8--------------|Gb----------------------------------------------|Db-----5-------------------5--------------------|Ab--7-------------------7-----------7--(7)--7\--|Eb----------------------------------------------|
VERSE ONE (no guitar):
Verse one has no guitar, just bass. Here is the bass part for guitar if you want to play along:
Eb---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8\1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--
You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now
Here he comes
PRE-CHORUS & CHORUS:
eb------------------------------------------------------------------------------|Bb--------10-(10)---------12----------13---------------13-(13)---------10-(10)--|Gb---------0--(0)----------0-------------0--------------0--(0)----------0--(0)--|Db-----10--------------12---------14--------0------14--------------10-----------|Ab--8--------------10---------12----------------15-------------\--8-------------|Eb------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
He doesnt look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined
When you were young
CHORUS:
Start playing the intro and chorus riff when he sings "you"
Guitar 1:
eb--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|Bb-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-\-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|Gb-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|Db-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-\-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|Ab-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-\-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|Eb--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
eb--------5-------------------5-----------------|Bb-----------8--0--(0)-----------8--------------|Gb----------------------------------------------|Db-----5-------------------5--------------------|Ab--7-------------------7-----------7--(7)--7---|Eb----------------------------------------------|
VERSE TWO
During Verse two, play these chords, palm muted...
eb--------------------------------------------|Bb--------------------------------------------|Gb--10------12-------14-------17------10------|Db--10--x8--12--x3---14--x5---17-x8---10--x8--|Ab---8------10-------12-------15-------8------|Eb--------------------------------------------|
Can we climb this mountain
I dont know
Higher now than ever before
I know we can make it if we take it slow
Let's take it easy
Easy now
Watch it go
PRE-CHORUS & CHORUS:
eb------------------------------------------------------------------------------|Bb--------10-(10)---------12----------13---------------13-(13)---------10-(10)--|Gb---------0--(0)----------0-------------0--------------0--(0)----------0--(0)--|Db-----10--------------12---------14--------0------14--------------10-----------|Ab--8--------------10---------12----------------15-------------\--8-------------|Eb------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
We're burning down the highway skyline
On the back of a hurricane
That started turning
When you were young
When you were young
CHORUS:
Guitar 1:
eb--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|Bb-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-\-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|Gb-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|Db-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-\-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|Ab-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-\-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|Eb--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
eb--------5-------------------5-----------------|Bb-----------8-------------------8--------------|Gb--------------0--(0)--------------------------|Db-----5-------------------5--------------------|Ab--7-------------------7-----------7--(7)--7---|Eb----------------------------------------------|
PRE-SOLO:
eb------------------------------------------------------------------------------|Bb--------10-(10)---------12----------13---------------13-(13)---------10-(10)--|Gb---------0--(0)----------0-------------0--------------0--(0)----------0--(0)--|Db-----10--------------12---------14--------0------14--------------10-----------|Ab--8--------------10---------12----------------15-------------\--8-------------|Eb------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And sometimes you close your eyes
And see the place where you used to live
When you were young
Play these chords just before the solo:
eb------------------------|Bb------------------------|Gb---5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7---|Db---5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7---|Ab---3-3-3-3----5-5-5-5---|Eb------------------------|
SOLO (Guitar 1 plays the intro/chorus chords in the background):
eb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|Bb---17-17-17-17-17-17-17-----17-17-17-17-17-17-17---17-17-17\----------------------------------|Gb---------------------------------------------------------------12-12-12--14-14-14-14-14-14----|Db----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|Ab----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|Eb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
eb------------17--15----------------------------17--15--------------|Bb-----------------------17-----------------------------------------|Gb-14--14h17---------16------17-(17)-----14h17----------14-(14)-----|Db------------------------------------------------------------------|Ab------------------------------------------------------------------|Eb------------------------------------------------------------------|
eb-----------------------------------------3-----|Bb-----------------------------------------3-----|Gb--10-10-10--9-9-9--7-7-7--5-5-5-5--4--2--0-----|Db--10-10-10--9-9-9--7-7-7--5-5-5-5--4--2--0-----|Ab---8--8--8--7-7-7--5-5-5--3-3-3-3--2--0--2-----|Eb-----------------------------------------3-----|
BRIDGE:
They say the devil's water
It ain't so sweet
You dont have to drink right now
But you can dip your feet
Every once in a little while
Play this after bridge:
eb-----------|Bb-----------|Gb-----------|Db--17-(17)--|Ab-----------|Eb-----------|
SOLO TWO (Guitar 1 plays the intro/chorus chords in the background):
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B---17-17-17-17-17-17-17---17-17-17-17-17-17-17\8-8-8--10-10-10---10-10-10/20-20-20-20-20-20-20---|G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------|B---20-20-20-20-20-20-20---20-20-20\8-8-8-10-10-10---10-10-10--|G--------------------------------------------------------------|D--------------------------------------------------------------|A--------------------------------------------------------------|E--------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE THREE:
eb--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|Bb-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-\-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|Gb-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|Db-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-\-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|Ab-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-\-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|Eb--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now
Here he comes
G (32000x)
C (x3201x)
Am (x0221x)
Csus2 (x2001x)
F (13321x)
G* (35543x)
Am* (57755x)
C* (8 10 10 9 8 x)
G
He doesnt look a thing like Jesus
C Csus2 Am
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined
F G* Am* C*
When you were young
F
(talks like a gentleman)
(like you imagined)
LAST CHORUS:
eb--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|Bb-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-\-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|Gb-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|Db-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-\-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|Ab-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-\-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|Eb--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
When you were young
I said he doesnt look a thing like Jesus
He doesnt look a thing like Jesus
But more than you'll ever know
eb-----------------------------------------3-----|Bb-----------------------------------------3-----|Gb--10-10-10--9-9-9--7-7-7--5-5-5-5--4--2--0-----|Db--10-10-10--9-9-9--7-7-7--5-5-5-5--4--2--0-----|Ab---8--8--8--7-7-7--5-5-5--3-3-3-3--2--0--2-----|Eb-----------------------------------------3-----|
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