• Song:

    When you were young

  • Artist:

    Killers

===THE KILLERS===
==When You Were Young==

Right I'm not gonna ramble on about nonsense like the others do but this is my first tab
be nice... =]

Guitar 1 = Rhythm Guitar (slightly clean) - Standard Tuning E B G D A E
(instead of having to tune your guitar to Down 1/2 Step, I just tabbed it down a semitone)
Guitar 2 = Lead Guitar (slight overdrive) - Down 1/2 Step Eb Bb Gb Db Ab Eb
(for simplicity's sake I have just put it as standard tuning on the tab)

==Intro==

As suggested by digital_seige, play this for the intro, it works better:

Guitar 1
E|-2-|
B|-2-|
G|-1-|
D|-x-|
A|-2-|
E|-0-|

Set your Volume knob low, play the chord, then turn up the volume knob for the effect, 
scratch.

Cheers for the tip... continue as follows:

E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-44444444-6666-8888-1111111111111111-44444444-|
D|-44444444-6666-8888-1111111111111111-44444444-|
A|-22222222-4444-6666--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-22222222-|
E|----------------------------------------------| x2

Guitar 2 (comes in on 2nd repeat of guitar 1)
E|-----5-3----------5-3---|
B|---------0--------------|
G|-0-2----------0-2-----2-|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|


==Verse 1==

Nothing is played for 1st part. Just the drums and the bass I'm afraid =]

==Chorus==

Guitar 2
"He doesn't look a thing like Jesus..." (listen to song for timing... should be in
- 80% sure on this bit... try it and tell me what you think plz, cheers).
E|---5-3-------6-----8----------6----------8-|
B|---------3-4---5-6---3-4----3-7--5-6---5-9-|
G|-0-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1
"When you were young..."
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-44444444-6666-8888-1111111111111111-44444444-|
D|-44444444-6666-8888-1111111111111111-44444444-|
A|-22222222-4444-6666--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-22222222-|
E|----------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
E|--------17-15----12-----------------17-15----|
B|--8-10--------12----13-(12)----8-10-------10-|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

==Verse 2==

Guitar 1

E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-22222222-4444-6666-99999999----------|
E|-----------------------------22222222-|

==Chorus 2==

Guitar 2
"We're burning down the..."
E|---5-3-------6-----8----------6----------8-|
B|---------3-4---5-6---3-4----3-7--5-6---5-9-|
G|-0-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1
"When you were young..."
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-44444444-6666-8888-1111111111111111-44444444-|
D|-44444444-6666-8888-1111111111111111-44444444-|
A|-22222222-4444-6666--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-22222222-|
E|----------------------------------------------| x2

Guitar 2
E|--------17-15----12-----------------17-15----|
B|--8-10--------12----13-(12)----8-10-------10-|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------| x2

==Chorus Outro==

"And sometimes you close your eyes..."
Guitar 2
E|---5-3-------6-----8----------6----------8-|
B|---------3-4---5-6---3-4----3-7--5-6---5-9-|
G|-0-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

==Solo!==

Guitar 1 plays the regular whilst guitar 2:
E|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------12-12-12-14-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------17-15----12-----------------17-15----|
B|-14-14-14-14-14-14----8-10-------12----13-(12)----8-10-------10-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

==Breakdown==


Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-999-888-666-444-4-3------------|
D|-999-888-666-444-4-3-6-4~-------|
A|-777-666-444-222-2-1-6-4~-------|
E|---------------------4-2~-------|


==Bridge==
There is no guitar in this bit eitha! =[
But what I would prefer to do is play this in a really light palm mute...

Guitar 1
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-44444444-6666-8888-1111111111111111-44444444-|
D|-44444444-6666-8888-1111111111111111-44444444-|
A|-22222222-4444-6666--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-22222222-|
E|----------------------------------------------| x2
   ........ .... .... ................ ........

==Solo 2==

If you have a guitar that allows a whammy bar, rest your palm on the bridge whilst
this on the lead in, it should give the correct effect.

Guitar 2
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|-14(x32!)-|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|

Guitar 1 plays regular whilst guitar 2 plays:
E|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------12-12-12-14-14-14-14-14-|
D|-------------------------------------------------xx-xx-xx----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------10-10-10----------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------12-12-12-14-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|

==Lead Out==

Guitar 1 & 2 (consider guitar 2's tuning - move each fret up 1)
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-44444444-6666-8888-1111111111111111-44444444-|
D|-44444444-6666-8888-1111111111111111-44444444-|
A|-22222222-4444-6666--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-22222222-|
E|----------------------------------------------| x2

On the piano bit near "talks like a gentleman", get guitar 2 to do this:
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--9-?7-5?-4---|
|--x?-x-x?-x-7-|
|--7?-5-3?-2-x?|
|------------5?|


The rest is pretty self explanatory!
Post all comments nicely along with any corrections if you have any, I am willing to 
criticism is the best way I will learn!
Cheers for reading and peace out!
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