Band: The Killers Song: Mr Brightside From: Las Vegas Song Rating: Good Song Description: A tasty mix of Strokes-esque garageish rock guitar, with a splash of emo lyrics, a pinch of a cool bass player and a manic Keith Moon of a drummer. Handsome singer too (aye you would though) Ok I was playing around trying to work out this song and my guitar just happened to be in drop D, which is probably not what I would have expected the guitar to be tuned to but it makes the song much easier to play so I guess it must be thus! Tuning (low to high): D A D G B E Guitar: Best to utilise a fairly meaty humbucker equipped guitar, playing on the bridge setting (Something like and Epiphone Les Paul fits perfectly). Alternatively go and buy a spiky Gibson like the guitarist has. Amplifier: Now for this you’ll be wanting two distorted channels, or one mildly distorted channel plus some kind of a distortion pedal. If you don’t have this then don’t worry, just freestyle it as you see fit, then badger somebody rich until they buy you a nice Marshall or Mesa-Boogie stack. Intro (channel one, light distortion) Lead Guitar B |-----------------16----------------------16-----------------------16----- G |----------18--------18-----------18--------18------------18---------18 D |------18-----18--------------18-----18--------------18------18-------- A |--16--------------------15------------------------------------------------ D |--------------------------------------------------16----------------------- B |--------------------16--------- G |------------18----------18---- D |-------18------18------------- A |-------------------------------- D |---16-------------------------- Rhythm Guitar G |----66666666----5555555-------------- D |----66666666----6666666----4444444 A |----44444444----3333333----4444444 D |---------------------------------4444444 Chorus: (Channel Two, more distortion) G |-----6666666---------------------------------------------------- D |-----6666666------4444444-----88888888------6666666666 A |-----4444444------4444444-----88888888------6666666666 D |---------------------4444444-----88888888------6666666666 And that’s about it, just listen to the song to figure out what does where (note you stay on the 4 chord as a prechorus but you add the lead line an octave down above it)
