DATE: Wednesday, 3rd December 2003.
FILE DESCRIPTION: A Chord and TAB book for the album:
"Youth & Young Manhood" by the Kings Of Leon.
WRITER'S NOTES: First off, a big thank you to all the people who have e-mailed
me to say well done for doing the TAB. So many have struggled
to find anything suitable.
So here it is! The complete chord & TAB book to the best
debut album since Definitely Maybe! I've worked everything out
as best I can, but Caleb's southern drawl is kinda hard to get
to grips with on a couple of songs; mostly the middle 8 part
on "Trani", but I think it's as near as I'm gonnae get.
Here's a few details of what I used to gather information:
"SPIRAL STAIRCASE", "MOLLY'S CHAMBERS" and "JOE'S HEAD" were
all on BBC1 Scotland, which showed 6 programs from "T In The
Park", 2003.(I was there and the Kings were fantastic!) 3 of
the shows had the Kings on, so I managed to get the lyrics and
chords worked out better. "CALIFORNIA WAITING" was played on
"FRIDAY NIGHT WITH JONATHAN ROSS" on BBC1, so again I got a
good look at what was being played. "MOLLY'S CHAMBERS" was also
played on the "LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN". Various videos, TV
appearances and photos were also used. I ripped the tracks to MP3
and loaded them into GOLDWAVE - (www.goldwave.com) which has
excellent facilities to swap channels, isolate vocals etc. It was
a lot easier, and more informative than just listening to the CD
via your stereo and some headphones! Although I did use my
headphones too. You'll see on the "HAPPY ALONE" track that
Matthew plays in Drop D; Caleb stays in Standard tuning
throughout the album. Also, on "GENIUS", Matthew uses Open G
tuning. I know this because the Kings, well Matthew, was
interviewed in the September 2003 issue of GUITAR magazine,
(The one with The Darkness (Great Band) on the cover) and he said
that the only time the machineheads deviate from standard tuning
is on the two said tracks. I originally got the best part of the
lyrics from the excellent, HAPPYALONE.COM, (www.happyalone.com)
website but some of them weren't right, so using the vocal
isolation technique on GOLDWAVE, I sorted out most of the ropey
lyrics.
I hope this will be of use to you; it should be!
You can use this as and when/where you like. Please don't use
it for profit; It wasn't created for that! Webmasters can use this
file without my permission, just as long as I am credited as the
author.
Thanks again, and HAVE FUN!
Deano.
CONTACT INFORMATION: If you wish to get in touch for whatever reason, you can contact
me at - the.scotsman@blueyonder.co.uk
OTHER INFORMATION: "(.)" in the Chord part = Let Chord Ring.
"N.C." = No Chord Played.
"P.M." = Palm Mute.
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KINGS OF LEON
"YOUTH & YOUNG MANHOOD"
TRACKLIST
TRACK 01 - RED MORNING LIGHT
TRACK 02 - HAPPY ALONE
TRACK 03 - WASTED TIME
TRACK 04 - JOE'S HEAD
TRACK 05 - TRANI
TRACK 06 - CALIFORNIA WAITING
TRACK 07 - SPIRAL STAIRCASE
TRACK 08 - MOLLY'S CHAMBERS
TRACK 09 - GENIUS
TRACK 10 - DUSTY
TRACK 11 - HOLY ROLLER NOVOCAINE
TRACK 12 - TALIHINA SKY (HIDDEN BONUS TRACK)
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Sunday, 23 November, 2003.
!!! HELLO !!!
Here is the UPDATED complete chord songbook and TAB to the best debut album since
Definitely Maybe! I've worked everything out as best I can, but Calebs' southern
drawl is kinda hard to get to grips with on a couple of songs, but I think it's
as near as. I've also tabbed the solo to "Red Morning Light" and "Molly's Chambers".
(I'm working on the others!)
"SPIRAL STAIRCASE", "MOLLY'S CHAMBERS" and "JOE'S HEAD" - BBC2 Scotland showed 6
programs from T In The Park
recently. 3 of them had The
Kings on. So I managed to get
the lyrics and chords worked
out better.
*NOTE: You'll see on the "Happy Alone" track that Matthew plays in Drop D. Caleb stays
in Standard tuning throughout the album. Also, on "Genius", Matthew uses Open G tuning.
I know this because The Kings, well Matthew, is interviewed in the September 2003 issue
of GUITAR magazine, (The one with The Darkness (Great Band) on the cover) and he tells
us that the only time the machineheads deviate from standard tuning is on the two said
tracks. - Hope that clears things up!
I got the best part of the lyrics from the excellent, HAPPYALONE.COM,
(www.happyalone.com) website but some of them weren't right, so you'll see variations.
If you have any comments or suggestions to anything here, please do email me.
Contact me at: the.scotsman@blueyonder.co.uk
Cheers,
Have Fun.
Deano.
P.S. - (.) in the TAB = Let Chord Ring. (N.C. = No Chord Played) (P.M. = Palm Mute)
P.P.S. - Feel free to distribute this as and when/where you want...but PLEASE remember
to gimmie, (DEAN HILL) credit! - THANK YOU!
