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Tabbed by Allen Gregory
allengregory167@hotmail.com
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)
Intro Chord - (xx xx 11 13 12 14) (Thanks To Jason Baumal)
Riffs Used:
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----------------------|------------------|
Riff 2 - (played where there is a **)
e-------------16-14----11----|------16-14-------|
B----------12-------11----12-|---12-------------|
G-------13-------------------|13----------13----|
D----------------------------|------------------|
A----------------------------|------------------|
E----------------------------|------------------|
Intro - Intro Chord - (strum down once then release pressure from fingers to mute out
chord do this for the top two strings too) and strum down
down, down up down up - sounds better when on an amp and distorted)
E F# G#m B E x2 (with Intro Riff over the top)
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 B E
When you*were young
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------|
B-----------------------------------------------------7-9--|
G----------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|
e-------------16-14----|------16-14-------|
B----------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 E5, 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
C#m 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------|
B-----------------------------------------------------7-9--|
G----------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|
e--------\14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14------|
B------------------------------------------------------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 B E
When you*were young
F# G#m B E
I said he doesnt*look a thing like Jesus
F# G#m B E
He doesn't**look a thing like Jesus
(Fill section - see below)
But more than you'll ever know
(Fill section:- E5, D#m5, C#m5, Bm5, B5, A#5, G#5, F#5
- strum down 3 times for E5, D#m5 and C#m5 and once for the rest of the fill section)
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I love this song
great tab! good work
Fantastic tab-especially on the main riff-ive searched everywhere for a correct one.