When You Were Young Tab

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:
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-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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