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)
E^   - (12 14 14 13 12 12)

Chorus Riff2 (play where there is a **)

E-------------16-14-------11----------|------16-14--------             
B----------12-------11-11----12-11-12-|---12-------------- 
G-------13----------------------------|13----------13-----                                                      
D-------------------------------------|-------------------
A-------------------------------------|-------------------
E-------------------------------------|-------------------





Intro (d=down u=up ...=pause)

E^ (strum down once then release pressure from fingers to mute out the chord and strum d d...d u d d - sounds better when on an amp and distorted) 

E F# G#m B E x2

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----------------------|------------------

    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       E


 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------|-------------16-14----|------16-14-------  
B-----------------------------------------------------7-9--|----------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 E, 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
                             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------|--------14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14------
B-----------------------------------------------------7-9--|------------------------------------------------------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
When you*were young
   B   E

                                  F#   G#m    B   E
I said he doesnt*look a thing like Jesus      
                           F#   G#m           B   E
He doesnt**look a thing like Jesus
         (Fill section:-)  E5, D#m5,  C#m5,  Bm5, B5, A#5,  G#5,   F#5	(same as above)
But more than you'll ever know

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