Chord/Tab song: When You Were Young

Tabbed by Allen Gregory
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The Killers - When You Were Young

Standard Tuning EADGBe

Chords Used

E ? (022100)
[F#]G#m [-]? [(244322)](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]B7 [-]- [(446654)](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)

You [E]sit there in your h[F#]eart-ac[G#m]he
Wait[B]ing on some bea[E]utiful boy to
T[E]o save you from y[F#]our old w[G#m]ays
Y[B]ou play forgiveness
[E]Watch it now here he comes

He d[E]oesnt look a thing like [F#]Je-[G#m]sus
But he t[B]alks like a gentleman
L[E]ike you imagined
When youwere [F#] you[G#m]ng[B][E]

C[E]an we climb this mountain
I[F#] dont k[G#m]now
H[B]igher now than e[E]ver before
I[E] know we can make it if we t[F#]ake it s[G#m]low
L[B]et's take it easy
E[E]asy now, watch it go

W[E]e're burning down the highway [F#]sky-[G#m]line
On the ba[B]ck of a hurricane
T[E]hat started turning
When youwere [F#] you[G#m]ng[B][E]
When youwere [F#] you[G#m]ng[B][E]

And som[E]etimes you cl[F#]ose your [G#m]eyes
And see the pl[B]ace where you used to l[E]ive
When you were [F#] you[G#m]ng[B][E]

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)

They say the d[C#m]evil's water It ain't so sweet
You [C#m]dont have to drink right [G#m]now
But you can dip your f[B7]eet
Every once in a little wh[F#]ile

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

You s[E]it there in your [F#]heart-[G#m]ache
W[B]aiting on some bea[E]utiful boy to
T[E]o save you from y[F#]our old w[G#m]ays
Y[B]ou play forgiveness
W[E]atch it now Here he comes

He d[E]oesnt look a thing like [F#]Je-[G#m]sus
But he [B]talks like a gentleman
L[E]ike you imagined
When you were [F#]you[G#m]ng
([B]talks like a gentleman)
([E]like you imagined)
W[E]hen youwere [F#]youn[G#m]g[B][E]

I said he doesntlook a thing like[F#] Jesu[G#m]s[B][E]
He doesn'tlook a thing li[F#]ke Je[G#m]sus[B][E]
(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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