Killers-All These Things That I've Done - BPM - 67
[Guitar sound] - Distorted, delay, verb? [Vocals] Octave up - high in mix
[Intro - Capo 2 - Free time no drums - Pluck harmonic at 12th with 1st and 4th finger whilst playing chords with thumb] [Harmonic pluck on every 1st beat] 4 plucks - 14th fret
[Melody descends] [E] When there's nowhere else to run [E7] Is there room for one... more... [A] son? One more [E] so o on? [E/D#-021100-Emaj7 really] If you [C#m]* can hold on, (keep high E open so can do harmonic) If you [A] can hold on, hold on [E]
[Drums in - Just bass drum B B B (BB)B] | E | E | E | E |
[Full drums - B S B SS] [See Riff A] | E | E | E | E | | A | A | E | E |
[Verse 1 - Full drums] [E] I wanna stand up, I wanna let go You know, you know - no, you don't, you do oh on't [A] I wanna shine on in the hearts of [E] men (backward drums) [E] I want a meaning from the (melody offbeat slow) back of my broken hand
[E] Another head aches, another heart breaks I'm so... much ol...der than I I can ta a ake [A] And my affection, well it comes and [E] goes (backward drums) [E] I need direction to perfection, (Snare on each 'no') no no no no - help me
[Chorus - Put some offbeat chordal work in to drive - Octave up sound] [E] out, yeah You know you gotta help me [E] out, yeah Oh, don't you put me on the [A] back burner You know you gotta help me [E] out, yeah
[Verse 2 - Melody descends] [E] And when there's nowhere else to run Is there room for one more son? These [A] changes ...... ain't changing me, The [E] cold-hearted boy I used to be
[Chorus] [E] Yeah, you know you gotta help me [E] out, yeah Oh, don't you put me on the [A] back burner You know you gotta help me [E] out, yeah You're gonna bring yourself [C#m] down, yeah You're gonna bring yourself [A] down, yeah You're gonna bring yourself [E] down [Drums stop - Chug on E]
[Chug] [E] x 4 bars
[Bridge] [E] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier [E] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier [A] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier (go high - bring in backing vocals mic) [E] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
[Drums back but pattern is only play B bass once when play chord for first beat of each 2 bar section] [BxSx xSxS xxSx xxSx] [E] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier [E] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier [A] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier [E] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier (bring bass drums back in one 1) [C#m] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier [A] I got soul, but I'm not a soldi [E] er
[Vamp - Drum solo etc] [E] x 4 bars
[Chorus] [E] Yeah, you know you gotta help me [E] out, yeah Oh, don't you put me on the [A] back burner You know you gotta help me [E] out, yeah You're gonna bring yourself [E] down, yeah You're gonna bring yourself [E] down, yeah Oh, don't you put me on the [A] back burner You're gonna bring yourself [E] down, yeah You're gonna bring yourself [C#m] down
[Outro] [(C#m)] Oh .. ver .. and .. [F#m] in .. last.. call.. for.. [A] sin While everyone's lost, the battle is [B] won (Drums stop)
With all these things that I've ...... [E] done (drums back in - and play bit of Riff A) With all these things that I've ...... [C#m] done [Vamp on C#m] If you [A] can hold on, if you [B] can hold on.. [E]
[Drum outro - just bass drum - Chug on E and play the odd fast strum] [E]
[Riff A] Relative to Capo [E] E -------------------0--------------- B -------------------0--------------- G -------------------x--------------- D -11-11-8-11--(x2)--8---8--8-(x2)--- A -9--9------9-------9--9--9--------- E -0-----------------0---------------
[E] E --------------------------0-------- B ---------------2----------0-------- G ---------------2----------x-------- D 11--11-11-8-11-2--(x2)----8---8--8-(x2) A 0--------------0----------9--9--9-- E --------------------------0--------
[Intro] [E][F#m][A][E] first note of melody is G# of the E chord (first fret on G string)
[Verse 1] [E] Twenty-five years and my life is still [F#m] Trying to get up that great big hill Of [A] hope for a desti [E] nation I [E] realized quickly when I knew I should That the [F#m] world was made up of this brotherhood Of [A] man, for whatever that [E] means
[Pre-Chorus] And so I [E] cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed Just to [F#m] get it all out, what's in my head and I [A] - I am feeling a little pe [E] culiar And so I [E] wake in the morning and I step outside and I [F#m] take a deep breath and I get real high and I [A] scream from the top of my lungs "What's going [E] on?"
[Chorus] And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?" And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
[Interlude] [E] Ooh, O [F#m] oh O [A] oh [E] [E] Ooh, O [F#m] oh O [A] oh [E]
[Verse 2] And I [E] try, oh my God, do I [F#m] try I try all the [A] time, in this insti [E] tution And I [E] pray, oh my God, do I [F#m] pray I pray every single [A] day For a revo [E] lution
[Pre-Chorus] And so I [E] cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed Just to [F#m] get it all out, what's in my head and I [A] - I am feeling a little pe [E] culiar And so I [E] wake in the morning and I step outside and I [F#m] take a deep breath and I get real high and I [A] scream from the top of my lungs "What's going [E] on?"
[Chorus] And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?" And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?" And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] HeyeYEYEYE" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
[Interlude] [E] Ooh, O [F#m] oh O [A] oh . [E] ....
[Outro] [E] Twenty-five years and my life is still [F#m] Trying to get up that great big hill of [A] hope For a destin [E] ation