Killers-All These Things That I've Done - BPM - 140
[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 - BPM 140 - with Asus2 could try x07600] Chug on [D] - no drums - optional to play G before A during verse
[Verse 1 - No drums - Down stroke strumming chug] [D] I got my first real six-string [G] [A] Bought it at the five-and-dime [G] [D] Played it 'til my fingers bled [G] [A] It was the summer of '69 [G]
[Verse 2 - Bass on 1 only, snare at usual times - move to slow strum] [D] Me and some guys from school [G] [A] Had a band and we tried real hard [G] [D] Jimmy quit, Joey got married [G] [A] I shoulda known we'd never get far
[Chorus 1 - Full drums - BAd DoG] [Bm] Oh, when I [A] look back now [D] That summer seemed to [G] last forever [Bm] And if I [A] had the choice [D] Yeah, I'd always [G] wanna be there [Bm] Those were the [A] (stop) best days of my
[Instrumental - Up and down strumming - very open] Life [Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D][Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2
[Verse 3] [D] Ain't no use in complainin' [G] [A] When you got a job to do [G] [D] Spent my evenin's down at the drive in [G] [A] And that's when I met you, yeah [G]
[Chorus 2] [Bm] Standin' on your [A] mama's porch [D] You told me that you'd [G] wait forever [Bm] Oh, and when you [A] held my hand [D] I knew that it was [G] now or never [Bm] Those were the [A] best days of my [D] life
[Instrumental] [Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D][Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2 Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh
[Bridge] [F] Man, we were [Bb] killin' time We were [C] young and restless We [Bb] needed to unwind [F] I guess [Bb] nothin' can last for [C] ever, forever no
[Instrumental - No drums until fill on final A - just follow chords stab with snare] [Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D][Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2
[Verse 4] [D] And now the times are changin' [G] [A] Look at everything that's come and gone [G] [D] Sometimes when I play that old six-string [G] [A] I think about you, wonder what went wrong
[Chorus 3] [Bm] Standin' on your [A] mama's porch [D] You told me that it'd [G] last forever [Bm] Oh, and when you [A] held my hand [D] I knew that it was [G] now or never [Bm] Those were the [A] best days of my [D] life
[Outro] [Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D][Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x ad lib - solo out Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 uh huh/ooh etc - repeat
