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Jenny was a friend of mine -- The Killers
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Tabbed By : Brian Recchia / http://brian.recchia.name (yes it's a real website)
e-mail: brian@recchia.name (yes, it's a real email address.)
AIM: RobotTownHooker
I'm a professional bassist and am 100% positive that this is about as right as
it's going to get. I plan on uploading a video to Youtube soon of me playing it
(this way, of course) and when I do, I'll update the tab to link to it.
Tuning: Half-step down (Eb Ab Db Gb / D# G# C# F#)
This song is played with a moderately heavy pick. You can play it with fingers,
but the rhythm sounds much better if you use a pick. Plus, Mark Stoermer of
The Killers plays it with one. Each note, rest, dead-note, etc is a sixteenth note,
except perhaps for a few typos or exceptions. It should be noted, however, that "12"
for instance (or any other double-digit number) counts as one note even though it's
two characters and for a hammer on, don't count characters there either; 4h5 is two
16th notes. Speaking of hammer-ons, the hammer-ons I'm POSITIVE are played, but I've
never seen anyone else play them, and they are done somewhat fast in the song for a
beginner (as I said, sixteenth notes) so if you can't hammer-on that fast, just don't
play them. Most people won't notice. :]
A dash left in between two notes = a sixteenth note rest.
The "x" in the first measure is because the Gb/11 (or technically speaking, due to the
tuning it is an F) is played staccato (that means the note rings for a veryyyyy short
time) and then a dead note is played. Again, this is optional, it's just if you want to
sound exactly like the MP3. (For all I know, it could even be a studio error; it doesn't
sound like that when they play it live.) When it really matters, I've put arrows above
notes so that you can see the direction you should be picking. (Remember, as I said you
should use a pick.)
Good luck! With practice, it's not a very hard song at all. I'm surprised I haven't seen
any perfect tabs yet.
12s, not 1s and 2s. ~ means let it ring as an 8th note instead of a 16th. Lastly, I play the ""
Intro/verse/chorus (play the 12-11x12 only during the intro) Chorus begins at *.
v v^v v v^ v^ v v v v v^ v^ v v (4 is an 8th note that you pull off to 0)
G|---------12-11x12\----------9-10-11\------------5-4~p0---------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------7~77~77-----------5~55~55------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
v v^ v^ v v v^v v v v v v v v v v v v v^ v^ v v
G|------------------------------------------9-10-11\------------5-4~p0-------|
D|-------------------------4h5~4~~-------------------------------------------|
A|-3~33~32~3\--0-023~~3~~5~-------5~7\----------------5-55-55----------------|
E|--------------------------------------0------------------------------------|
v v^ v^ v v v^v v v v v v v v v v v v v^ v^ v v
G|------------------------------------------------------------5-4~p0---------|
D|-------------------------4h5~4~~-------------------------------------------|
A|-3~33~32~3\--0-023~~3~~5~-------5~7\--------------5-55-55------------------|
E|--------------------------------------0---0-2-3~---------------------------|
v v^ v^ v v v^v v v v v v v v v v v v v^ v^ v v
G|------------------------------------------9-10-11\------------5-4~p0-------|
D|-------------------------4h5~4~~-------------------------------------------|
A|-3~33~32~3\--0-023~~3~~5~-------5~7\----------------5-55-55----------------|
E|--------------------------------------0------------------------------------|
v v^ v^ v v v^v ^v ^v v v v*v v^v v^v v^v v^v v^v v^v v^v vvv v^v v^v
G|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------2-222-222-|
A|-3~33~32~3\--0-023-x3-x3~5~~5~~5~3-333-333-333-335-555-555-555-55----------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
v^v v^^ v^v v^v v^v v^v v^v v^v v^v v^v v^v v^v v^v vvv v v v v
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|222-22------------------------------------------------5~~~4~~~2~~~0~~~-----|
A|------2-222-222-222-223-333-333-333-335-555-555-555-55----------------3~~--|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
v^ v^ v v
G|-------------| Repeat the intro/verse/chorus as needed, but remember, the
D|--------/7~7\| 12-11x12\ is only done in the beginning of the song. The
A|33~~35~~-----| chorus after the second verse is played twice before the slide
E|-------------| and you slide to 7 on the G string instead of the D string.
Bridge/keyboard solo/end--tremolo picking (I didn't make
sure to put the right number of 7's here.)
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777-----|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12-12\-| Play the full verse here once during the keyboard solo but where
D|--------| you'd normally go into the chorus (I separated it on the tab) you
A|--------| end with:
E|--------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And that's it. Excuse the odd notation; I wrote it out the way I have it in my
mind and I taught myself how to play, so it's probably different. Also keep in
mind that this is my first tab. Have fun!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ let ring
| x Mute note
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