When You Were Young - The Killers
(Done for The Hood, by The Hood - edit 16)

The studio version of this song is tuned down half of a 
step, but these chord names assume you play it in 
standard tuning.  The below is for a rhythm guitar 
that is playing with a full band. "N.C." only means 
no chord for rhythm guitar; there are several times 
during the song when other instruments play but 
the rhythm guitar doesn't. Pay attention to dynamics, 
when rhythm guitar is in/out, etc. An * denotes times 
that the rhythm guitar should be at max volume 
/ distorted. When you don't see the *, 
you should be doing something else.

F6add9 -(x 8 7 0 10 10) (intro chord)
Fsus2 - (x 3 3 0 1 x)
G     - (x 5 5 0 3 x)
Am7   - (x 7 7 0 5 x)
C     - (x 10 10 0 8 x)
Bm    - (x 9 9 x 7 x)

The rhythm of the standard progression is as follows (8/8 time):
Fsus2 (8 beats) G (3 beats) Am7 (5 beats) C (7 beats) Fsus2 (9 beats)

[Intro]
F6add9 (ring/hold), then 2 "xxxxxx"
*    *   *    *     *
*    *   *    *     *

[Verse 1]
N.C.
You sit there in your heart-ache
N.C.
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
N.C.
To save you from your old ways
N.C.
(spoken) You play forgiveness
N.C.
(spoken) Watch it now, Here he comes

[Pre-Chorus 1]
N.C.
He doesnt look a thing like Je-sus, but he
N.C.
Talks like a gentleman
N.C.
Like you imagined when

[Chorus 1]
      
You    were yo

          
ung

[Verse 2]
(PALM MUTE]

Can we climb t

his mountain
     
I dont know
             
Higher now tha

   
n ever before,

 I
         
Know we can ma

             
ke it if we ta

      
ke it slow

(spoken) Let's

 take it easy

(spoken) Easy 

now,  watch it

 go

[Pre-Chorus 2]
(CONTINUE PALM MUTE)
         
We're burning 

              
down the highw

      
ay sky- line, 

 on the

Back of a hurr

icane

That started t

urning when

[Chorus 2]
      
You were young

        


        
When you were 

          
young

[Verse 3]
(PLAY CHORDS ONCE AND LET RING)

And sometimes 

you close your
             
eyes, and you 


see the
             
Place where yo

        
u used to live
    
When you   wer

e

[Instrumental 1]
      
Young

        

  
      
(USE BARRE CHO

        
RDS BELOW, STA

  
RTING WITH wit

h F = x 8 10 1

0 x x)
           
(HOLD G AND FA

         
DE)

[Bridge]
N.C.
The say the devil's water, it ain't so sweet.
N.C.
You don't have to drink right now.
N.C.
But you can dip your feet in
N.C.
Every once in a little while

[Instrumental 2]
(BASS/DRUMS ONLY FIRST TIME THROUGH, QUIET, WITH VOLUME BUILDING)
        
(EVERYONE IN A

         
T MAX VOLUME)
*     *   *    *     *
*     *   *    *     *

[Verse 4]
        
You sit there 

            
in your heart-

  
ache
            
Waiting on som

     
e beautiful bo

y to
        
To save you fr

            
om your old wa


ys
 
(spoken) You p

lay forgivenes

s

(spoken) Watch

 it now Here h

e comes

[Pre-Chorus 4]
  
He doesnt look

 a thing like 

Je-sus
            
But he talks l

             
ike a gentlema


n
          
  Like you ima

       
gined  when

[Chorus 4]
     
you were young



(falsetto) "ta

lks like a gen

tleman"

(falsetto) "li

ke you imagine

d" when
      
You were young

        

 

[Outro]
        
I said he does

              
nt look a thin

              
g like Jesus
        
He doesnt look

              
 a thing like 

             
Jesus
          (ALL BARRE CHORDS, STARTING WITH F = x 8 10 10 x x)
         
But more than 

             
you'll ever kn

                 
ow

[HOLD LAST G AND RING OUT]