Band: The Killers
Song: Mr Brightside
From: Las Vegas
Song Rating: Good
Song Description: A tasty mix of Strokes-esque garageish rock guitar, with a splash of emo lyrics, a pinch of a cool bass player and a manic Keith Moon of a drummer.  Handsome singer too (aye you would though)

Ok I was playing around trying to work out this song and my guitar just happened to be in drop D, which is probably not what I would have expected the guitar to be tuned to but it makes the song much easier to play so I guess it must be thus!

Tuning (low to high): D A D G B E

Guitar: Best to utilise a fairly meaty humbucker equipped guitar, playing on the bridge setting (Something like and Epiphone Les Paul fits perfectly).  Alternatively go and buy a spiky Gibson like the guitarist has.

Amplifier: Now for this you’ll be wanting two distorted channels, or one mildly distorted channel plus some kind of a distortion pedal.  If you don’t have this then don’t worry, just freestyle it as you see fit, then badger somebody rich until they buy you a nice Marshall or Mesa-Boogie stack.



Intro (channel one, light distortion)

Lead Guitar

B |-----------------16----------------------16-----------------------16-----
G |----------18--------18-----------18--------18------------18---------18  
D |------18-----18--------------18-----18--------------18------18--------         
A |--16--------------------15------------------------------------------------
D |--------------------------------------------------16-----------------------              

B |--------------------16---------
G |------------18----------18----
D |-------18------18-------------
A |--------------------------------
D |---16--------------------------

Rhythm Guitar

G |----66666666----5555555--------------
D |----66666666----6666666----4444444 
A |----44444444----3333333----4444444  
D |---------------------------------4444444


Chorus: (Channel Two, more distortion)

G |-----6666666----------------------------------------------------
D |-----6666666------4444444-----88888888------6666666666
A |-----4444444------4444444-----88888888------6666666666    
D |---------------------4444444-----88888888------6666666666


And that’s about it, just listen to the song to figure out what does where (note you stay on the 4 chord as a prechorus but you add the lead line an octave down above it)