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Somebody Told Me Guitar Tablature
The Killers - Somebody Told Me
Tabbed By: [email protected]

I'm not sure this is 100% correct but it's a good start.  
I only Tabbed the chords.  You can figure out the rhythm 
easily by listening to the song.

*Sounds best with reverd and delay!

Intro:  
e|----------------|-------------------------------------|
B|----------------|-------------------------------------|
G|--6--8--10--11--|--10--11--13--11--10--11--10---------|
D|--8--8---8---8--|---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---------|
A|----------------|-------------------------------------|
E|----------------|-------------------------------------|

Verse:During the verse, it appears he string mutes
by laying his fingers across the strings while strumming
rapidly and coordinating movement with his hand up
and down the neck to acheive ascending and descending
harmonics...
e|--x-------------|--13--14--16--14---------------------|
B|--x-------------|-------------------------------------|
G|--x-------------|--10--11--14--11---------------------|
D|--x-------------|-------------------------------------|
A|----------------|-------------------------------------|
E|----------------|-------------------------------------|

                                |Let ring out with 
 "Bring it back down..."        |delay
e|------------------------------|-----------------------|
B|--14------14--14----------14--|--14-14~~~-------------|
G|--11--13--13--11--13--13--13--|--13-13~~~-------------|
D|--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|--11-11~~~-------------|
A|------------------------------|-----------------------|
E|------------------------------|-----------------------|

Chorus:
e|--1--2--4--1------------------------------------------|
B|--2--2--4--1------------------------------------------|
G|--3--3--5--2------------------------------------------|
D|--3--4--6--3------------------------------------------|
A|--1--4--6--3------------------------------------------|
E|-----2--4--1------------------------------------------|

Verse 2: Same as verse 1
e|--x-------------|--13--14--16--14---------------------|
B|--x-------------|-------------------------------------|
G|--x-------------|--10--11--14--11---------------------|
D|--x-------------|-------------------------------------|
A|----------------|-------------------------------------|
E|----------------|-------------------------------------|

"Bring it back down..."         
(hidden behind the synth)       |slide down slowly
e|------------------------------|-----------------------|
B|--14------14--14----------14--|--14------------------|
G|--11--13--13--11--13--13--13--|--13------------------|
D|--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|--11------------------|
A|------------------------------|-----------------------|
E|------------------------------|-----------------------|

Chorus:
e|--1--2--4--1------------------------------------------|
B|--2--2--4--1------------------------------------------|
G|--3--3--5--2------------------------------------------|
D|--3--4--6--3------------------------------------------|
A|--1--4--6--3------------------------------------------|
E|-----2--4--1------------------------------------------|

Bridge:
e|-11-9--11-9--11-9----------11-9----------------|
B|------------------11-9-11--------11-9-11-------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|-11-9--11-9--11-9----------11-9----------------|
B|------------------11-9-11----------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

              |Let ring out with delay
e|-11-9-------|----------------------------------|
B|-------11-9-|--9-9~~~--------------------------|
G|------------|--8-8~~~--------------------------|
D|------------|----------------------------------|
A|------------|----------------------------------|
E|------------|----------------------------------|

Chorus:         |The last time |End on:
                |through it    |
                |changes to:   |
e|--1--2--4--1--|--1-----4--1--|--1-1------------|
B|--2--2--4--1--|--2--7--4--1--|--2-2------------|
G|--3--3--5--2--|--3--6--5--2--|--3-3------------|
D|--3--4--6--3--|--3--4--6--3--|--3-3------------|
A|--1--4--6--3--|--1--4--6--3--|--1-1------------|
E|-----2--4--1--|--------4--1--|-----------------|
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