Mr Brightside

Rocker

Thank for the files mate. Let me know when you are in Ireland, there is a pint of Guinness waiting for you....

Longtallronnie

I downtune the B string to A and tune the G string to G#. This makes the chords a lot easier to finger as they follow the lay of your hand so to speak. I don't bother with the open high E string and so far no one's noticed.

I also put a capo on the 2nd fret to save stretching for the low F# in the bridge.

It ends up looking like this:

E-A-D-G#-A-E

x-17-16-18-19-x 

x-16-16-18-19-x

15-x-16-18-19-x

johnnyurq

Rocker;42677" said:

Thank for the files mate. Let me know when you are in Ireland, there is a pint of Guinness waiting for you....

No worries dude you are very welcome. If I make it over I will take you up on that.

Were any of the others of use to you too?

I will leave it shared for a while just in case you never got all you wanted.

monquixote

Hmm I've spoken to the band and apparently they play it in the original key, but in standard tune which suggests to me their guitarist probably plays it wrong as it's got loads of open strings. 

To that end and because I'm not going to bring an Eb tuned guitar I've decided I'm going to play it wrong as well. 

To that end I'm playing it with a bar on the 9th fret:

X-X-11-10-X-9

X-X-11-10-X-11

X-X-10-10-X-9

X-X-10-10-X-11

X-9-X-10-X-9

X-9-X-10-X-11

It's not right, but it's closeish, easy enough to play and doesn't require me to fart about with tuning when I've got a whole set to learn.

Handsome_Chris

monquixote said:

It's not right, but it's closeish, easy enough to play and doesn't require me to fart about with tuning when I've got a whole set to learn.

You should get a LPX, then worrying about tunings will be a thing of the past.

monquixote

Handsome_Chris said:

You should get a LPX, then worrying about tunings will be a thing of the past.

Sod that. 

My whole approach to gigging is to have the minimum number of things to remember and having a guitar which might be in various tunings at any one moment is a recipe for disaster!

keithf

fair doo's its a pig!

really struggling with this one.

not_the_dj

Does it actually go down well?

I noticed it featured quite often in the old "covers bands set-list" thread, but i'd never really considered it for our lot. 

Is it a sure fire all feet to the dance floor crowd pleaser? 

gjonesy

Noticed this thread and had a go at learning this, @keithf is right its an absolute pig!

And how do you make the transition to the 3-X-5-7-5-0?! my hand is in knots!

monquixote

not_the_dj said:

Does it actually go down well?

I noticed it featured quite often in the old "covers bands set-list" thread, but i'd never really considered it for our lot. 

Is it a sure fire all feet to the dance floor crowd pleaser? 

Apparently so. I suggested dropping it at the dep ig I'm doing due to the confusion and they said it's an absolute cast iron hit. 

stickyfiddle

not_the_dj;45626" said:

Does it actually go down well?

I noticed it featured quite often in the old "covers bands set-list" thread, but i'd never really considered it for our lot. 

Is it a sure fire all feet to the dance floor crowd pleaser? 

The only things that beat it for sudden dancefloor capacity explosions are Chelsea Dagger and Sex on Fire in my experience

keithf

I'm amazed that the fella who wrote it took the time to perfect it,

it must have fallen under his fingers when he was jamming.

ThePrettyDamned

keithf;45652" said:

I'm amazed that the fella who wrote it took the time to perfect it,

it must have fallen under his fingers when he was jamming.

Apparently, he's a very well qualified jazz guitarist, rather than your average ham fisted rocker

There were accurate tabs on a website, I learnt it. It was definitely in flats.

stickyfiddle

The initial guitar line was written before the rest of the song- before he and Brandon Flowers even met if you believe the official story. 

northern_guit

I agree with bluenose regarding using a LP . I had to play it on one so it was quick and easy to detune the top E half a step which I couldn't do on my Strat. Also with it being a shorter scale, that made it more comfortable. I hold my hands up, I also shortened my strap a little ha ha

Grunfeld

not_the_dj said:

Does it actually go down well?

Yes.  It is reliable.  It is very useful for bringing the energy up.  It feels a bit weird thinking of using music for psychological manipulation of a crowd's energy but I guess that's what we're doing. 

So yes, it works.  There's no other reason for enduring the practice it takes to play it cleanly.

Oh, and we've found that playing it at 140 bpm (even 135 bpm) works very well too.  Not only is it a wee bit easier to play at a slower tempo but it seems a bit more dance floor friendly too than the 150 bpm of the original.  Just sort of slightly less "rushed".