Somebody Told Me Chords & Tabs
It was really bothering me that no one poseted a decent arrangement of this song. I did this
with a little help from my buddy ryan, and little help from ultomit tabs.
Tuning: Standerd
Intro
C#5 D#5 E#5 F#5 X2
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|-6-----------------------8------10----11---|
|-6-----------------------8------10----11---|
|-4-----------------------6-------8-----9---|
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & and so on.
The intro is all downstumms
F5 F#5 G#5 F#5 F5 F#5 G#5 G#5
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|-10--------11----13----11----10----11----13---13---|
|-10--------11----13----11----10----11----13---13---|
|--8---------9----11-----9-----8-----9----11---11---|
|---------------------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 same as before
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|-15-\-----9-\-----7-\-----3----------/-5---|
|-15--\----9--\----7--\----3---------/--5---|
|-15---\---9---\---7---\---3--------/---5---|
|-15----\--9----\--7----\--3-------/----5---|
|-15-----\-9-----\-7-----\-3------/-----5---|
This is the hard part. Place your finger lighty on the stings. Then stum, slowly slide you hand
from one positon two the next. If you are doing it righ you get a really cool affect.
F5 F#5 G#5 F#5
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|----------------------------|
|-10--------11----13----11---|
|-10--------11----13----11---|
|--8---------9----11-----9---|
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1 2 3 4 Like before only faster
X2
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|-15-\-----9-\-----7-\-----3----------/-5-|
|-15--\----9--\----7--\----3---------/--5-|
|-15---\---9---\---7---\---3--------/---5-|
|-15----\--9----\--7----\--3-------/----5-|
|-15-----\-9-----\-7-----\-3------/-----5-|
F5 F#5 G#5 F#5
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-10--------11----13----11---|
|-10--------11----13----11---|
|--8---------9----11-----9---|
|----------------------------|
1 2 3 4 and so on
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|-15-\-----9-\-----7-\-----3----------/-5-|
|-15--\----9--\----7--\----3---------/--5-|
|-15---\---9---\---7---\---3--------/---5-|
|-15----\--9----\--7----\--3-------/----5-|
|-15-----\-9-----\-7-----\-3------/-----5-|
"Bring it back down, bring it back down tonight "
|-4---------------4-----4----6-------8---------|
|-4---------------4-----4----6-------8---------|
|-6---------------6-----6----8------10---------|
|-6---------------6-----6----8------10---------|
|-4---------------4-----4----6-------8---------|
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 and similar
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_killers/somebody_told_me_tab.html ]
|-4-----------------4-----4----4---------|
|-4-----------------4-----4----4---------|
|-6-----------------6-----6----6---------|
|-6-----------------6-----6----6---------|
|-4-----------------4-----4----4---------|
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & and so on 1 & 2 &
We'll somebody told me"
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|-8-----------------4-----6-----3-----8-----4-----6---|
|-8-----------------4-----6-----3-----8-----4-----6---|
|-6-----------------2-----4-----1-----6-----2-----4---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & and so on. Still all downstrumbs
F5 F#5 G#5 F#5
|-------------------------------------------|
|-15-\-----9-\-----7-\-----3----------/-5---|
|-15--\----9--\----7--\----3---------/--5---|
|-15---\---9---\---7---\---3--------/---5---|
|-15----\--9----\--7----\--3-------/----5---|
|-15-----\-9-----\-7-----\-3------/-----5---|
F5 F#5 G#5 F#5
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-10--------11----13----11---|
|-10--------11----13----11---|
|--8---------9----11-----9---|
|----------------------------|
1 2 3 4 like before
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|-15-\-----9-\-----7-\-----3----------/-5---|
|-15--\----9--\----7--\----3---------/--5---|
|-15---\---9---\---7---\---3--------/---5---|
|-15----\--9----\--7----\--3-------/----5---|
|-15-----\-9-----\-7-----\-3------/-----5---|
"Bring it back down, bring it back down tonight "
|-4---------------4-----4----6-------8---------|
|-4---------------4-----4----6-------8---------|
|-6---------------6-----6----8------10---------|
|-6---------------6-----6----8------10---------|
|-4---------------4-----4----6-------8---------|
|----------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 all similar
|-4-----------------4-----4----4---------|
|-4-----------------4-----4----4---------|
|-6-----------------6-----6----6---------|
|-6-----------------6-----6----6---------|
|-4-----------------4-----4----4---------|
|----------------------------------------|
as one above
X2
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|-8-8-8-6-----8-8-8-6-----8-8-8-6-6---6---8-8-8-6-6---6-----|
|-----------------------------------8---8-----------8---8---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
X6
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|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-8-8-8-6-6---6-----|
|-----------8---8---|
|-------------------|
"We'll somebody told me" X6
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|-8-----------------4-----6-----3-----8-----4-----6-----3---|
|-8-----------------4-----6-----3-----8-----4-----6-----3---|
|-6-----------------2-----4-----1-----6-----2-----4-----1---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & all down stumbs, and you finished
I don't know if its exact, but its close
