Group/Singer Name: Kings Of Leon Song: "Genius" Additional Info: Youth & Young Manhood - Track 09 DGDGBd Tuning: Rhythm (Caleb) - Standard / Lead (Matthew) - Open G: Tabbed By: Dean Hill - Comments, Suggestions? the.scotsman@blueyonder.co.uk Chords Used 10 10 G(355433); Bb(688766); A(577655); C(8988); 10 12 12 11 10 10 D(); B(799877) Intro | G | G | G | G | | G | G | G | G | Verse 1 G Everybody wants to be a showman, yeah they all got another one, Everybody think they got a genius, everybody got me on the run, Bb A Sometimes I think that you come here, just so you can say that you can, G And I can't get alone in my bathroom, I need to give myself a hand. Link | G | G | Verse 2 G Ya'll cuh, cuh, cuh, creepin', creepin' underneath my skin, *** you and your flashbulbs, snappin' my picture again, Bb A A you drink all my whiskey, a you steal all my smoke, G And you're crowded all around me, like I got nowhere to go. Bridge C Eyes are gonna roll, back I'm here to kill, Bb A | G | G | Time for you to go, I'm a gone spill, It ain't yo fast train, C I'll be the king, runnin' near the wheel, Bb D I ain't lookin' to make no deals here, (no!) Link | G | G | G | G | no! Verse 3 G A you keep stickin' to me, a like a prickly porcupine, You're gettin' your information, from the grocery checkout line, Bb A Are you through confessin', of your little girl obsession, G 'Cause I was only messin', and I had a little time. Bridge C Eyes are gonna roll, back I'm here to kill, Bb A | G | G | Time for you to go, I'm a gone spill, It ain't yo fast train, C I'll be the king, runnin' near the wheel, Bb D I ain't lookin' to make no deals here, (no!) Link | G | G | no! Pre-Solo | A | A | B | C D | Solo |Bb A | G | |Bb A | G | |Bb A | G | |Bb A | G | Bridge C Eyes are gonna roll, back I'm here to kill, Bb A | G | G | Time for you to go, I'm a gone spill, It ain't yo fast train, C I'll be the king, runnin' near the wheel, Bb D | G | G | I ain't lookin' to make no deals here, No! No! No! No! No! No! C Eyes are gonna roll, back I'm here to kill, Bb A | G | G | Time for you to go, I'm a gone spill, It ain't yo fast train, C I'll be the king, runnin' near the wheel, Bb D I ain't lookin' to make no deals here, (no!) Outro | G | G | G | G | no! | G | G | G | *********************************** *KINGS OF LEON - GENIUS LEAD PARTS* *********************************** b - Bend () - Bracketed numbers are the note you bend up to h - Hammer On p - Pull Off r - Return / - Slide Up \ - Slide Down d - Strum Down u - Strum Up PM - Palm Mute NH - Natural Harmonics ^ - Vibrato INTRO X8
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THIS IS THE PART THAT I THINK THE SLIDE GUITAR IS OVER-DUBBED. IT CAN'T POSSIBLY BE PLAYED BY CALEB AS HE'S IN STANDARD TUNING THROUGHOUT. THE SLIDE GUITAR PART IN QUESTION, STARTS ON THE 3RD BAR OF THE LAST ARPEGGIATED BIT, AND IT'S TAB IS:
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SO YOU CAN DECIDE WHAT PART YOU WANT TO PLAY! BRIDGE "...Eyes are gonna roll"
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"...I'll be the king"
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LINK X4
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AND THAT SLIDE GUITAR PART. JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS TIME:
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BRIDGE "...Eyes are gonna roll"
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"...I'll be the king"
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BRIDGE "...Eyes are gonna roll"
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"...I'll be the king"
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"...Eyes are gonna roll"
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"...I'll be the king"
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OUTRO X7 TO FADE
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