Band - Kings of Leon KEY: harmonics *
Song - Knocked Up Slide /
Album - Because of the times hammer h
hold note ~
Standard tuning EADGBe bend b
Hi guys this is my first tab Ive seen them live a few times there just amazing so i have
my best to capture that legendry Kings sound.
So weve got Caleb (guitar 2),Matthew (guitar 1) and ive stuck a few bass parts in there aswell.
Hope this sounds right for you,enjoy :)
Bass Intro
G -----------------------|
D --2-2--x4--/--6-6--x4--|
A -----------------------|
E -0-0------/-4-4--------|
Intro
Guitar 1 0:00 - 0:05 (lots of reverb)
e --12*----- e ----------|
B ---------- B --17~-----|
G ---------- OR G ----------|
D ---------- D ----------|
A ---------- A ----------|
E ---------- E ----------|
Verse
Guitar 1 0:24 - 0:51
e -12*--7*------- e -----19-------|
B --------7*----- B -17----19-----|
G --------------- OR G --------------|
D --------------- D --------------|
A --------------- A --------------|
E --------------- E --------------|
And Then
e -12*--7*~----- e -----19~-----|
B -------------- B -17----------|
G -------------- G -------------|
D -------------- D -------------|
A -------------- A -------------|
E -------------- E -------------|
Guitar 2 (little bit of distortion and reverb)
e -------------------------------|
B -------------------------------|
G -------------------------------|
D -------------------------------|
A ----2-2--2----------4--4-4-----|
E -0-------------0-0-------------|
e -------------------------------|
B -------------------------------|
G -------------------------------|
D -------------------------------|
A ----2-2--2----------4--4-4-----|
E -4-------------4-4-------------|
Chorus
Here on the chorus guitar 1 loops and just keeps playin while guitar 2 stops at each bar
pretty hard to explain but just listen to the tune and you will get it.
e -----------------------|
B -----5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
G -----6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--| x2
D -----6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
A -----4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
E -----------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kings_of_leon/knocked_up_tab_ver_5.html ]
e -----------------------|
B -----------------------|
G -----3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| x2
D -----4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
A -----4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
E -----2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
Verse
Sometimes on the live shows Matthew plays about a bit wiv the lead parts.
Chorus
Bridge
Guitar 1
Bit tricky to pick this up cus of the tones of reverb and distortion.
e -------12------12------7-------7------12-----12------------7----|
B --/-12------/12--12\-7--------7-7/-12-----/12--12\-7-7b-----7b--|
G ----------------------------------------------------------------|
D ----------------------------------------------------------------|
A ----------------------------------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------------------------------|
e ---7------7/9---9/0--7-0-7b-------12-----7---7---7----|
B -7--7b/-------5-----7----------/12----/7----7-7---7b--|
G ------------------------------------------------------|
D ------------------------------------------------------|
A ------------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------|
All the time you still got guitar 2 playin the rythm loop.He plays wiv is a bit,mutes
picks it slightly diffrently but anyway you get the point.
e ------------------------------|
B ------------------------------|
G ------------------------------|
D ------------------------------|
A ----2-2--2---------4--4-4-----|
E -0------------0-0-------------|
e ------------------------------|
B ------------------------------|
G ------------------------------|
D ------------------------------|
A ----2-2--2---------4--4-4-----|
E -4------------4-4-------------|
Then theres mainly instrumental parts which are just the same parts looped.
Guitar 1 4:57 - 5:20
e --1212-1212-1212-1212--77-77---------|
B ------------------------------77-77--|
G -------------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------|
e --1212-1212-1212-1212--77-77-------------/12----------------------12--|
B ------------------------------77-77/----------------------------------|
G ----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D ----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------|
And thats bout it quite a nice tune to play not to difficult
but a perfect tune from the kings.:)
