Kings of Leon
Manhattan
Only by the Night
Great song off new album
played with alot of reverb and if you want, delay to add a nice effect.
enjoy
Key
b= bend
/= slide up
~= vibrato
Intro
Lead (Matthew)
e[-----------------------]
B[--9----12----14----10--]
G[-----------------------] X2
D[-----------------------]
A[-----------------------]
E[-----------------------]
Rhythm (Caleb)
e[------------------------------------------------------------]
B[------------------------------------------------------------]
G[------------------------------------------------------------] X2
D[------------------------------------------------------------]
A[--9-9-9/11-11--9-9-9/11-11--11-11-11/12-12--11-11-11/12-12--]
E[------------------------------------------------------------]
Verse
Lead, in the 3rd verse only play first bit
e[--12-12-----------------12-12-----------12-12------12-12---------]
B[--------10-9------------------10-9------------12---------10---9--]
G[-----------------------------------------------------------------]
D[-----------------------------------------------------------------]
A[-----------------------------------------------------------------]
E[-----------------------------------------------------------------]
Chorus
Lead
e[------------------------------------12-12-------]
B[--12-12-9----12-12-9----12-12-9-10--------9-10--]
G[----------9----------9--------------------------] X2
D[------------------------------------------------]
A[------------------------------------------------]
E[------------------------------------------------]
Rhythm
Same as Intro
1st Bridge
Lead
e[-----12-14-14b-12-11~~~~---12-14-14b-12---------]
B[--14--------------------14----------------------]
G[----------------------------------------13~~~~--] X2
D[------------------------------------------------]
A[------------------------------------------------]
E[------------------------------------------------]
Rhythm
e[---------------------------------------]
B[---------------------------------------]
G[---------------------------------------] X4
D[------9--11--------------9--11---------]
A[--11---------9-9-11---11--------11--9--]
E[---------------------------------------]
2nd Bridge
Lead, play 1st bridge
Rhythm, this may not seem right but look at a live version of the song and you'll see
do something like this.
e[--------------------------------------------------]
B[--------------------------------------------------]
G[--------------------88----------------------------] X2
D[--14-14-14-14-14-14-88----14-14-14-14-14-14-66----]
A[--14-14-14-14-14-14-66----14-14-14-14-14-14-66----]
E[--12-12-12-12-12-12-------12-12-12-12-12-12-44----]
Outro
Lead
e[-----12--14---------]
B[-------------14-12--]
G[--13----------------] X8
D[--------------------]
A[--------------------]
E[--------------------]
Then trail off playing first bridge
Rhythm
play first first bridge the whole time
Order:
Intro
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
1st Bridge
Verse
Chorus
2nd Bridge
Outro
hopefully this helps you in one way or another.