The Killers - Mr. Brightside (bass cover with tabs in video)

Words and Music by Brandon Flowers; Dave Keuning; Mark Stoermer; Ronnie Vannucci Jr.

Backing track is synced to 148 bpm.

Software - Cubase 7.5, Guitar Pro 6
Bass - Vintage Maple Board Reissued VJ74NAT
Strings - EBS Titanium Nickel Strings

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[oceanblue]

i’ve been playing bass for a year and i can’t believe i JUST found this, playing this made me shake, this song will always be part of my heartbeat <3

[saffronifer]

The bass is the absolute core of this song in my opinion. Yes the riff is iconic! Yes the drums are explosive! But the bass holds the emotional core of the song, the feeling of giving up yet still continuing on anyway... the feeling of knowing how terrible everything is yet still pushing yourself to keep going, be it a break-up, a loss, or a financial disaster.
To me all of that is held in those few low notes looping throughout this song, and it would be completely different without it.

[monke]

Love the layout of the chorus, it’s real fun having that slide from 4 to 9 :)

[leonardodavinci]

I knew this song was fast, but it just feels so much faster when you’re playing 😅

[israels]

Great work and accurate tabs. Hard to find tabs like these. You earned my sub. Especially for such a small channel like this one.

[Jay-qhuv]

I feel like this really needs to be picked. I think the original was picked, as was popular for bass in this era in this alt rock pop songs. It doesn’t sound forceful enough. In the original he’s really pounding away at that bass, you can hear it.

[gptic]

U are doing an excellent job, keep going dude, I know someday your channel will have all the viewers and subscribers u deserve. Kisses from Spain ❤️.

[PumpkinDog]

great video, great mix to hear the bass and the context of the song. appreciate both tabs and notes as well. well done!

[ramullins]

Wow, thank you wow. Wonderful performance. Thank you for including notation, and not just tab. Very cool

[uhvio]

me at the beginning: oh okay seems easy enough
me, who proposed the song to the band at the pre chorus: *chuckles* im in danger

[mikeburnsmusic]

Great tab, thank you!! Excellent 8th note practice song

[Husm]

My girlfriend asked me to play this for her. I was more than happy to oblige, thinking it would be a piece of cake....

I was cocky...

This is now officially the first song I've learnt with chords (I always avoided them heh), and bends too!!!

String bending? More like mind bending..

Thank you for such a great tab! You've helped me overcome a fear, learn a new technique, and make her happy! Subbed!😁

[sandman]

Hi buddy, thank you so much for these vids 43 yr old male played 6 string guitar all my life only been playing bass for 2 weeks and I love it should of started sooner. These vids are a god send. Any chance of you doing nobody does it better Carly Simon. Looking forward to more vids. All the best.

[halenball-vant]

This guys videos are top notch. Got me of my as and practicing again

[danadane]

Honestly this was never my preferred style but I appreciate the talent involved . Going to learn this song thanks to this channel. Well learn the bassline that is . Very well executed btw .

[justindarden]

love bass tab vids man MUCH LOVE BRO I LOVE THE KILLERS

[gregoryburton]

great add to your really enjoy the work you do and i am learning from you as well. thanks and great job. hope to get more stuff from you soon...

[mikecoe]

This video rocks! Clear visuals made it easy to follow along.

[mr.pigeon]

this is so helpful. other videos are so annoying as when a part ends it goes straight to the next note. this video moves regularly so i know which note is next. thx a lot

[RBidochon]

I don't know why many other tabs for this all tune the bass up, this is clearly the correct way