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HOW TO PLAY CHORDS LIKE THE KILLERS

he first four chords in figure 1 make a four-bar sequence which you can loop around. Start by holding each chord for four beats, letting them ring, and then gradually loosen up into a chugging downstroke rhythm. Notice the distinctive minor seventh chord – these are by no means commonplace in rock music. Also there is an unusual voicing of Asus4, which doubles the suspended fourth strengthening the resolution when we arrive

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