KILLING IT

Steal the style of Killers guitarist Dave Keuning with TG’S tab lessons

Think of the guitar playing on The Killers’ biggest hits and you’ll likely find yourself imagining rich effect-laden cleans, chiming arpeggios and chord shapes that you can’t quite identify by ear. This is the magic that emanates from the fingers of Killers founder member and lead guitarist Dave Keuning. On the subject of chord voicings, Keuning related to TG in 2019 how he found early inspiration in jazz, taking lessons from a specialist in Des Moines in his formative years before later discovering Joe Diorio’s Intervallic Designs book and learning about chord melody. The Killers are no jazz band, of course, but Dave’s chordal intuition is at the core of their sound – and we’re looking at a few of his tricks and techniques here in our Killers-inspired riffs. There’s lots to learn from each tab example, so try to mix and match some of these ideas with your own riffs.