Drummer: Nathan Followill
Album: Because Of The Times
4/4 Timing
Tempo = 76 bpm
O = accent
o = normal strike
X = accent cymbal strike
x = normal cymbal strike d = 2x 32nd notes
g = ghost note
< x3 > = play that bar 3 times
Intro: 4 bars REST
Basic groove in at 5th bar and played throughout majority of song (either on HH or Rd.):
< x20 > L He plays Tam with left hand
0:13 Tam: |------------x---| If you play tam with right hand, probably leave out HH ghost
HH: |xgxgxgxgxgxgxgxg| notes just before and after tam hit.
Sn: |----O-----------|
B: |o-o----oo-------| (see below for optional stickings)
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NB heavy accent on snare strike but not a rimshot
Preverse 12 bars
Verse 8 bars
1:15 This same pattern as above (but now on the ride with just 1/8th notes ie. no ghost notes) is
played for the guitar 'chorus' for 4 bars:
< x4 >
Tam: |------------x---|
Rd: |x-x-x-x-x-x---x-|
Sn: |----O-----------|
B: |o-o----oo-------|
1:28 Verse: 8 bars of HH pattern
< x3 > < x4 >
Tam: |------------x---|-----------dx---|------------x---|
HH: |xgxgxgxgxgxgxgxg|xgxgxgxgxgx---xg|xgxgxgxgxgxgxgxg|
Sn: |----O-----------|----O-----------|----O-----------|
B: |o-o----oo-------|o-o----oo-------|o-o----oo-------|
1:53 Chorus (guitar): ride pattern
< x7 >
Tam: |------------x---|------------x---|
Rd: |x-x-x-x-x-x---x-|x-x-x-x-x-x---x-|
Sn: |----O-----------|----O-----------|
B: |o-o----oo-------|o-o----oo------o|
2:18 Bridge: back to HH NB pattern variation for HH/Sn and B (and different placement of ghost
notes)
< x4 >
HH: |x-xgx-xgx-xgx-xg|
Sn: |----O-------O---| (live he plays dOo (a4e) in the 4th bar of bridge) llRL
B: |o------oo------o|
2:30 Verse
< x8 >
Tam: |------------x---|
HH: |xgxgxgxgxgxgxgxg| (live he opens HH on ah of 1 in the first bar of 8)
Sn: |----O-----------|
B: |o-o----oo-------|
2:55 Chorus (crash only on first bar of the 7)
< x7 >
CC: |X---------------|---------------X|
Tam: |------------x---|------------x---|
Rd: |x-x-x-x-x-x---x-|x-x-x-x-x-x---x-|
Sn: |----O-----------|----O-----------|
B: |o-o----oo-------|o-o----oo-------|
3:20 Guitar Break
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/k/kings-of-leon/200278.html ]
< x2 > < x3 >
CC: |X---------------|----------------|---------------X|X---------------|----------------|
Tam: |------------x---|------------x---|------------x---|------------x---|------------x---|
Rd: |x-x-x-x-x-x---x-|x-x-x-x-x-x---x-|x-x-x-x-x-x---x-|x-x-x-x-x-x---x-|x-x-x-x-x-x---x-|
Sn: |----O-----------|----O-----------|----O-----------|----O-----------|----O-----------|
B: |o-o----oo-------|o-o----oo-------|o-o----oo-------|o-o----oo-------|o-o----oo-------|
3:45 Bass break (8 bars)
Drums rest 5 bars/soft ride tap for last 3 bars of break:
crescendo
Rd: |g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-|gggggggggggggggg|gggggggggggggggg|
4:11 Outro
< x2 > < x2 >
CC: |X---------------|----------------|---------------X|X---------------|----------------|
Tam: |------------x---|------------x---|------------x---|------------x---|------------x---|
Rd: |x-x-x-x-x-x---x-|x-x-x-x-x-x---x-|x-x-x-x-x-x---x-|x-x-x-x-x-x---x-|x-x-x-x-x-x---x-|
Sn: |----O-----------|----O-----------|----O-----------|----O-----------|----O-----------|
B: |o-o----oo-------|o-o----oo-------|o-o----oo-------|o-o----oo-------|o-o----oo-------|
< fades >
CC: |---------------X|X---------------|
Tam: |------------x---|------------x---|
Rd: |x-x-x-x-x-x---x-|x-x-x-x-x-x---x-|
Sn: |----O-----------|----O-----------|
B: |o-o----oo-------|o-o----oo-------|
The ghost 16th notes can be left out of the HH pattern....it still sounds fine as just straight 8th notes
as for the ride pattern (and is a lot simpler).
Great song, fantastic drummer. Quite long and repetitive but good timing practice maintaining a rocksteady
slow tempo groove for nearly 5 mins. A good song to choose if you are just embarking on playing whole
songs
(just leave out the ghost notes). Have fun with it!
I will just include here some of the different ways you can play the main groove:
RRRRRRRRRRR R RR
L
Tam: |------------x---|
HH: |xgxgxgxgxgx---xg|
Sn: |----O-----------|
B: |o-o----oo-------|
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RRRRRRRRRRRRLRRR RRRRRRRRRRR-L-RR
L L
Tam: |------------x---| or Tam: |------------x---|
HH: |xgxgxgxgxgxg-gxg| HH: |xgxgxgxgxgx---xg|
Sn: |----O-----------| Sn: |----O-----------|
B: |o-o----oo-------| B: |o-o----oo-------|
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RLRL LRLRLR L RL
R
Tam: |------------x---|
HH: |xgxg-gxgxgx---xg|
Sn: |----O-----------|
B: |o-o----oo-------|
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RLRL LRLRLRLRLRL
R
Tam: |------------x---|
HH: |xgxg-gxgxgxg-gxg|
Sn: |----O-----------|
B: |o-o----oo-------|
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