Milk Chords
Milk by Kings of Leon is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, C#m, A and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
HERE IT IS:CALEB'S FAVOURITE SONG OF A-HA SHAKE HEARTBREAK:
NOTE:(I've put the basic chords even the kings don't play any guitar chord
in this song)
This is played all trough the song:
Bm C#m A
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|----------9------11-----7------------------|
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|------7-------9------5-------------5-6-7---|
CHORUS:this is the powerful BASS line of the chorus:
Bm C#m D
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|-7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|
Bm C#m A (let Ring the A note)
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|-7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--5---------------------|
Guitar doubles this and goes briefly while bass rings at the end:
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|----10-9--------10-9-------|
|-7------------7------------|
Then this beautiful BASS line:
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|------------------------4--4------------------|
|---------5-----7--7-----------7--5------5-----|
|-5---7-----7-------------------------7--------|
Again, in a brief interval:
Bm C#m A
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|----------9------11-----7------------------|
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|------7-------9------5-------------5-6-7---|
Bass plays first riff again and in the first line Matthew gives us a little lick, fit it in where it goes:
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|12--9--x12--x9--/////16-----|
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Bass part repeated, play lick over bass:
Bm C#m D
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|-7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|
Play five times,then:
Bm C#m A (Let Ring the A note)
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|-7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--5---------------------|
With the guitar bit at the end:
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|----10-9--------10-9-------|
|-7------------7------------|
Then the great little riff at the end played over the bass:
Palm Mute strings
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|-12--9--x12--x9--///14-----12--9--x12--x916--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------- |--|
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|----------------------------------------------------- |--|
|--12--9--x12--x9--12----12--9--x12--x9--\\\7-------------|
|----------------------------------------------------- |--|
Play this about 4 times, then the outro is simply the intro twice:
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|----------9------11-----7------------------|
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|------7-------9------5-------------5-6-7---|
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And that's all. In this song as well as in TRANI, you can hear the biggest Kings of
Without playing chords, they've created the best
acoustic song ever.