Comments on: Kids by MGMT

By: Kristy

Kristy — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:53:48 +0000

Ok…so now what are the chords that follow?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:13:26 +0000

Ok so just kidding. It is played on an A string and on the last line, that one deep note is played on the E string.
Sorry for the confusion, my E was out of tune

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:30:18 +0000

ok so, I’ve got it figured out based on all of your guys’ ideas..
So I’ve been playing it on the G string but it sounds ok on the A string too.
0-2-4-7-9-11-9-7-4—2
0-2-4-7-9-11-9-7-4
0-2-4-7-9-11-9-7-4—2
0-2-4-7-9-11-9-7-4 (now you can play the cascading riff, like Also Stephen said: 11-9-7-4-7-4-2)
0-2-4-7-9-11-9-7-4—2
0-2-4-2-0-2-0-2 on C string-0 (11-9-7-4-7-4-2)

I’m pretty sure that’s right, it sounds right… If not, you can try playing around on different strings.

By: Also Stephen (nice name)

Also Stephen (nice name) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:50:35 +0000

Ok, so you’re all over-complicating this entirely. The actual song is played in A, just like Cliff sad, so the riff is typically played on the A string like Stephen said. This is entirely on the A string except for the one lowest note.

0-2-4-7-9-11-9-7-4-2-0
0-2-4-7-9-11-9-7-4-2 (2x)
0-2-4-2-0-2-0-2 on E string-2-0

If you want to do the cascading riff at the end of the last line, it’s the same pattern and all on the A string. The only tricky part is that it’s fast.
11-9-7-4-7-4-2

Hope this helped. Once you start playing the notes I think you’ll get a rythm of it.

By: Allison

Allison — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:44:16 +0000

about the 1st one i made, the 3rd part, the E string 2 should be right after that 3rd 0. it helps to copy and paste and match up the lines.

By: Allison

Allison — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:41:12 +0000

hey i was looking at these and i think the closest sounding tab is this one:

A -0-2-4-7-9-11–|-9-7-4—2—–|
E ——————–|—————–|

A -0-2-4-7-9-11–|-9-7-4———|
E ——————–|—————–| x3

A -0-2-4-2-0-2-0—|–0———-|
E ——————–2-|————-|

that’s what i got when i tried it and i think it sounds very close to the original.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:46:07 +0000

if you want to play it on one string (a) try
3-5-7-10-12-14-12-10-7
3-5-7-5-3-5-3-0-3
this is easy because every note is on the fret markers

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:46:38 +0000

*in

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:46:07 +0000

The piano bit is n A scale so top marks to Cliff

By: cliff

cliff — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:31:48 +0000

close but not quite. on the scale you’re playing it on (F), that open E should be the 3rd fret on C string (Eb).

i personally like to play it on based on the A scale, so:
A –-–-–-–-9-11-9-–-–-–-–-

E –-–-9-12-–-–-–12-9-–-–-

C 9-11-–-–-–-–-–-–-–-–11-

G ——————————
3x

then:
A –-–-–-–-–-–-–-–-–-–-–-

E –-–-9-–-–-–-––-–-–-–-

C 9-11-–-11-9-11-9-6-9-–-–-

G ——————————

i suck at tabbing too.. but i’m sure you can figure it out