Trani Bass Tab

Youth & Young Manhood Tabs:

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Song Title: Trani
Artist    : Kings of Leon
Album     : Youth and Young Manhood
Tabbed By : Ben the Dude
Date      : 26/07/03


This song is extremely simple.


G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|---7--------7--------7--------7---|
E|----------------------------------|

Play the high E on each drum beat, you can easily get the beat by listening to the song.

The song then goes into the Bridge, at 2:27.


BRIDGE:

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------7-7-7--9-9-9-|
E|---4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7--9-9-9--------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------7-7-7--9-9-9-|
E|---4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7--9-9-9--------------|



The song then goes back to playing the high E, the drum beat. 

G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|---7--------7--------7--------7---|
E|----------------------------------|


Then at 3:54 play

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

To the end of the song.

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/k/kings_of_leon/126432.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture masahiro Average	#1 by masahiro rekisha at Mar 17, 1971 at 2:11 AM EST
	I read in an interview that this song was about a lonely transvestite who lived in a small town, where it's the hardest to be a transvestite. Sorta makes sense from the lyrics, but sorta doesn't

No Picture hottyrocker55 Rhythm Player	#2 by hottyrocker55 at Jul 25, 1971 at 5:49 PM EST
	this song is unbelievably good

No Picture Jamie Wanna Be	#3 by Jamie Hart at May 13, 1972 at 5:42 AM EST
	This song is so raw and so awesome. I'd like to believe its a true story ... totally sounds like some place the Followill's would be hangin out. I think the song's about a despondent hooker in some down-trodden mid-American town, but that's as far as I go. The beauty of this song lies in the fact that its meaning is so ambiguous & I believe it should remain that way. Favourite line is when he says "All the bubbas got their heads in a nod" haha... sounds like Forrest Gump! - -= K O L =- -

No Picture James Average	#4 by James Long at Nov 27, 1972 at 3:42 AM EST
	Sweet song, the cocaine theories sound good to me; the drummer in my band met Nacho, kols' cousin and tour tech. He asked to meet kol, and Nacho said he would take him if he had any cocaine.

No Picture sp00ky_child Average	#5 by sp00ky_child at Dec 21, 1975 at 1:01 AM EST
	its most definatly trani on a ten

No Picture Frubescu Average	#6 by Frubescu at Sep 14, 1979 at 2:16 AM EST
	^^ but what about at the end when he's all buggin' out and you can picture him not quiet making it to the mic to screech 'oscillating'...? what about then, duckboy? this song is maybe my fav.

No Picture santiago Rhythm Player	#7 by santiago carvajal at Dec 11, 1979 at 7:04 PM EST
	i think the line is also trani on gin cause thats what i hear and it makes more sense. i think it refers to him layin his money on the ground like a trani layin his cock on the ground. the "on gin" bit refers to him having a whiskey/gin dick.

No Picture luke Wanna Be	#8 by luke chaffey at Aug 29, 1981 at 8:46 AM EST
	and its orgasmic when they play it live.

No Picture Daniel Average	#9 by Daniel Marengo at May 22, 1984 at 6:21 AM EST
	this song is simply about a trani on a ten. as in cocaine. I don't try to read into this song too deeply because i feel that it's just telling the plain hard truth. Sometimes telling a story about a particular part of life has more of an impact than using metaphors and speaking figuratively.

No Picture Austin Average	#10 by Austin Schrauben at Sep 15, 1986 at 6:27 PM EST
	i swear he says "oscillating on the ground"....god i love screaming this song late at night on my way home

No Picture jay Average	#11 by jay snow at Feb 13, 1989 at 2:08 PM EST
	well im not that big a fan of slow songs but i guess its better than pop death metal and techno shit

No Picture josip Wanna Be	#12 by josip pucek at Oct 19, 1991 at 6:35 PM EST
	What's a whiskey/gin dick? It kind of makes sense but I think it's trani on ten...as in drugs. I've mentioned drugs in so many of my comments. But I think it is...ten pills or whatever. Y'know... Hick has pretty good logic on this one...it just depends on how you take it.

No Picture John Lead Player	#13 by John Bombara at Nov 19, 1991 at 5:55 PM EST
	it's about a trani getting the shit kicked out of them. "Cops are on the call, waiting for the priest. fingers in the dirt, and he's spitting out his teeth"

No Picture Hayden Average	#14 by Hayden Martin at Oct 29, 1992 at 3:05 PM EST
	It is a hard song to understand...and maybe we are not suppose to...kinda like hyeanddry said...but I love the song and I would like to know the correct lyrics. One part nobody seems to dispute but I have trouble believing he says "throw in a white noise sound"...to me...noway...he says "blowing white noise sound". If ya don't think so...watch the live shows...he totally says "blowing...".

No Picture butters Average	#15 by butters at May 3, 1993 at 2:28 AM EST
	if you listen closely at the end of the song someone says "the tribe has spoken" you'll have to turn it up really loud to hear it

No Picture Charley Wanna Be	#16 by Charley Dawe at Oct 17, 1993 at 12:55 PM EST
	but the song meaning? i think it has to do with strippers and prostitutes. women who sell themselves for drugs to men who don't think about their place in the world, men who probably have wives at home. oscillating on the ground is what i hear and it reminds me sort of the way a dancer would move.

No Picture Mark Average	#17 by Mark McL at Nov 29, 1993 at 6:31 PM EST
	i hear oscillating on the ground, and a trani on tin. i would have thought he was more eloquent than 'i said'

No Picture Derek Average	#18 by Derek Mayfield at Dec 2, 1993 at 8:19 PM EST
	i dont care what all you say this is the worst song of heard from Kings of Leon its just so slow and boring

No Picture eddy Lead Player	#19 by eddy blade at May 13, 1994 at 2:30 AM EST
	“On the last night of the Dylan tour,” Caleb says, “Dylan came into our dressing room and he says [here Caleb affects Dylan’s husky rasp:] ‘What’s that last song you guys played?’ And I said, ‘Uh, it’s called ‘Trani’ [a little ditty about transvestite hookers from the first album]. And Dylan goes, ‘That’s a hell of a song.’ “I think that was pretty much the biggest thrill of my entire life.”.. from the bonnaroo website.

No Picture Tom Average	#20 by Tom Ott at Dec 12, 1997 at 12:54 AM EST
	its trani on a ten for sure. a ten is a measurment of cocane. KOL sing about coke lots. lalayousangtome is so right. absolutly awsome live. celab was crying as he was singing this one, nearly made me cry too.

No Picture Paul Wanna Be	#21 by Paul Milne at Feb 12, 2000 at 11:14 AM EST
	To me the debate on Trani is quite simple (I may have it wrong) however in Oz we call an old radio a trani (from transister radio). So a trani has a tinny sound anyway, thus in a tin shed or on a tin roof sounds even worse. Hence "a white noise sound, like a trani on tin".

No Picture Chipper Average	#22 by Chipper at Nov 12, 2000 at 4:18 PM EST
	it is impossible for me to pick a favouite KOL track but this could be it along with joes head, talihina sky and soft even though i;m not really sure what it is about. i think its about him going to see a hooker and not cuming before his time is up. he then lays his money on the ground and before long at his discretion they both cum. hey, kings of leon said yym was more make believe lol.

No Picture Josh Average	#23 by Josh Franco at Nov 10, 2002 at 10:59 AM EST
	I'm pretty sure the line is "Like a trani on gin". But that makes little sense to me either. What the hell is a trani? A transvestite? And I also thought that line near the end was "The cops are on a call, Layin down the freeze (/peace?) Fingers in the dirt, spitting out his teeth"