Battle Born The Killers
Released on September 17th 2012, "Battle Born"
is the homonimous track for the Killers' fourth album.
During the 2012-2013 Battle Born tour, this is the tune
that closes most of their setlists due its emotiveness.
Lyrics by B. Flowers, D. Keuning, M. Stoermer & R. Vannucci Jr.
Music by the Killers
Key of F# (it would be G but it's half step down
Tuning Eb (every string half step down)
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All chords relative to tuning
Am X02210
C X32010
Cm X35543
Cadd9 X3203X
D X00232 or X5777X
Em 022000 or X7998X
Fmaj7 X33210
G 320033
G* 355433
INTRO
[G](Ref[D-C]er to [D-Em]song fo[G-Am]r timin[Am-Cadd9]g, it'll be[C] important for chorus and ending)
VERSES
[G]You lost faith in the [D]human spirit
[Fmaj7]You walk around like a [C]ghost
Cm G*
Your star-spangled heart
Took a[Am] train for the [D]coast
[G]When you shine you're a [D]hilltop mansion
[Fmaj7]So how'd you lose the [C]light?
Cm G*
Was it blown by the wind,
In the [Am]still of the [D]night?
[C]We're up against the wall
CHORUS (strum like intro)
[G]Up against the wall
[D-C] There's something dying on [D]the s[Em]treet
When they knock you down
[G-Am] You're gonna get back on your [Cadd9]feet
([C]No you can't stop [D]now)
VERSES
[G]I always saw you as a [D]kind of keeper
[Fmaj7]A mother to a [C]child
Cm G*
But your boys have grown soft
And your [Am]girls have gone [D]wi[-]ld[Dsus2]
[G]From the blue ridge [D]to the black hills
[Fmaj7]To the redwood s[C]ky
The [Cm]season may [G]pass
But the [Am]dream doesn't[D] die
[C]Why did you drop the ball?
CHORUS (strum like intro)
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/killers/battle_born_crd.html )
[G]Up against the wall
[D-C] There's something dying on [D]the s[Em]treet
When they knock you down
[G-Am] You're gonna get back on your [Cadd9]feet
([C]No you can't stop [D]now)
[G]When they break your heart
[D-C] When they cause your soul [D]to [Em]mourn
Remember what I said
[G-Am] Boy you was battle [Cadd9]born
([C]No, you can't stop [D]now)
INTERLUDE
[Em] [Am] You was battle [Cadd9]born...
[Em] When the night falls on the [C]land
Are you haunted by the [Am]sound?..[Cadd9].
[Em] It's gonna take more than a [Cadd9]hand
To turn this thing a[Am]round
Won't you lean it on [C]me?
Rescue, [Am]set me [Em]free
CHORUS (strum like intro)
[G]Up against the wall
[D-C] There's something dying on [D]the s[Em]treet
When they knock you down
[G-Am] You're gonna get back on your [Cadd9]feet
[C]Cause you can't stop [D]now
[G]Did they break your heart?
[D-C] Did they cause your soul [D]to [Em]mourn
Remember what I said
[G-Am] Boy you was battle [Cadd9]born
[C]Cause you can't stop [D]now
[G]Come on show your face
[D-C] Come on give us one [D]more s[Em]park
So we'll start a fire
[G-Am] Unless we fall into the [Cadd9]dark
[C]And you can't stop [D]now
[G]You never know
If you never learn
[D-C] You never shine
If you never burn
[D-Em] The rising tide
The undertow
[G-Am] The venom and
The overflow
You turn a[Cadd9]way
[C]Welcome home
[G] [D-C] [D-Em] [G-Am] [Am-Cadd9] [C]
[G] [D-C] [D-Em] [G-Am] [Am-Cadd9] [C] [G]
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