Battle Born

The Killers

  • B
  • Bm
  • Bmaj9
  • C#
    4
  • C#sus2
    4
  • E
  • Ebm
  • F#
  • G#m
    4
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Key: 
Intro:

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F#    C#  B   C#  Ebm   F#  G#m  G#m Bmaj9  B    C#

Verso 1:


F#                     C#
You lost faith in the human spirit

E                      B
You walk around like a ghost

Bm                  F#
Your star-spangled heart

G#m                   C#
Took a train for the coast


F#                       C#
When you shine you're a hilltop mansion

E                     B
So how'd you lose the light?

Bm                   F#
Was it blown by the wind,

G#m                  C#
In the still of the night?

B
We're up against the wall

Refrão


F#                   C#   B
Up against the wall

                           C#   Ebm
There's something dying on  the street

                          F#   G#m
When they knock you down

                         G#m   Bmaj9
You're gonna get back on  your feet

B                       C#
(No you can't stop now)

Verso 2:



F#                     C#
I always saw you as a kind of keeper

E             B
A mother to a child

Bm                        F#
But your boys have grown soft

G#m                       C#    C#sus2
And your girls have gone wild


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F#                   C#
From the blue ridge to the black hills

E              B
To the redwood sky

Bm              F#
The season may pass

G#m                    C#    C#sus2
But the dream doesn't die

B
Why did you drop the ball?

Refrão:


F#                   C#   B
Up against the wall

                           C#   Ebm
There's something dying on  the street

                          F#   G#m
When they knock you down

                         G#m   Bmaj9
You're gonna get back on  your feet

B                       C#
(No you can't stop now)

F#                         C#  B
When they break your heart

                          C#  Ebm
When they cause your soul to mourn

                      F#  G#m
Remember what I said

               G#m Bmaj9
Boy you was battle born

B                       C#
(No, you can't stop now)


Solo:
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                        You was battle born
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(2nd guitar)
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                         When the night falls on the land
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                         Are you haunted by the sound?
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(2nd guitar)
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                         It's gonna take more than a hand
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                             To turn this thing around
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                        Won't you lean it on me?
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    Rescue, set me free

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F#                   C#   B
Up against the wall

                           C#   Ebm
There's something dying on  the street

                          F#   G#m
When they knock you down

                         G#m  Bmaj9
You're gonna get back on  your feet

B                       C#
(No you can't stop now)

F#                         C#  B
When they break your heart

                          C#  Ebm
When they cause your soul to mourn

                      F#  G#m
Remember what I said

               G#m  Bmaj9
Boy you was battle born

B                        C#
(No, you can't stop now)

F#                     C#   B
Come on show your face

                       C#   Ebm
Come on give us one more spark

                       F#   G#m
So we'll start a fire

                       G#m  Bmaj9
Unless we fall into the dark

                        B C#
(And you can't stop now)

F#
You never know

                    C#  B
If you never learn

You never shine

                   C# Ebm
If you never burn

The rising tide

              F#  G#m
The undertow

The venom and

              G#m   Bmaj9
The overflow

You turn away

             C#   F#
Welcome home
Song details

Composition: Brandon Flowers, Mark Stoermer, Dave Keuning, and Ronnie Vannucci

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