Don't Shoot Me Santa - The Killers

Capo on 1st fret


    D        D
Oh Santa
             G                G7
I've been waiting on you

        D                 D   
That's funny kid, because 
                A        A 
I've been coming for you

F#          F#
Oh, Santa
            Cm                Cm        
I've been killing just for fun

Em                        Em
Well the party's over kid

Because I
G7
Because I got a bullet in my gun

A bullet in your what?
 A
(Santa's got a bullet in his gun)
 A
(Santa's got a bullet in his gun)

               D
Don't shoot me Santa Claus
            D
I've been a clean living boy
    A
I promise you
    F#                     Cm
Did every little thing you asked me to
   A                           G            A
I can't believe the things I'm going through

               D
Don't shoot me Santa Claus
     D                    A
Well no one else around believes me
        F#                         Cm
But the children on the block they tease me
  A                          G     A
I couldn't let them off that easy

   D         D
Oh Santa
            G                 G7
It's been a real hard year   (year)
D                                  
There just ain't no gettin' around this
D
Life is hard
            A
But look at me
                   A
I turned out alright
    F#         
Hey Santa,
                   F#     
Why don't we talk about it?
Cm            Cm
Work it out?
                                   Em
Believe me, this ain't what I wanted
                                   Em
I love all you kids, you know that 
     G7
Hell, I remember when you were just 10 years old

Playing out there in the desert

Just waiting for a sip of that sweet Mojave rain

A
In the sweet Mojave rain
A
The boy was on his own

                D#
Don't shoot me Santa Claus
            D
I've been a clean living boy
    A
I promise you
    F#                     Cm
Did every little thing you asked me to
   A                           G            A
I can't believe the things I'm going through

               D
Don't shoot me Santa Claus
     D                    A
Well no one else around believes me
        F#                         Cm
But the children on the block they tease me
  A                          G     A
I couldn't let them off that easy

            G
They had it coming
              A
So why can't you see?
            D                G
I couldn't turn my cheek no longer
Em                        Em
The sun is going down and Christmas is near
      A                          A              D  D  D  D
Just look the other way and I'll disappear forever


D D A F#
Cm A G A

               D
Don't shoot me Santa Claus
     D                    A
Well no one else around believes me
        F#                         Cm
But the children on the block they tease me
  A                          G     A
I couldn't let them off that easy

D  D    A A
Believe me
D
Santa
Cm     G      A      D
Santa