Don't shoot me Santa - The killers


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

        Cm
That's funny kid
                              Bb
Because I've been coming for you

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

Fm
Well the party's over kid

Because I
Bb
Because I got a bullet in my gun


A bullet in your what?

                D#
Don't shoot me Santa Claus

I've been a clean living boy
    Bb
I promise you
Bm                          Cm
Did every little thing you asked me to
    Bb                          G#            Bb
I can't believe the things I'm going through

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

    D#
Oh Santa
                  G#
It's been a real hard year

           D#
There just ain't no gettin' around this

Life is hard
             Bb
But look at me

I turned out alright

     D#
Hey Santa
                            Cm
Why don't we talk about it?

Work it out

       G#
Believe me

This ain't what I wanted

I love all you kids, you know that
      E
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

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

                D#
Don't shoot me Santa Claus

I've been a clean living boy
    Bb
I promise you
Bm                           Cm
Did every little thing you asked me to
    Bb                          G#            Bb
I can't believe the things I'm going through

       D#
Hey, Santa Claus
                          Bb
Well no one else around believes me
          Bm                        Cm
But the children on the block they tease me
    Bb                        G#   Bb
I couldn't let them off that easy

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


*Solo: D#-Bb-Bm-Cm-Bb-G#-Bb


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

Bb
Believe me
D#
Santa
Cm     G#
Santa