• Song:

    Sams Town

  • Artist:

    Killers

Key of A
Tempo 4/4, 140 bpm

Tune drop Db & flat, low to high: Db Ab Db Gb Bb eb

Chords
A*     X13331
A (x02220@1)    X8876X
A#m    9997XX
A#m*   X24432
A5     888XXX
B (x2444x@1)    X35553
B5     101010XXX
Bm     X101088X
Bm7    X1010811X
Bsus2  X35533
C#     X57775
C#5    121212XXX
C#m    X57765
D (xx0232@1)    X65343
D5     131313XXX
Db     XX0232
Db*    0121211XX
Db5    000XXX
Dbm    XX0231
E (022100@1)    X87565
E5     151515XXX
F#5    555XXX
G#m    7775XX
Gbm    550333

PRELUDE
  
Bsus2  Dbm  A*  Gbm

INTRO

Db|-8--------12----------|-5---------|-8--------5-----------|-0-------------|

VERSE I

A (x02220@1)    C#m (x13321@4)      F#m (244222@1)       C#mNobody (x13321@4)ever had a dream round here
    A (x02220@1)            F#m (244222@1)          C#m (x13321@4)       F#mBut (244222@1)I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me
A (x02220@1)    C#m (x13321@4)          F#m (244222@1)       C#mNobody (x13321@4)ever pulls the seams round here
    A (x02220@1)            F#m (244222@1)          C#m (x13321@4)       F#mBut (244222@1)I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me

PRE-CHORUS

E (022100@1)           F#m (244222@1)    B (x2444x@1)      A (x02220@1)I've got this energy beneath my feet
     D (xx0232@1)            E (022100@1)            C#m (x13321@4)       DLike (xx0232@1)something underground's gonna come up and carry me,
E (022100@1)           F#m (244222@1)       B (x2444x@1)        A (x02220@1)I've got this sentimental heart that beats
    D (xx0232@1)            E (022100@1)            C#m (x13321@4)       DBut (xx0232@1)I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me
E (022100@1)  C#Now (x43121@1)
CHORUS

C# (x43121@1)                F#mWhy (244222@1)do you waste my time?
       Dbm (x13321@4)         D (xx0232@1)      E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)Is the answer to the question on your mind
        F#m (244222@1)          DbAnd (x43121@1)I'm sick of all my judges
    D (xx0232@1)      E (022100@1)          DbSo (x43121@1)scared of what they'll find

F#m (244222@1)           DbmBut (x13321@4)I know that I can make it
           D (xx0232@1)      E (022100@1)      A5As (x022xx@1)long as somebody takes me home
      A#m (x13321@1)   Bm (x24432@1)  Bm7 (x20202@1) DbEvery (x43121@1)now and then



BRIDGE

A (x02220@1)           C#m (x13321@4)    F#mHave (244222@1)you ever seen the lights?
         A (x02220@1)           C#m (x13321@4)    F#mHave (244222@1)you ever seen the lights?

VERSE II

A (x02220@1)      C#m (x13321@4)        F#m (244222@1)     C#mI (x13321@4)took a shuttle on a shockwave ride
      A (x02220@1)           F#m (244222@1)        Dbm (x13321@4)       F#mWhere (244222@1)people on the pen pull the trigger for accolades
A (x02220@1)      C#m (x13321@4)        F#m (244222@1)    C#mI (x13321@4)took a bullet and i looked inside
     A (x02220@1)                F#m (244222@1)     D (xx0232@1)     F#mAnd (244222@1) running through my veins an American masquerade



PRE-CHORUS

E (022100@1)       F#m (244222@1)          B (x2444x@1)     AI (x02220@1)still remember grandma Dixie's wake
  D (xx0232@1)          E (022100@1)      C#m (x13321@4)     DI (xx0232@1)never really known anybody that died before
E (022100@1)           F#m (244222@1)       B (x2444x@1)      ARed (x02220@1)white and blue upon a birthday cake
    D (xx0232@1)            E (022100@1)         C#m (x13321@4)       Dmy (xx0232@1)brother, he was born on the fourth of July
           E (022100@1)  C#And (x43121@1)that's all

CHORUS

C# (x43121@1)                F#mWhy (244222@1)do you waste my time?
       Dbm (x13321@4)         D (xx0232@1)      E (022100@1)     AIs (x02220@1)the answer to the question on your mind
        F#m (244222@1)          DbAnd (x43121@1)I'm sick of all my judges
    D (xx0232@1)      E (022100@1)          DbSo (x43121@1)scared of what they'll find

F#m (244222@1)           DbmBut (x13321@4)I know that I can make it
           D (xx0232@1)      E (022100@1)      A5As (x022xx@1)long as somebody takes me home
      G#m (133111@4)   F#m (244222@1) A#m*
Every now and then
              B5 (x244xx@1)  C#5Every (x133xx@4)now and then
              D5 (xx023x@1)  E5Every (022xxx@1)now and then

OUTRO

A (x02220@1)name="chord_x13321@4">C#m F#m (244222@1)name="chord_x13321@4">C#m  D (xx0232@1)   C#m (x13321@4) EYou (022100@1)know I see Lon-don, I see Sam's Town
A (x02220@1)   C#m (x13321@4)name="chord_244222@1">F#m  C#m (x13321@4)name="chord_xx0232@1">D        C#m (x13321@4)EHolds (022100@1)my  hand and let's my hair down
A (x02220@1)   C#m (x13321@4)F#m (244222@1) C#m (x13321@4) D (xx0232@1)    C#m (x13321@4)ERolls (022100@1)that world right off my shoulder
A (x02220@1)name="chord_x13321@4">C#m F#m (244222@1)name="chord_x13321@4">C#m  D (xx0232@1)   C#m (x13321@4) E (022100@1) 
I see Lon-don, I see Sam's Town 
F#Now (244322@1)
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