• Song:

    When You Were Young Acoustic

  • Artist:

    Killers

The Killers

This is how to play the song in it's easiest form, for those of you who can't quite 
barre chords, or just want a different more fluid way to play the song on an acoustic 
What I have written is 100% correct, I think, but please don't hesitate to correct me - oli_jgb@hotmail.com


Standard Tuning CAPO ON 4TH!


    C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)   EmYou (022000@1)sit there in your heart-ache
    G (320003@1)            CWaiting (x32010@1)on some beautiful boy to
 C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)     EmTo (022000@1)save you from your old ways
 GYou (320003@1)play forgiveness
CWatch (x32010@1)it now Here he comes


    C (x32010@1)                     D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
He doesnt look a thing like Je-sus
            GBut (320003@1)he talks like a gentleman
 CLike (x32010@1)you imagined
              D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
When you were young
G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)
 CCan (x32010@1)we climb this mountain
 D (xx0232@1)   EmI (022000@1)dont know
 G (320003@1)                      CHigher (x32010@1)now than ever before
 C (x32010@1)                         D (xx0232@1)     EmI (022000@1)know we can make it if we take it slow
 GLet's (320003@1)take it easy
  CEasy (x32010@1)now,  watch it go


 C (x32010@1)                           D (xx0232@1)   EmWe're (022000@1)burning down the highway sky- line
         GOn (320003@1)the back of a hurricane
 CThat (x32010@1)started turning
               D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)   G (320003@1)  CWhen (x32010@1)you were   young
               D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)   G (320003@1)  CWhen (x32010@1)you were   young

       C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)        EmAnd (022000@1)sometimes you close your eyes
              G (320003@1)                    CAnd (x32010@1)see the place where you used to live
               D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1)   G (320003@1)   CWhen (x32010@1)you were    young


Unfortunatley with the capo i havn't quite worked out a way to do the fill section, if 
have it...tell me!

                AmThey (x02210@1)say the devil's water It ain't so sweet
                             EmYou (022000@1)dont have to drink right now
                      GBut (320003@1)you can dip your feet
                        DEvery (xx0232@1)once in a little while


E,F#,G#m,B,E x2 (THIS IS WHAT THE ACTUAL FILL IS, LESS THE CAPO, if you can transpose 
great!)


    C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)   EmYou (022000@1)sit there in your heart-ache
    G (320003@1)                     CWaiting (x32010@1)on some beautiful boy to
 C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)     EmTo (022000@1)save you from your old ways
 GYou (320003@1)play forgiveness
CWatch (x32010@1)it now Here he comes


    C (x32010@1)                     D (xx0232@1) EmHe (022000@1)doesnt look a thing like Je-sus
            GBut (320003@1)he talks like a gentleman
 CLike (x32010@1)you imagined
              D (xx0232@1)EmWhen (022000@1)you were young
 G(talks (320003@1)like a gentleman)
 C(like (x32010@1)you imagined)
 C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)EmWhen (022000@1)you were young
   G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)
                                  D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1)  G (320003@1) CI (x32010@1)said he doesnt look a thing like Jesus
                           D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1)         G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)  
  (fill)
He doesnt look a thing like Jesus
     DBut (xx0232@1)more than you'll ever know

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