The Killers – When You Were Young

Intro :E F# G#m B E x2

E F# G#m
You sit there in your heart-ache
B E
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
E F# G#m
To save you from your old ways
B
You play forgiveness
E
Watch it now here he comes

E F# G#m
He doesnt look a thing like Je-sus
B
But he talks like a gentleman
E
Like you imagined
F# G#m B E
When you*were young

E
Can we climb this mountain
F# G#m
I dont know
B E
Higher now than ever before
E F# G#m
I know we can make it if we take it slow
B
Let’s take it easy
E
Easy now, watch it go

E F# G#m
We’re burning down the highway sky-line
B
On the back of a hurricane
E
That started turning
F# G#m B E
When you*were young
F# G#m B E
When you**were young

E F# G#m
And sometimes you close your eyes
B E
And see the place where you used to live
F# G#m B E
When you were young

Interlude: E5, D#m5, C#m5, Bm5, B5, A#5, G#5, F#5

C#m
They say the devil’s water It ain’t so sweet
C#m G#m
You dont have to drink right now
B7
But you can dip your feet
F#
Every once in a little while

E F# G#m
You sit there in your heart-ache
B E
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
E F# G#m
To save you from your old ways
B
You play forgiveness
E
Watch it now Here he comes

E F# G#m
He doesnt look a thing like Je-sus
B
But he talks like a gentleman
E
Like you imagined
F# G#m
When you were young
B
(talks like a gentleman)
E
(like you imagined)
E F# G#m B E
When you*were young

F# G#m B E
I said he doesnt*look a thing like Jesus
F# G#m B E
He doesn’t**look a thing like Jesus
But more than you’ll ever know

E5, D#m5, C#m5, Bm5, B5, A#5, G#5, F#5