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Released on September 17th 2012, "Battle Born" is the homonymous track for the Killers'
fourth album. During the 2012-2013 Battle Born tour, this is the tune that closes most
of their setlists due its emotiveness.
Tabbed by Pelusteriano
Contact at my UG profile
Lyrics by B. Flowers, D. Keuning, M. Stoermer & R. Vannucci Jr.
Music by the Killers
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Chords (low to high, in order of appearance, relative to tuning)
G 320033 D X00232 or X5777X C X32010 Am X02210 Cadd9 X3203X
Fmaj7 X33210 Cm X35543 G* 355433 Em 022000 or X7998X
INTRO
G | D - C | D - Em | G - Am | Am - Cadd9 | C
(Refer to song for timing, it'll be important for chorus and ending)
VERSES I & II
G D
You lost faith in the human spirit
Fmaj7 C
You walk around like a ghost
Cm G*
Your star-spangled heart
Am D
Took a train for the coast
G D
When you shine you're a hilltop mansion
Fmaj7 C
So how'd you lose the light?
Cm G*
Was it blown by the wind,
Am D
In the still of the night?
C
We're up against the wall
CHORUS (strum like intro)
G
Up against the wall
D - C D - Em
There's something dying on the street
When they knock you down
G - Am Cadd9
You're gonna get back on your feet
C D
(No you can't stop now)
VERSES III & IV
G D
I always saw you as a kind of keeper
Fmaj7 C
A mother to a child
Cm G*
But your boys have grown soft
Am D - Dsus2
And your girls have gone wild
G D
From the blue ridge to the black hills
Fmaj7 C
To the redwood sky
Cm G
The season may pass
Am D
But the dream doesn't die
C
Why did you drop the ball?
CHORUS (strum like intro)
G
Up against the wall
D - C D - Em
There's something dying on the street
When they knock you down
G - Am Cadd9
You're gonna get back on your feet
C D
(No you can't stop now)
G
When they break your heart
D - C D - Em
When they cause your soul to mourn
Remember what I said
G - Am Cadd9
Boy you was battle born
C D
(No, you can't stop now)
INTERLUDE
Em Am Cadd9
You was battle born...
Em C
When the night falls on the land
Am Cadd9
Are you haunted by the sound?...
Em Cadd9
It's gonna take more than a hand
Am
To turn this thing around
C
Won't you lean it on me?
Am Em
Rescue, set me free
CHORUS (strum like intro)
G
Up against the wall
D - C D - Em
There's something dying on the street
When they knock you down
G - Am Cadd9
You're gonna get back on your feet
C D
('Cause you can't stop now)
G
Did they break your heart?
D - C D - Em
Did they cause your soul to mourn
Remember what I said
G - Am Cadd9
Boy you was battle born
C D
('Cause you can't stop now)
G
Come on show your face
D - C D - Em
Come on give us one more spark
So we'll start a fire
G - Am Cadd9
Unless we fall into the dark
C D
(And you can't stop now)
G
You never know if you never learn
D - C
You never shine if you never burn
D - Em
The rising tide, the undertow
G - Am
The venom and the overflow
Cadd9 C
You turn away, welcome home
G D - C D - Em G - Am Am - Cadd9 C
G D - C D - Em G - Am Am - Cadd9 C G
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