Killers - Battle Born

released on september 17th 2012 , “battle born”
is the homonimous 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 .

lyrics by B . flowers , D . keuning , m . stoermer & r . vannucci jr .
music by the killers
key of F# ( it would be G but it’s half step down
tuning D# ( every string half step down )

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all chords relative to tuning

Am x02210
C x32010
Cm x35543
Cadd9 x3203
xd x00232 or x5777
xem 022000 or x7998
xfmaj7 x33210
G 320033
G * 355433

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

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

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
you turn away
C
welcome home

G D – C D – Em G – Am Am – Cadd9 C

G D – C D – Em G – Am Am – Cadd9 C G