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When You Were Young

The Killers E Vote rhythm

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5 years ago
[Verse]
You [E]sit there in your h[F#]heart-ac[G#m]eart-ache
Wait[B]Waiting on some bea[E]beautiful boy to
T[E]o save you from y[F#]our old w[G#m]ays
Y[B]You play forgiveness
[E]Watch it now Here he comes
 
[Chorus]
He d[E]doesnt look a thing like [F#]Je-[G#m]Je-sus
But he talks[B]talks like a gentleman
L[E]Like you imagined
When you were [F#]you[G#m]young
 
[Instrumental]
[B] [E]
[Verse]
C[E]Can we climb this mountain
I[F#]I dont k[G#m]know
H[B]Higher now than ever befor[E]before
I[E] know we can make it if we t[F#]ake it s[G#m]low
L[B]Let's take it easy
Ea[E]Easy now, watch it go
 
[Chorus]
W[E]We're burning down the highway [F#]sky- [G#m]line
On the ba[B]back of a hurricane
T[E]That started turning
When you were [F#] you[G#m]young [B] [E]
When you were [F#] you[G#m]young [B] [E]
 
[Verse]
And som[E]etimes you c[F#]lose your ey[G#m]es
And see the pl[B]place where you used to l[E]live
When you were [F#] you[G#m]young [B] [E]
 
[Instrumental]
[E] [F#] [G#m] [B] [E] [E] [D#m] [C#m] [B] [A#m] [G#m] [F#]
 
[Bridge]
The say the [C#m]devil's water, it ain't so sweet.
You [E]don't have to drink right [G#m]now.
[D#m] But you can dip your [G#m]feet.
[F#] Every once in a
little whil[E]while. [F#] [G#m] [B] [E]
 
[Instrumental]
[E] [F#] [G#m] [B] [E]
[Verse]
You [E]sit there in your h[F#]heart-ac[G#m]eart-ache
Wait[B]Waiting on some beautiful bo[E]boy to
T[E]o save you from y[F#]our old w[G#m]ays
Y[B]You play forgiveness
[E]Watch it now Here he comes
 
[Chorus]
He d[E]doesnt look a thing like [F#]Je-[G#m]Je-sus
But he talks[B]talks like a gentleman
L[E]Like you imagined
When you were [F#]you[G#m]young
([B](talks like a gentleman)
([E](like you imagined)
W[E]When you were [F#]youn[G#m]young [B] [E]
 
[Chorus&outro]
I said he doesnt look a thing like[F#]like Jesu[G#m]Jesus [B] [E]
He doesnt look a thing like[F#]like Jesu[G#m]Jesus [B] [E]
But more th[E]than [D#m]you'll[C#m]you'll ever [B]know[A#m] [G#m] [F#]

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