Leave The Bourbon On The Shelf
The Killers
Sawdust
Transcribed by Tim Ronco
The strum pattern used throughout the entire song is a combination of
clean and palm muted strums. It's pretty easy to get in your head, which
makes this song so darn catchy.
These are the chords used. You can figure out how they go with the strum
pattern. These are the chords used unless a tab is provided.
----C#------F#------G#------G#*-----A#m-----G#2-----|
e|-------||------||------||------||------||---------|
B|-------||------||------||------||------||---------|
G|-------||------||------||------||------||---------|
D|-----8-||----1-||----3-||----3-||------||---------|
A|-11--x-||-4--x-||-6--x-||-6--x-||-4--6-||-4--6----|
E|-9---9-||-2--2-||-4--4-||-5--5-||-6--6-||-4--4----|
It's easiest to play the first three chords with your middle finger on the E
string, index finger on the A string, and pinky finger on the D string.
Or Alternative chords for those who can reach
----C#------F#------G#------G#*----|
e|-------||------||------||--------|
B|-------||------||------||--------|
G|-------||------||------||--------|
D|-------||------||------||--------|
A|-11--13||-4--6-||-6--8-||-6--8---|
E|-9---9-||-2--2-||-4--4-||-5--5---|
For those of you who don't like the fingering, this song would be easier to
play in Drop D, but unless it's standard tuning, I have no idea what you
would play for the A#m chord.
Intro
Rest Of The Song
Shakin' like the Devil when she lets me go
Got a new place, and how it's so much better
Falling over myself, the televisions' on,
G# G#*
I turn it off and smile
Oh, Jennifer, you know I always tried
Before you say goodbye
e-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------99999999-----|
D--4--5--6--7--8---------------888888886----|
A--4--5--6--7--8--Let Ring-----999999996----|Let Ring
E--2--3--4--5--6-----------------------4----|
Leave the bourbon on the shelf
And I'll drink it by myself
And I love you endlessly,
Darling don't you see I'm not satisfied
Until I hold you tight
Give me one more chance tonight
And I swear I'll make it right
But you ain't got time for this
And that wreckin' bell is ringin'
And I'm not satisfied
Until I hold you
Jennifer, tell me where I stand
e----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G--6666666666666666----------------|
D--66666666666666664444444444444444|
A--44444444444444444444444444444444|
E------------------2222222222222222|
G#*
And who's that boy holdin' your hand?
e-----------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------|
D--------------88888888888888886666666666666666-|
A--------------88888888888888886666666666666666-|
E--------------66666666666666664444444455555555-|
(Return to main strum pattern and chords)
Oh, Jennifer, you know I always tried
Before you say goodbye
e-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------99999999---------------------|
D--4--5--6--7--8---------------888888886----x-x---x-x---x-x-|
A--4--5--6--7--8--Let Ring-----999999996----x-x---x-x---x-x-|
E--2--3--4--5--6-----------------------4----x-x---x-x---x-x-|
Leave the bourbon on the shelf
And I'll drink it by myself
And I never liked your hair or those people that you lie with
But I'm not satisfied
Until I hold you tight
And I love you endlessly,
Darling don't you see I can't be satisfied
Until I hold you tight
Leave the bourbon on the shelf
And I'll drink it by myself
And I love you endlessly,
Darling don't you see
I'm not satisfied