I understand that some people who don't have access to a capo (makeshift or
otherwise!) would like to play this song, so here's my version. The album version
is tuned a half step down, but you can choose whether or not you'd like to play it that way.
EbAbDbGbBbeb
WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG
SAM'S TOWN
THE KILLERS
2006
You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now ... here he comes!
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined when you were young
Can we climb this mountain
I don't know
Higher now than ever before
I know we can make it if we take it slow
Let's take it easy
Easy now, watch it go
We're burning down the highway skyline
On the back of a hurricane that started turning
When you were young
When you were young
And sometimes you close your eyes
and see the place where you used to live
When you were young
Filler*: F Em Dm C Am (Bm) G
They say the devil's water, it ain't so sweet
You don't have to drink right now
Am (C?)
But you can dip your feet
Every once in a little while
You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now here he comes
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined when you were young
(He talks like a gentlemen, like you imagined when)
When you were young
I said he doesn't look a thing like Jesus
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
(Bm)
But more than you'll ever know
* I made the Bm chord in the filler optional. It's how it's supposed to be
played, but if like me you find the transitions harder with the Bm in there, then
leave it out. It's fine either way :)
I'm also open to any corrections, but I'm fairly sure that this is around 98%
accurate. Thanks for playing this!