Battle Born Chords & Lyrics Artist: The Killers

INTRO
 
G | D - C | D - Em | G - Am | Am - Cadd9 | C
(Refer to song for timing, it'll be important for chorus and ending)
 
 
VERSE
 
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
 
G
Up against the wall
D - C                          D - Em
    There's something dying on the street
 
When they knock you down
G - Am                      G - Cadd9
    You're gonna get back on your feet
                                  C                 D
                                 (No you can't stop now)
 
 
VERSE
 
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                      G - 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
 
Am  Cadd9
 
               Em      Dsus2
You was battle born...
Am                             Cadd9
   When the night falls on the land,
                       Em  Dsus2
are you haunted by the sound?...
Am                             Cadd9
   It's gonna take more than a hand.
                     Em
to turn this thing around
 
Won't you lean it on me?
D
Rescue, set me free
 
 
CHORUS
 
G
Up against the wall
D - C                          D - Em
    There's something dying on the street
 
When they knock you down
G - Am                      G - 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            G - 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                G - 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
G - 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