Don't Shoot Me Santa chords by The Killers

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
       C majorC        FF
BRANDON: "Oh Santa, I've been waiting on you"
    E minorEm                   G+G
SANTA: "That's funny kid, because... I've been coming for you"
     E MajorE          A minorAm
BRANDON: "Oh Santa, I've been killing just for fun"
    D MajorD                    BdimBdim
SANTA: "Well the party's over kid, because I... Because I got a bullet in my gun"
     N.C
BRANDON: "A bullet in your what?"


Bridge 1:
G+G       G6G6 G+G  G6G6 G+G  G6G6
Santa's got a bullet in his gun
       G+G       G6G6 G+G  G6G6 G+G  G6G6
You know it, Santa's got a bullet in his gun

Chorus:
C majorC
Don't shoot me Santa Claus
C majorC                G+G
I've been a clean living boy, I promise you
  E MajorE           A minorAm
Did every little thing you asked me to
 FF              G+G
I can't believe the things I'm going through
C majorC
Don't shoot me, Santa Claus
              G+G
Well, no one else around believes me
  E MajorE             A minorAm
The children on the block they tease me
 FF             G+G
I couldn't let them off that easy


Verse 2:
       C majorC         FF             C majorC
BRANDON: "Oh Santa, It's been a real hard year" (Yeee-eee-ear)
    C majorC                                  Cadd9Cadd9       G+G
SANTA: "There just ain't no getting around this, life is hard... But look at me, I turned out alright"
    E7E7                   A minorAm
BRANDON: "Hey Santa, why don't we talk about it? Work it out"
          DmDm
SANTA: "Believe me, this ain't what I wanted, I love all you kids, you know that
    DmDm   BdimBdim
    Hell, I remember when you were just 10 years old playing out there in the desert
    N.C
    Just waiting for a sip of that sweet Mojave rain"

Bridge 2:
G+G                      G6G6
In the sweet Mojave rain, the boy was on his own


Chorus:
C majorC
Don't shoot me Santa Claus
C majorC                G+G
I've been a clean living boy, I promise you
  E MajorE           A minorAm
Did every little thing you asked me to
 FF              G+G
I can't believe the things I'm going through
C majorC
Hey Santa Claus
              G+G
Well, no one else around believes me
  E MajorE             A minorAm
The children on the block they tease me
 FF             G+G
I couldn't let them off that easy


Bridge 3:
FF                  G+G
They had it coming so why can't you see?
      C majorC        FF
I couldn't turn my cheek no longer
D MajorD
The sun is going down and Christmas is near
G+G                       C majorC
Just look the other way and I'll disappear forever (Woo!)


Instrumental:
G5G5 G5 A minorAm Asus2-Am-Asus2-Am
G5G5 G5 FF G5G5


Chorus:
C majorC
Don't shoot me, Santa Claus
              G+G
Well, no one else around believes me
  E MajorE             A minorAm
The children on the block they tease me
 FF             G+G
I couldn't let them off that easy


Outro:
FF    G+G
Believe me
C majorC
Santa
A minorAm
Santa
FF G+G C majorC