A Dustland Fairytale chords by The Killers

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice

A augmentedA Dustland Fairytale
The Killers
Tabbed by rich-uk
20 November 2008

Chords:
Gmaj7/B x20032
D/F#D/F#   2x0232
D/A#   x10232
D/AD/A   x00232
G/BG/B   x20003
B7B7    x21202
E7E7    020100

Intro:
D MajorD   D MajorD   D MajorD   D MajorD

Verse 1:
      D MajorD      D MajorD           A augmentedA         G+G
A augmentedA dustland fairytale beginning, just another white trash county kiss.
     D MajorD        D MajorD        D MajorD        D MajorD
In 'Sixty-One, long brown hair and foolish eyes.
D MajorD              D MajorD             A augmentedA           G+G
 He looked just like you'd want him to - some kind of slick chrome American prince.
 A augmentedA       B minorBm     B minorBm       G+G     G+G
A augmentedA blue jean serenade, Moon River, what you do to me.
  E MajorE          E MajorE
But I don't believe you.

Chorus 1:
D MajorD      D MajorD        Gmaj7/B      Gmaj7/B
 Saw Cinderella in a party dress but she was looking for a nightgown.
A augmentedA      A augmentedA           D MajorD          D/F#D/F#
 I saw the devil wrapping up his hands, he's getting ready for the showdown.
G+G      D/F#D/F#     (D/A#)  B minorBm     A augmentedA         D MajorD       D MajorD
 I saw the minute that I turned away, I got my money on a palm tonight.

Verse 2:
  D MajorD         D MajorD      A augmentedA       G+G
The change came in disguise of revelation set his soul on fire.
  D/AD/A       Gmaj7/B     D MajorD       D MajorD
She says she always knew he'd come around.
    D MajorD      D MajorD         B minorBm         B minorBm
And the decades disappear like sinking ships that we persevere.
       G+G         G/BG/B      D MajorD     D MajorD
God gives us hope, but we still fear, we don't know, the mind is poison.
B minorBm        B minorBm        G+G       G+G
 Castles in the sky sit stranded, vandalised.
  E MajorE           E MajorE
The drawbridge is closing.

Chorus 2:
D/AD/A     D/AD/A       Gmaj7/B      Gmaj7/B
 Saw Cinderella in a party dress but she was looking for a nightgown.
A augmentedA      A augmentedA           D MajorD          D/F#D/F#
 I saw the devil wrapping up his hands, he's getting ready for the showdown.
G+G      D/F#D/F#       (D/A#)   B minorBm        A augmentedA         D MajorD
 I saw the ending when they turned the page, I threw my money and I ran away.
        D/F#D/F#          A augmentedA
Straight to the valley of the great divide.

Middle Eight:
A augmentedA             D MajorD   D MajorD        (A augmentedA)    G+G
 Out where the dreams all hide,  out where the wind don't blow.
G+G       (A augmentedA)    B minorBm  B minorBm    (A augmentedA)    D MajorD
 Out here the good girls die,  and the sky won't snow.
D MajorD       (A augmentedA)    G+G   G+G       (A augmentedA)     G+G
 Out here the bird don't sing,  out here the field don't grow.
G+G       (A augmentedA)    B minorBm  B7B7            E MajorE    E7E7
 Out here the bell don't ring,  out here the bell don't ring.
G+G   G+G             D/AD/A
    Out here the good girls die.

Outro:
     D/AD/A         Gmaj7/B      Gmaj7/B
Now Cinderella don't you go to sleep, it's such a bitter form of refuge.
A augmentedA       A augmentedA            D MajorD     D/F#D/F#
 Oh don't you know the kingdom's under siege? And everybody needs you.
G+G        D/F#D/F#     (D/A#)  B minorBm       A augmentedA            D MajorD
 Is there still magic in the midnight sun? Or did you leave it back in 'Sixty-One?
    D/F#D/F#           G+G   G+G        (A augmentedA)     D MajorD
In the cadence of a young man's eyes,  and where the dreams roll high.

NB: Chords not in brackets fall on the first beat of the bar
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