Quiet Town chords by The Killers

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

G+G                      D MajorD
A augmentedA couple of kids got hit by a Union Pacific train
C majorC     E minorEm
Carrying sheet metal and household?appliances?through the pouring?rain
G+G
They were planning on getting married?after graduation
D MajorD                         E minorEm
Had a little baby girl, trouble came and shut it down
                  C majorC
Things like that ain't supposed to happen


       G+G          D MajorD
In this quiet town, families are tight
     E minorEm                      C majorC
Good people, they still don't deadbolt their doors at night
        G+G
In this quiet town

  G+G   D MajorD   E minorEm   C majorC
E MajorE|-3--3-3--------0--0-0-0-------------------|
BB|-0--1-0-3--3-3-0--0-0-1-------------------|
G+G|-0--0-0-2--4-2-0--2-4-0-------------------|
D MajorD|-0--0-0-0--0-0-2--2-2-2-------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------3-------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|

          G+G                        D MajorD
When we first heard opioid stories, they were always in whispering tones
  E minorEm                         C majorC
Now banners of sorrow mark the front steps of childhood homes
Parents wept through daddy's girl eulogies
G+G                          D MajorD
And merit badge milestones with their daughters and sons
                     E minorEm
Laying there lifeless in their suits and gowns
             C majorC
Somebody's been keepin' secrets

        G+G           D MajorD
In this quiet town, they know how to live
   E minorEm                      C majorC
Good people who lean on Jesus, they're quick to forgive
        G+G
In this quiet town

  D MajorD   D MajorD   E minorEm      C majorC
E MajorE|-3--3-3--------0--0-0--0-0-0--------------|
BB|-3--5-3-3--5-3-3--1-0--1-0-1--------------|
G+G|-0--0-0-2--2-2-0--0-0--0-0-0--------------|
D MajorD|-0--0-0-0--0-0-2--2-2--2-2-2--------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------3--------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|

        G+G                    D MajorD
Now whenever I'm near the town I'll find some reason to give
      E minorEm                        C majorC
And I will walk with the dead and the living where I used to live
                  G+G
And every time I see my parents in the prime of their lives
        D MajorD                    E minorEm
Offering their son the kind of love he could never put down
                C majorC
Well, part of me is still that stainless kid, lucky

        G+G         D MajorD
In this quiet town, salt of the land
        E minorEm                       C majorC
Hard-working people, if you're in trouble, they'll lend you a hand
           G+G
Here in this quiet town

  G+G   D MajorD  E minorEm    C majorC
E MajorE|-3--3-3------0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0------------|
BB|-3--1-0-3--5-5--3-1-0-1--1-1-3------------|
G+G|-0--0-0-2--2-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0------------|
D MajorD|-0--0-0-0--0-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------3--3-3-3------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|

(G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC)

G+G
The first crop of hay is up
D MajorD
School let out and the sun beats down
E minorEm
Smoke billows from a Sunday train
C majorC
That cries away from a quiet town

Final G+G