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The What It Was Chords by The Killers

The What It Was chords by The Killers

Guitar chords with lyrics

Intro: E C#m G#m A B

E                  C#m            G#m    A B
 I drove through the desert last night.
E              C#m               G#m   A B
 I carried the weight of our last fight.
E                            C#m            G#m
Elvis singing 'Don't be Cruel? and I wonder if you feel it too.
     A         B
It's like we're going under.

C#m                       F#m                         G#m
    Somewhere outside the lonely Esmeralda County line,
                         A                   B
    The question of my heart came to my mind
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A            E
If I go on with you by my side,
       C#m      B B    A A       A
Can it be the way it was when we met?
          E                     B
Did you forget all about those golden nights?

E       C#m                 G#m    A B
 Maybe if thieves stole your heart
E            B            C#m
 or maybe we just drifted apart.
A          B      E            C#m
I remember driving in my daddy?s car to the airfield,
G#m                  A                 B
Blanket on the hood, backs against the windshield.

C#m                       F#m                                  G#m
   Back then this thing was running on momentum, love and trust.
                    A                 B
   That paradise is buried in the dust.

A            E
If I go on with you by my side,
       C#m      B B    A A       A
Can it be the way it was when we met?
          E                     B
Did you forget all about those golden nights?
(The way it was, it was.)

F#m                           C#m      G#m
All of our plans are falling through.
F#m                              B
Sometimes a dream, it don't come true.

A C#m B
A E B

    A     E
Darling. Darling
                              C#m      B B    A A       A
(If we go on can it be)Can it be the way it was when we met?
          E                     B
Did you forget all about those golden nights?

        A        E
If I go on with you by my side,
       C#m      B B    A A       A
Can it be the way it was when we met?
                      E
My heart is true, girl, it's just you
             B                           E
I'm thinking of, Can it be the way it was?

(C#m G#m A B)

E         C#m              G#m  A  B
 (Maybe thieves stole your heart.)

Outro: E C#m G#m A B(2x)

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