Battle Born

released on september 17th 2012 , "battle born" is the homonimous track for the killers’ fourth album . during the 2012 - 2013 battle born tour , this is the tune that closes most of their setlists due its emotiveness . lyrics by B . flowers , D . keuning , m . stoermer & r . vannucci jr . music by the killers key of F# ( it would be G but it’s half step down tuning D# ( every string half step down ) = = = = = = = = = = = = all chords relative to tuning Am x02210 C x32010 Cm x35543 Cadd9 x3203 xd x00232 or x5777 xem 022000 or x7998 xfmaj7 x33210 G 320033 G * 355433 Intro G D - C D - Em G - Am Am - Cadd9 C ( refer to song for timing , it’ll be important for Chorus and ending ) verses 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 ( 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 Cadd9 you’re gonna get back on your feet C D ( no you can’t stop now ) verses 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 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 Em Am Cadd9 you was battle born . . . Em C when the night falls on the land Am Cadd9 are you haunted by the sound? . . . Em Cadd9 it’s gonna take more than a hand Am to turn this thing around C won’t you lean it on me? Am Em rescue , set me free 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 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 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 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 Cadd9 you turn away C welcome home G D - C D - Em G - Am Am - Cadd9 C G D - C D - Em G - Am Am - Cadd9 C G