A Matter Of Time chords by The Killers

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D - A | G | G | G - A | Bm - A |
D - A | G | G | G - A | Bm - A |
Em - D/F# | G | G |
Bm (x4)


Verse 1:
    Bm
You're looking for a way out
Bm       A
I can feel it (uh-oh oh oh oh oh-uh oh uh-oh)
     Em
Come on, show me where it hurts
   Em       Bm
Maybe I can heal it (uh-oh oh oh oh oh-uh oh uh-oh)
   Bm
Your feelings are your own
    Bm           A
Now you keep 'em under lock and key (uh-oh oh oh oh oh-uh oh uh-oh)
      Em
You got me drivin' through the streets
    Em           Bm
For an answer to the mystery (uh-oh oh oh oh oh-uh oh uh-oh)

Chorus:
G         D         A
 The world's still weak on Charleston Avenue
G       D         A
 Outside that vacant Starlight Motel I see you
G          D
 Laughing with your girlfriends
   A            Bm   A    Em
Not a care in the world, not a burden on your mind
     Em    Bm
It was a matter of time


Verse 2:
     Bm
There's a panic in this house
     Bm        A
and it's bound to surface (uh-oh oh oh oh oh-uh oh uh-oh)
   Em
Just walkin' through the front door
Em        Bm
makes me nervous (uh-oh oh oh oh oh-uh oh uh-oh)
   Bm
It's creepin' up the floorboards,
Bm               A
got me wondering where I stand (uh-oh oh oh oh oh-uh oh uh-oh)
     Em
I cannot put out the fire,
    Em             Bm
I got a book of matches in my hand (uh-oh oh oh oh oh-uh oh uh-oh)


Chorus:
G       D          A
 When we first met, headstrong and filled with doubt
G             D           A
 Made just enough hustling tables that summer to take you out, I was...
G         D       A         Bm
 fallin' back on forever when you told me about your heart
      A   G         D   A
You laid it on the line (uh-oh oh uh-oh oh)
G         D   A
 (Yeah-eh ah yeah-eh ah)
G          D
 Laughing with your girlfriends
   A
Not a care in the world
   Bm   A    Em
Not a burden on your mind (You're hanging on the line!)
Em    G   A
 It was just a matter
     D A    G
It was a matter of time


Bridge:
   G        A      Bm       A
We'd find ourselves a place, we belong in this forever
   D         A
Ain't that what it's all about?
     G      A
Make the promise and keep it
   Bm      A
Come hell or high water
D  A     G
We'd figure it out
      G         A
It was the night, it was the moon
      Bm         A
It was the green grass in the garden
  D        A
The victory and the sin
       G   A
I know you're weary, look at me
Bm       A
Flailing in the corner
      Em
Here's the towel
  D/F#     G
Go on, throw it in


Chorus:
G     D A    G
 It was a matter of time
     G       A     Bm  A
Can't you see that it's tearing me up inside?
      D       A
Look what's laying at our feet
      G      A
That's the wreckage of broken dreams
  Bm     A
And burned out halos
     Em  D/F#  G
And it's here on our street (uh-oh oh oh uh-oh oh oh)


Outro:
Bm