Don't Shoot Me Santa chords by The Killers

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
             C                F
BRANDON: "Oh Santa, I've been waiting on you"
        Em                                     G
SANTA: "That's funny kid, because... I've been coming for you"
          E                   Am
BRANDON: "Oh Santa, I've been killing just for fun"
        D                                       Bdim
SANTA: "Well the party's over kid, because I... Because I got a bullet in my gun"
         N.C
BRANDON: "A bullet in your what?"


Bridge 1:
G             G6 G   G6 G   G6
Santa's got a bullet in his gun
             G             G6 G   G6 G   G6
You know it, Santa's got a bullet in his gun

Chorus:
C
Don't shoot me Santa Claus
C                               G
I've been a clean living boy, I promise you
    E                      Am
Did every little thing you asked me to
  F                            G
I can't believe the things I'm going through
C
Don't shoot me, Santa Claus
                           G
Well, no one else around believes me
    E                          Am
The children on the block they tease me
  F                          G
I couldn't let them off that easy


Verse 2:
             C                  F                         C
BRANDON: "Oh Santa, It's been a real hard year" (Yeee-eee-ear)
        C                                                                    Cadd9              G
SANTA: "There just ain't no getting around this, life is hard... But look at me, I turned out alright"
        E7                                      Am
BRANDON: "Hey Santa, why don't we talk about it? Work it out"
                   Dm
SANTA: "Believe me, this ain't what I wanted, I love all you kids, you know that
        Dm     Bdim
        Hell, I remember when you were just 10 years old playing out there in the desert
        N.C
        Just waiting for a sip of that sweet Mojave rain"


Bridge 2:
G                                            G6
In the sweet Mojave rain, the boy was on his own


Chorus:
C
Don't shoot me Santa Claus
C                               G
I've been a clean living boy, I promise you
    E                      Am
Did every little thing you asked me to
  F                            G
I can't believe the things I'm going through
C
Hey Santa Claus
                           G
Well, no one else around believes me
    E                          Am
The children on the block they tease me
  F                          G
I couldn't let them off that easy


Bridge 3:
F                                   G
They had it coming so why can't you see?
           C                F
I couldn't turn my cheek no longer
D
The sun is going down and Christmas is near
G                                             C
Just look the other way and I'll disappear forever (Woo!)


Instrumental:
G5 G5 Am Asus2-Am-Asus2-Am
G5 G5 F G5


Chorus:
C
Don't shoot me, Santa Claus
                           G
Well, no one else around believes me
    E                          Am
The children on the block they tease me
  F                          G
I couldn't let them off that easy


Outro:
F       G
Believe me
C
Santa
Am
Santa
F G C