West Hills chords by The Killers

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

Cm Ab Eb Bb x3



Verse 1:
   Cm         Ab  Eb    Bb
I was born right here in Zion, God's own son
  Cm           AB       EB    Bb
His Holy Ghost stories and bloodshed never scared me none
      Cm          Ab
While they bowed their heads on Sunday
   Eb             Bb
I cut out through the hedges and fields
     Cm          Ab
Where the light could place its hands on my head
Eb         Bb
In the west hills

Chorus:
Cm Ab    Eb     Bb Bbsus4 Bb
Fr--ee in the west hills
Cm Ab    Eb     Bb
Fr--ee in the west hills


Verse 2:
     Cm       Ab    Eb        Bb
She's got two full-grown children, one still on the vine
  Cm      Ab     Eb          Bb
And once I got to know him I loved him like he was mine
        Cm            Ab
Some nights we drive up the mouth of the canyon
  Eb        Bb
On hillbilly heroin pills
    Cm        Ab
We get out and watch the sunset
Eb         Bb
Peaceful and still


Chorus:
  Cm Ab    Eb     Bb
And free in the west hills
Cm Ab    Eb     Bb
Fr--ee in the west hills


Verse 3:
     Cm           Ab
When the sheriff kicked my door down
   Eb         Bb
I was sleeping in my own bed
    Cm        Ab
And the mess I got caught up in
    Eb       Bb
Rained hard down on my head
   Cm     Ab         Eb        Bb
They got me for possession of them hillbilly heroin pills
Cm         Ab       Eb        Bb
Enough to kill the horses that run free in the west hills
   Ab
They got me for possession of enough to kill the horses that run


Chorus:
Cm Ab    Eb     Bb
Fr--ee in the west hills
Cm Ab    Eb     Bb
Fr--ee in the west hills


Verse 4:
    Cm         Ab
If this life was meant for proving
    Eb        Bb
I could use more years to live
  Cm        Ab
But fifteen in a guardhouse
    Eb            Bb
That's more than I'm willing to give
       Cm        Ab
And if there really is a judgement
Eb        Bb
When He pulls my chart
Cm       Ab
He'll reject my actions
Eb         Bb
But He will know my heart
Cm            Ab
And he'll prepare a place for me
   Eb         Bb
Where happiness instills
          Cm           Ab
And the light puts its loving hands on my head
Eb        Bb
Free in the west hills
   Ab
They got me for possession of enough to kill the horses that run


Chorus:
Cm Ab    Eb     Bb
Fr--ee in the west hills
Cm Ab    Eb     Bb
Fr--ee in the west hills
Cm Ab Eb Bb       Cm   Ab     Eb Bb       Cm Ab Eb Bb
Fr--ee, fr--ee in the west hills, in the west hills, in the west hills