🎸 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