Dont Shoot Me Santa Tab

Artist: The Killers
Song: Don't Shoot Me Santa
Album: None (christmas special)
Tabbed by: Necriononguitar
E-mail: Tim.Rathgen@gmx.de
 
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Tuning: Half-Step Down
 
. = Palm-Muted
~ = hold note
^ = vibrate
p = pull off
h = hammer on
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
 
 
(Very nice to play on a acoustic guitar)
 
--If you see a "B/E" its up to you to play a "B", a "E" or a "B/E",
  Scroll down for special chords and Riffs--
 
 
//Intro/Verse\\
         E          A           (Bb)
Oh Santa, i’ve been waiting on you
B/E                                           B
That’s funny kid, because I’ve been coming for you
G#                  C#m
Oh Santa, i’ve been killing just for fun
F#m                                    F#m*
Well the party’s over kid... Because I     Because I got a bullet in my gun!
                     B
A bullet in your what?
 
(Santa’s got a bullet in his gun
You know it, Santa’s got a bullet in his gun)
 
 
//Chorus\\
               E
Don’t shoot me Santa Claus
                                B
I’ve been a clean living boy, i promise you
    Cm                     C#m
Did every little thing you asked me to
  B                            A           B
I can’t believe the things I’m going through
 
                E
Don’t shoot me Santa Claus
                        B
Well no one else around believes me
        Cm                         C#m
But the children on the block they tease me
  B                          A    B
I couldn’t let them off that easy
 
//Verse\\
   E                 A               Bb
Oh Santa, it’s been a real hard year
                 B/E
There just ain’t no getting around this
                              B
Life is hard, but look at me.   I turned out alright
G#                                     C#m
Hey Santa, why don’t we talk about it? ...   Work it out
           F#m
Believe me, this ain’t what I wanted, I love all you kids, you know that
      F#m*
Hell, I remember when you were just ten years old,
 
playing out there in the desert
                              B
Just waiting for a sip of that sweet Mojave rain
 
(In the sweet Mojave rain
The boy was on his own)
 
//Chorus\\
               E
Don’t shoot me Santa Claus
                                B
I’ve been a clean living boy, i promise you
    Cm                     C#m
Did every little thing you asked me to
  B                            A           B
I can’t believe the things I’m going through
 
    E
Hey Santa Claus
                        B
Well no one else around believes me
        Cm                         C#m
But the children on the block they tease me
  B                          A    B
I couldn’t let them off that easy
 
 
//Bridge\\ (+ "Christmas-Like Guitar Part)
                   A              B
They had it coming, so why can’t you see?
           E                A
I couldn’t turn my cheek no longer
F#m
The sun is going down and Christmas is near
     B                                    *   E      (E)
Just look the other way and I’ll disappear forever
 
Woo!!!
 
 
----Guirar Solo----
 
 
//Chorus\\
               E
Don’t shoot me Santa Claus
                          B
Well no one else around beLIEVes me
        Cm                          C#m
But the children on the street they tease me
  B                          A    (A)
I couldn’t let them off that easy
 
  B   (B)    B   (B)
Beliiiiieeve me
E
Santa
C#m      A    B     (final chord---) E
Santa    ....
 
 
//Riffs\\
Christmas-Like Guitar Part:
E--15-14-15---12-14---11-12------11-----------------|
B-----------------------------14-----12-14----------|
G---------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
 
* after "disappear" play this riff:
E------4---------4~---------|
B-------------5-------------|
G----------4----------------|
D---------------------------|
A---------------------------|
E---------------------------|
 
Guitar Solo:
E---[11-11--14-14--11-11--12-12]-x4---19b21r19~---12~----|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|
 
E-----11--11-----12----11------------|
B---------12~----------12~-----------|
G------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------|
 
 
E--11(~)----12-12--11-11--14-14--11-11-x2--11-11--12-11h12p11--9--11---------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------12~----|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--10---9-9--10---7-7--9---5-5--7-(5)--5/7--7-7--7/9--9-9--9/10--10-10--10/12-|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Special Chords:
    B/E   F#m*
E---------3------------------|
B---------2------------------|
G---4-----2------------------|
D---2-----2------------------|
A---2------------------------|
E--(0)-----------------------|
 
 
Thats it! I hope this helped, please rate, comment and correct me!
 
Cheers...
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