When You Were Young - The Killers


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You sit there 

             
in your heart-

 
ache
             
Waiting on som

    
e beautiful bo

y to
             
To save you fr

          
om your old wa

ys
             
You play forgi

              
veness

Watch it now H

ere he comes


             
He doesnt look

              
 a thing like 

    
Je-sus
             
But he talks l

              
ike a gentlema

         
n
 
Like you imagi

ned
              
When you were 

   
young         

      


             
Can we climb t

his mountain
      
I dont know
             
Higher now tha

           
n ever before
             
I know we can 

              
make it if we 

       
take it slow

Let's take it 

easy
  
Easy now,  wat

ch it go


             
We're burning 

              
down the highw

      
ay sky- line
         
On the back of

 a hurricane
  
That started t

urning
              
When you were 

            
  young
              
When you were 

           
  young



             
And sometimes 

             
you close your

  
 eyes
              
And see the pl

             
ace where you 

         
used to live
              
When you were 

              
   young

C,D,Em,G,C



              
They say the d

  
evil's water I

t ain't so swe

et
              
You dont have 

              
to drink right

 
 now
                      G(?)
But you can dip your feet
              
Every once in 

          
a little while

C,D,Em,G,C x2


             
You sit there 

             
in your heart-


ache
             
Waiting on som

              
e beautiful bo


y to
             
To save you fr

           
om your old wa

ys
             
You play forgi

              
veness

Watch it now H

ere he comes


             
He doesnt look

              
 a thing like 

    
Je-sus
             
But he talks l

              
ike a gentlema

         
n
 
Like you imagi

ned
              
When you were 

   
young         
        
(talks like a 

gentleman)
 
(like you imag

ined)
             
When you were 

  
young
  
    


              
I said he does

              
nt look a thin

           
g like Jesus  

     
    
              
He doesnt look

             
 a thing like 

                
Jesus
         
But more than 

    
you'll ever kn

ow

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