The Killers, Elton John and Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys
Standard Tuning
Chords Used:
E/G# - (4x2100)
G/D - (xx0003)
C/E - (032010)
G/B - (x20003)
E/B - (x22100)
F#/A# - (x1x322)
[VERSE 1]
N.C E A E
Well, your eyes just haven't been the same, Joseph
A C#m
Are you bad at dealing with the fame, Joseph?
B A E/G# B
There's a pale moon - shine a - bove you,
E/G# C#m A B
Do you see both sides? Do they shove you a - round?
[VERSE 2]
B E A E
Is the touchstone forcing you to hide, Joseph?
A C#m
Are the rumours eating you a - live, Joseph?
B A E/G# B
When the holy night is u - pon you,
E/G# C#m A B
Will you do what's right, the po - sition is yours?
[CHORUS 1]
B G C G/D C/E
From the temple walls to the New York night,
G/B D C
Our decisions rest on a child.
G C
When she took her stand,
G/B C/E
Did she hold your hand?
G/B D C
Will your faith stand still or run a - way,
G
Run a - way?
[GUITAR SOLO]
|E |B |E |E
|E |B |C#m |C#m
[VERSE 3]
C#m E A
When they've driven you so far,
E/B
That you think you're gonna drop,
E A C#m
Do you wish you were back there at the carpenter shop?
B A
With the plane and the lathe,
E/G# B
The work never drove you mad.
E/G# C#m
You're a maker, a crea - tor,
A B
Not just somebody's dad
[CHORUS 2]
B G C G/D C/E
From the temple walls to the New York night,
G/B D C
Our de - cisions rest on a man.
G C
When I take the stand,
G/B C/E
Will he hold my hand?
G/B D C
Will my faith stand still or run a - way,
E
Run a - way?
[BRIDGE]
E A
And the desert,
B E C#m
It's a hell of a place to find heaven
A B C#m
Forty years lost in the wilderness looking for God
A B
And you climb to the top of the mountain
B E
Looking down on the city,
F#/A# A
Where you were born
B
All the years since you left gave you time to sit back and reflect
[OUTRO]
E A E/G# B
Better you than me, (better you than me)
E A E/G# B
Better you than me, yeah
E A E/G# B (E)
When the holy night is u - pon you (Better you, better you)
E A E/G# B E
Do you see both sides? Do they shove you a - round?
A E/G# B
Better you than me, Joseph,
E A
Better you than me, (better you than me)
E/G# E A
Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph
E/G#
Than me,
B
Better you than me
E A
Better you than me
E/G# B
Better you, better you than me
E
Well, your eyes just haven't been the same, Joseph
