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The Killers - A Dustland Fairytale Chords

Chord reference G, B, D, E, A, Bm
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[D] A dustland [D]fairytale beginning, just another [A]white trash county [G]kiss. In ‘Sixty-[D]One, long brown hair and foolish eyes. [D]He looked just like you’d want him to - some kind of [A]slick chrome American [G]prince. A [A]blue jean [Bm]serenade, Moon River, what you [G]do to me. But [E]I don’t believe you.

[D]Saw Cinderella in a party [G]dress [B]but she was [G]looking [B]for a nightgown. [A]I saw the devil wrapping up his [D]hands, he’s getting ready for the showdown. [G]I saw the [D]minute that I turned away, [Bm]I got my [A]money on a palm [D]tonight.

The [D]change came in disguise of reve[A]lation set his [G]soul on fire. She [D]says she always [G]knew [B]he’d come [D]around. And the [D]decades disappear like sinking [Bm]ships that we persevere. God gives us [G]hope, but we still fear, we don’t [D]know, the mind is poison. [Bm]Castles in the sky sit stranded, [G]vandalised. The [E]drawbridge is closing.

[D]Saw Cinderella in a party [G]dress [B]but she was [G]looking [B]for a nightgown. [A]I saw the devil wrapping up his [D]hands, he’s getting ready for the showdown. [G]I saw the [D]ending when they turned the [Bm]page, I threw my [A]money and I ran [D]away. Straight to the [D]valley of the great [A]divide.

[A]Out where the dreams all [D]hide, out where the [A]wind don’t [G]blow. [G]Out here the [A]good girls [Bm]die, and the [A]sky won’t [D]snow. [D]Out here the [A]bird don’t [G]sing, out here the [A]field don’t [G]grow. [G]Out here the [A]bell don’t [Bm]ring, [B]out here the bell don’t [E]ring. [G]Out here the good girls [D]die.

Now [D]Cinderella don’t you go to [G]sleep, [B]it’s such a [G]bitter [B]form of refuge. [A]Oh don’t you know the kingdom’s under [D]siege? And everybody needs you. [G]Is there still [D]magic in the midnight [Bm]sun? Or did you [A]leave it back in ‘Sixty-[D]One? In the [D]cadence of a young man’s [G]eyes, and where the [A]dreams roll [D]high.

Artist The Killers
Album Day & Age
Genres Rock
Year 2008
Key G

How to Play A Dustland Fairytale on Guitar?

The Killers - A Dustland Fairytale can be played in the key of G using the G, B, D, E, A, Bm chords.

  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For B, To play B, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let B ring open, mute G.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For E, To play E, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, let low E, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.
  • For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play A Dustland Fairytale with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.