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A Crippling Blow
The Killers
7 December 2008
Standard tuning –
Intro:
Verse 1:
Here in the house, time is sweet, I hear the children playing in the street.
Out where the hot winds blow a gentle breeze, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!
Chorus 1:
I don't need time, I don't need time, no I can get by myself.
I don't need time, I don't know why, the summer wind did not tell.
I scramble online and I know that I will never be common will.
But I can get by in the meantime by myself - woah!
Fill:
Verse 2:
He's a real winner, all over they say, sleeping in the lazy afternoon.
A danger to the doubters they assume, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!
Chorus 2:
I don't need time, I don't need time, no I can get by myself.
I don't need time, I don't know why, the summer wind did not tell.
I scramble online and I know that I will never be common will.
But I can get by in the meantime by myse - lf.
Middle Eight:
Deal me a crippling blow!
Steal me from under my clothes!
A crippling blow!
Chorus 3:
I don't need time, I don't need time, no I can get by myself.
I don't need time, I don't know why, the summer wind did not tell.
I scramble online and I know that I will never be common will.
But I can get by in the meantime by myself.
Outro:
Lord, I can get by in the meantime by myse - lf.
I can get by in the meantime by myself.
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A Crippling Blow
The Killers
7 December 2008
Optional dropped tuning –
Intro:
Verse 1:
Here in the house, time is sweet, I hear the children playing in the street.
Out where the hot winds blow a gentle breeze, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!
Chorus 1:
I don't need time, I don't need time, no I can get by myself.
I don't need time, I don't know why, the summer wind did not tell.
I scramble online and I know that I will never be common will.
But I can get by in the meantime by myself - woah!
Fill:
Verse 2:
He's a real winner, all over they say, sleeping in the lazy afternoon.
A danger to the doubters they assume, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!
Chorus 2:
I don't need time, I don't need time, no I can get by myself.
I don't need time, I don't know why, the summer wind did not tell.
I scramble online and I know that I will never be common will.
But I can get by in the meantime by myse - lf.
Middle Eight:
Deal me a crippling blow!
Steal me from under my clothes!
A crippling blow!
Chorus 3:
I don't need time, I don't need time, no I can get by myself.
I don't need time, I don't know why, the summer wind did not tell.
I scramble online and I know that I will never be common will.
But I can get by in the meantime by myself.
Outro:
Lord, I can get by in the meantime by myse - lf.
I can get by in the meantime by myself.
[fade]