The Killers – Christmas In La (Guitar Tab)

Capo 1
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tabbed by sam stew None of the other versions include the awesome picking patern to this song so I wanted to make a tab that shows how to play the way the killers did if there is a chord above the line then strum i have labeled the second G as G2 so that you dont confuse it with the regular G G: 320003 C: 032010 G2: 32003x D: x00232 D/F#: 343023
[Intro]
      G
e|----3---------3----------5--------7---------5----------3-------------------|
B|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3----------------------------------------------------------------------|

      C
e|----0--------0-----------2--------3---------2----------0-------------------|
B|----1----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----3----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|

      G2
e|----x--------0----------1---------3---------1----------0-------------------|
B|----3----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3----------------------------------------------------------------------|

      D  
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----2/4-----------2-------------2------------------------------------------|
D|----0-------------0-------------0------------------------------------------|
A|----0-------------0-------------0------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1]
for the first verse strum the G's and pick C and D
Pick the C and D like this:
      C                     D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----1----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0---------------------2------------------------------------------------|
D|----2---------------------0------------------------------------------------|
A|----3---------------------0------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Strum G and G2 like this
        G                        G2
e|------3------------------------x-------------------------------------------|
B|------0------------------------3-------------------------------------------|
G|------0------------------------0-------------------------------------------|
D|------0------------------------0-------------------------------------------|
A|------2------------------------2-------------------------------------------|
E|------3------------------------3-------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1] G C Woke up to sun streaming in my room G2 D Warm beach front palm December afternoon G C You close your eyes, another year blows by G2 D <-------G-----------start struming Somewhere in the wind, just another lie G
e|----3---------3----------5--------7---------5----------3-------------------|
B|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3----------------------------------------------------------------------|

      C                                                  my parents...
e|----0--------0-----------2--------3---------2----------0-------------------|
B|----1----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----3----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
(now strum the said chords)
G C My parents sent a Christmas card, and tennis shoes G2 D We understand you staying, and we're proud of you G C There's a well-rehearsed disinterest, in the atmosphere G2 D G I don't know if that's what this time gave me, or if it lead me here
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------3-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------2p0---------0-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------2-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------2-------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Pre-Chorus] (strum once) C D Em And I played so many parts C D Em I don't know which one's really me C D Em <---D/F# -------Start strumming Don't know if I can take [Chorus] G D Another Christmas in L.A. Em C Another pitcher of sangria G D In an empty beach café G D Another Christmas in L.A. Em C Hold me tighter Carmelita G D I don't know how long I can stay
      G
e|----3---------3----------5--------7---------5----------3-------------------|
B|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3----------------------------------------------------------------------|

      C
e|----0--------0-----------2--------3---------2----------0-------------------|
B|----1----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----3----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2] G C Left a girl behind, in my old man's truck G2 D Sometimes I wonder where she ended up G C Maybe she got married, had a couple of kids G2 D Who do you think you're fooling man, of course she did [Pre-Chorus] C D Em I'm walking in Dan Tana's bar C D Em Try and talk with Harry Dean C D Em D/F# I don't know if I can take [Chorus] G D Another Christmas in L.A. Em C Another casting call on Thursday G D For a job that doesn't pay G D Another Christmas in L.A. Em C Another burnout in a tank top G D That seems to bask in his decay Em C A fat protagonist in flip flops G D With an extensive resume C D Em D/F# From Echo Park to Catalina [Bridge] G D Em Dreaming of a white Christmas C G D The one I used to know G D Em Tree tops glisten, children listen C G D To sleigh bells in the snow G D Em C G D G D Another Christmas in L.A Em C G D D/F# G ************************************ | x mute | p pull off ************************************