Terrible Thing

The Killers

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Intro

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Verse 1

C G C

The parking lot is rammed with shotgun pickup trucks

F C

At the Jones Rubber plant where all the guys end up

F C

Beer-drinking boy scouts living life like they ain't stuck

Am G F

On these quicksand streets with their girls in a sling

Am G C

I'm in my bedroom on the verge of a terrible thing

Verse 2

C G C

'Round here, we all take up our cross and hang on His holy name

F C

But the cards that I was dealt will get you thrown out of the game

F C

Hey momma, can't you see your boy is wrapped up in the strangle silk

Am G F

Of this cobweb town where culture is king?

Am G C

I'm in my bedroom on the verge of a terrible thing

Chorus

F Am C

I close my eyes and think of the water

F Am G

Out at the Salt Creek when I was young

Verse 3

C G C

Down at Old Mill Park, half the town's in tow

F C

To crown the Bathing Beauty of the rodeo

F C

While her mother fights back proud tears a young cowboy gives the nod

Am G F

The chute opens, bull draws blood, and the gift is accepted by God

Am G F

The chute opens, bull draws blood, and the gift is accepted by God

Am G F

In this barbed wire town of barbed wire dreams

Am G C

I'm in my bedroom on the verge of a terrible thing

Chorus

F Am C

I close my eyes and think of the water

F Am G

Out at the Salt Creek when I was young

F Am C

I close my eyes and think of the water

F Am G

Out at the Salt Creek when I was young

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