Lirik dan Chord Lagu West Hills - The Killers

Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album studio ketujuh mereka yang bertajuk Pressure Machine.

Saat debut perilisannya album tersebut sukses mencapai peringkat pertama di tangga lagu US Top Rock Albums dan kesembilan di US Billboard 200.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “West Hills” dari The Killers:

Capo 1

[Intro]
Bm G D A x3

[Verse 1]
          Bm                        G       D               A
I was born right here in Zion, God's own son
       Bm                                 G          D                             A
His Holy Ghost stories and bloodshed never scared me none
                  Bm                               G                 D                                            A
While they bowed their heads on Sunday I cut out through the hedges and fields
                 Bm                            G                       D                        A
Where the light could place its hands on my head in the West Hills

[Chorus]
Bm   G            D            A Asus4 A
Fr--ee in the West Hills
Bm   G            D            A
Fr--ee in the West Hills

[Verse 2]
                Bm                    G             D                          A
She's got two full-grown children, one still on the vine
        Bm                 G                D                                A
And once I got to know him I loved him like he was mine
                          Bm                                     G               D                     A
Some nights we drive up the mouth of the canyon on hillbilly heroin pills
            Bm                          G          D                      A
We get out and watch the sunset, peaceful and still

[Chorus]
        Bm G         D            A
And free in the West Hills
Bm G              D            A
Fr--ee in the West Hills

[Verse 3]
                Bm                            G                       D                            A
When the sheriff kicked my door down, I was sleeping in my own bed
              Bm                         G                   D                      A
And the mess I got caught up in, rained hard down on my head
         Bm              G                       D                      A
They got me for possession of them hillbilly heroin pills
Bm                        G                     D                    A
Enough to kill the horses that run free in the west hills

[Link]
         G
They got me for possession of enough to kill the horses that run

[Chorus]
Bm  G             D            A
Fr--ee in the West Hills
Bm  G             D            A
Fr--ee in the West Hills

[Verse 4]
          Bm                          G                      D                           A
If this life was meant for proving I could use more years to live
        Bm                G                         D                                    A
But fifteen in a guardhouse, that's more than I'm willing to give
                    Bm             G              D                             A
And if there really is a judgement, when He pulls my chart
Bm                    G        D                                   A
He'll reject my actions, but He will know my heart
Bm                                         G                D                      A
And he'll prepare a place for me, where happiness instills
                             Bm             G                               D                     A
And the light puts its loving hands on my head, free in the West Hills

[Link]
          G
They got me for possession of enough to kill the horses that run

[Chorus]
Bm  G            D              A
Fr--ee in the West Hills
Bm  G            D              A
Fr--ee in the West Hills

[Outro]
Bm  G       D  A
Fr--ee, fr--ee
                   Bm G                    D    A
in the West Hills, in the West Hills,
                   Bm G                    D    A
in the West Hills, in the West Hills,
Bm G D A