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From: "David Letterman"
The following is my transcription of Desperate People by Living
Colour, from
the first album. I am hoping someone could help me with a few
points.
Firstly, the G in what I have called fig1 doesn't sound like a single
note,
but I can't get the chord. Also, I'm at a loss as to the final
chord.
Play all chords as power chords playing the 4th, 5th and 6th stings
(verse),
or triads on the second third and fourth strings in the seventh and
fifth
positions(chorus). thus, E, F# and D are A formations, A, B and C#
are F
formations and I play Aii as a D. A/D is the F fomation with the
pinky added
on to the third string. The tab should straighten out in a true type
font, so
that all notes are played as single notes, not chords. Have Fun!
Wile E. Coyote, super genius
send corrections to
dtturner@charon.engga.uwo.ca
c/o sirijul
Desperate People (Reid, Calhoun, Glover, Skillings)
(half time)
EBDA/DA
EBDA/DA
(slow down)
EAii
(full time)
F# C#F#C#
EBEB
F# C#EB
fig 1 (2x)
e--------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------2---------------------------2-------|
A--0-1-2-----------------------0-1-2---------|
E----------0-3-3-x-0-3-0-4-0-5---------0-3-3-|
BEGA
I see you crying in the sunshine
BEGA
I hear you lauging in the rain
BEGA
You say you can't tell any difference
BEGA
Between the pleasure and the pain
BEGA
You say you never dream at night time
BEGA
You say you only dream when you're awake
BEGA
And say that TV looks like your life
BEGA
And the life you lead is fake
e--------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------2---------------------------2-------|
A--0-1-2-----------------------0-1-2---------|
E----------0-3-3-x-0-3-0-4-0-5---------0-3-3-|
(fake)Desperate people
e--------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------2---------------------------2-------|
A--0-1-2-----------------------0-1-2---------|
E----------0-3-3-x-0-3-0-4-0-5---------0-3-3-|
Desperate people
BEGA
You get your sunshine from a tab of paper
BEGA
Then you're sitting in a spinning room
BEGA
The clock is tocking and it's laughing at you
BEGA
You're life's a mystery without a clue
BEGA
The crowd you're in thinks you're so amusing
BEGA
They're oh so flattering and so sincere
BEGA
They stand and laugh as they watch you crumble
BEGA
And when you cry for help they don't hear
e--------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------2---------------------------2-------|
A--0-1-2-----------------------0-1-2---------|
E----------0-3-3-x-0-3-0-4-0-5---------0-3-3-|
(hear no)Desperate people
e--------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------2---------------------------2-------|
A--0-1-2-----------------------0-1-2---------|
E----------0-3-3-x-0-3-0-4-0-5---------0-3-3-|
Desperate people
EBDA/DA
E
You feel the earth revolving
B
You see the sun dissolving
DA/DA
You hear the night calling out to you
E B
You have no direction and you have no protection
DA/DA
What you gonna do when your trip turns blue?
EAii
When you come crashing down and there's no help around
F# F# C#F# F# C#
You need friends, you need help
EE B E E B
But first you have to help yourself
fig 1 (many times)SOLO
BEG A
The music stops and the party's over
BEGA
The money's gone and your crowd is too
BEGA
Can't break the chains that have kept you under
BEGA
Has the monkey got the best of you?
BEGA
I see you crying in the sunshine
BEGA
I hear you laughing in the rain
BEGA
You say you can't tell any difference
BEGA
Between the pleasure and the pain
e--------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------2---------------------------2-------|
A--0-1-2-----------------------0-1-2---------|
E----------0-3-3-x-0-3-0-4-0-5---------0-3-3-|
(pain)Desperate people
e--------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------2---------------------------2-------|
A--0-1-2-----------------------0-1-2---------|
E----------0-3-3-x-0-3-0-4-0-5---------0-3-3-|
Desperate people
e--------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------2---------------------------2-------|
A--0-1-2-----------------------0-1-2---------|
E----------0-3-3-x-0-3-0-4-0-5---------0-3-3-|
Desperate people
e--------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------2---------------------------2-------|
A--0-1-2-----------------------0-1-2---------|
E----------0-3-3-x-0-3-0-4-0-5---------0-3-3-|
Desperate people
