Damn It Rose chords by Don Henley

Chords with lyrics

Here's an underrated Don Henley song from "Inside Job". Like many of Don's
songs, this is open to various interpretations, but the most obvious is that
it deals with grieving for a friend's suicide. Great lyrics, good song. The
chord progression is a lot like Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here", but the
two songs are otherwise worlds apart.

I'm not 100% sure of the ending chord on the bridge, but I can vouch for the
accuracy of the rest of the song.

Damn It, Rose

Written by Don Henley and Stan Lynch

Chords used: Em, G, Am7, C, D, Dsus2, Dm, Bb majorBb and Eb MajorEb

The main verse riff is E minorEm / G+G twice, then E minorEm / Am7Am7 / C majorC / D MajorD
(the D MajorD alternates with Dsus2Dsus2).

Listen to the record for the timing.

E minorEm      G+G
Maybe just a good night's sleep
E minorEm               G+G
Would've changed your troubled mind
E minorEm               Am7Am7
From that rather permanent decision
C majorC        D MajorD / Dsus2Dsus2
So tragic - so unkind

E minorEm           G+G
Now pain is what you've given
E minorEm            G+G
And sleep is what you'll get
E minorEm             Am7Am7
So far away from that sweet baby child
C majorC             (don't play D MajorD here)
Who hardly knew you yet...

Interlude: just strum the same pattern as for the verses
E minorEm / G+G
E minorEm / G+G

E minorEm            G+G
Now he'll grow up to be a fighter
E minorEm           G+G
Full of anger, full of shame
E minorEm               Am7Am7
Just like all the other haunted children
C majorC           D MajorD / Dsus2Dsus2
Who wonder why they came -

E minorEm             G+G
And he'll be in and out of trouble
E minorEm             G+G
Until he stands or till he falls
E minorEm             Am7Am7
But there will always be a shadow there
C majorC                 E minorEm   G+G   E minorEm   G+G
No matter how it goes...Damn it, Rose.

Bridge
DmDm           G+G
Is this another cryptic message,
DmDm           G+G
Or some kind of cosmic quiz?
DmDm            Bb majorBb
If there's a lesson to be learnt from this,
Eb MajorEb         (Not sure, but I think it's directly back to E minorEm)
I don't know what it is -

Interlude (same as the above)
E minorEm / G+G
E minorEm / G+G

E minorEm            G+G
You could've given us the finger
E minorEm              G+G
Much more constructively than that
E minorEm           Am7Am7
Now I sit here with the MTV
C majorC            D MajorD / Dsus2Dsus2
And your bloated Burmese cat

E minorEm             G+G
We're being treated to the wisdom
E minorEm            G+G
Of some puffed-up little fart
E minorEm          Am7Am7
Doing exactly what I used to:
C majorC
Pretensions to anarchy and art -

E minorEm             G+G
He speaks the language of a warrior
E minorEm             G+G
He mounts his misinformed attack
E minorEm              Am7Am7
He wears the clothes of a dissenter
C majorC
But there's a logo on his back...

E minorEm         G+G
And it's a hollow rebellion,
E minorEm           G+G
Like rebellions mostly are
E minorEm            Am7Am7
It's just another raging tempest
C majorC
In a jar...

E minorEm           G+G
And the seasons keep on changing,
E minorEm             G+G
And the wind blows hot and cold -
E minorEm                 Am7Am7
Wish that you were here with us to watch this tide
C majorC
As it ebbs and flows....
C majorC    E minorEm    G+G    E minorEm    G+G
Damn it, Rose.

Coda: play E minorEm / G+G repeatedly and fade out.

There you have it! If anyone can figure out the missing chord, please let me
know!