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) E B D A/D A E B D A/D A (slow down) E Aii (full time) F# C# F# C# E B E B F# C# E B 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- B E G A I see you ... B E G A I hear you lauging ... B E G A You say you can't ... B E G A Between the ... B E G A You say you never dream ... B E G A You say you only dream ... B E G A And say that TV looks ... B E G A And the life you .... 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 p... 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 pe... B E G A You get your sunshine .... B E G A Then you're ... B E G A The clock is tocking ... B E G A You're life's a ... B E G A The crowd you're in thinks ... B E G A They're oh so ... B E G A They stand and laugh as they .... B E G A And when you cry for .... 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 p.... 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 p... E B D A/D A E You feel the ... You see the sun ... D A/D A You hear the night calling ... E B You have no direction and you ... D A/D A What you gonna do when ... E Aii When you come crashing down and ... F# F# C# F# F# C# You need friends, ... E E B E E B But first you have to .... fig 1 (many times) SOLO B E G A The music stops and ... B E G A The money's gone ... B E G A Can't break the ... B E G A Has the monkey got ... B E G A I see you crying ... B E G A I hear you .... B E G A You say you can't ... B E G A Between the pleasure .... 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 p... 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 p... 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 p.... 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 p....e
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