Desperation chords by The Stanfields

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A augmentedA

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G   C majorC


Verse 1:
    G+G
A minorAm I a lover?
    C majorC
A minorAm I a breeder?
      G+G
Lost in the details
       D MajorD
Raised on the bomb
       G+G
Stuck on the ceiling
     C majorC
Making up someone’s numbers
    E minorEm D MajorD   G+G
For an oh-ohhh-overdose

Chorus 1:
      C majorC
That's the sound of desperation
      E minorEm
That's the sound of desperation
 G+G             C majorC
A augmentedA violent equation from the cloud
      C majorC
That’s the sound of desperation
      E minorEm
That’s the sound of desperation
 G+G              C majorC
A augmentedA federation craving something loud
    A minorAm            D MajorD
From a tone that someone paid to play
          G+G
On a martyr’s radio


Verse 2:
       G+G
Struck by the lightning
       C majorC
Bored by the thunder
      G+G
Somebody’s feelings
        D MajorD
Were hurt by a post
     G+G
Empty of meaning
         C majorC
But chock-full of stones and daggers
     E minorEm  D MajorD    G+G
That were thro-own by a ghost

Chorus 2:
      C majorC
That’s the sound of desperation
      E minorEm
That's the sound of desperation
 G+G              C majorC
A augmentedA violent presentation for the crowd
      C majorC
That’s the sound of desperation
      E minorEm
That’s the sound of desperation
G+G              C majorC
Panic and persuasion playing loud
    A minorAm            D MajorD
From a tone that someone paid to play
          G+G F#F# E minorEm
On a martyr’s radio


Solo:
D MajorD  A minorAm  C majorC  G+G B minorBm
D MajorD  A minorAm  C majorC  G+G D MajorD
E minorEm
Em
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC


Bridge:
    E minorEm  D MajorD    C majorC
A minorAm I a lover? A minorAm I a breeder?
    E minorEm   D MajorD       C majorC
A minorAm I a vampire or succulent bleeder?
      G+G
I would be anything
        B minorBm
For anyone - at any time - in any place
   C majorC
Be a bright light in a briefcase
   G+G       D MajorD
Or a fighter for a safe space
    A minorAm
For the hopeless - for the punters
    E minorEm        C majorC
For the gatherers and the hunters
  C majorC     G+G      A minorAm  E minorEm
The desperate many holding on tonight
    C majorC     G+G      A minorAm  E minorEm
For the desperate many holding on tonight
    C majorC     G+G      D MajorD  G+G
For the desperate many holding on tonight