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Desperation by Steppenwolf

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SONG:   DESPERATION
ARTIST: STEPPENWOLF
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL:  GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


              DESPERATION
              STEPPENWOLF


INTRO:
B  E  B  E

GUITAR ENTERS:
B   E E  E B   E E  E F#  F#  E  E E E B
F#  F# E  E E E B

VERSE:
 B     
When rain drops 
F#     E               B   Bsus4 B
  Fall   and you feel low

                  F#
Ah, do you ever think it's useless
E                   B         Bsus4 B
  Do you feel like letting go

Do you ever sit 
F#
And do you wonder
E                      B    Bsus4 B
 Will the world ever change

              F#           E
And just how long will it take
                    B     Bsus4 B
To have it all rearranged


BREAK:
        G#                     E        B
Tell me why these things are still the same
        G#              E                     B     E
Tell me why no one can seem to learn from mistakes


CHORUS:
         F#          E                     B    Bsus4 B
Take my hand if you don't know where your goin'
            F#         E              B   Bsus4 B
I'll understand, I've lost the way myself
                    F#        E               B      Bsus4 B
Oh, don't take that old road mmm it leads to nowhere
           F#     E                       B    Bsus4 B
We must return before the clock strikes twelve


INSTRUMENTAL/SOLO:
E   B   E   A E B    E   E Ebm C#m B
F#  E  B  Bsus4 B      F#  E  B  Bsus4 B


VERSE:
            F#
It's so easy  to do nothin'
 E                B            Bsus4 B
When you're busy night and day

                      F#
Take a step in one direction
     E                      B          Bsus4 B
Unh unh and take a step the other way

                    F#
So don't quit tryin' when you stumble
E                 B             Bsus4 B
  Don't give up should you fall

         F#
Keep on searchin' for the passway
E                 B             Bsus4 B
 That lead you through the wall


BREAK:
            G#                E      B
Don't look back or you'll be left behind
            G#               E                   B   
Don't look back or you will never find peace of mind


OUTRO:
B  B  E  B

E  A E B     E  A E B     E    B


CHORUS:
         F#          E                     B    Bsus4  B
Take my hand if you don't know where your goin'
            F#         E              B   Bsus4 B
I'll understand, I've lost the way myself
                    F#       E             B       Bsus4 B
Oh, don't take that old road   it leads to nowhere
           F#     E                       B    Bsus4 B
We must return before the clock strikes twelve


CHORUS:
         F#          E                     B    Bsus4 B
Take my hand if you don't know where your goin'
            F#         E              B    Bsus4 B
I'll understand, I've lost the way myself
                F#       E              B       Bsus4 B
Don't take that old road oh it leads to nowhere
           F#     E                     B  B
We must return before the clock strikes