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Desperate People Chords

Music by: Living Colour
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[Intro 1]
[G][F5][C5][G]
[C5][G]
[F5][C5][Eb5][C5][F5][C5][G][C][G]
[G5][G]
[F5][Bb5][F5][G][C][G]
[A5][G5][G]
[F5][Bb5][F5][Bb5][F5][G][C5][G]
[C5][C#5][C5][C#5][F5][B5][D][A][A5][D]
[A5][G]
[C5][G][D][A][A5][G]
[C5][Bb5][Eb5][E5][F5][C5][Bb5][Eb5][C5][F5][G]
[C5][Cm][Eb5][E5][F5][C5][Cm][Bb5][C5][G]
[C5][Eb5]

[Verse 1]
[F5]I see you crying in the sunshi[G]ne[C5][Eb5][Eb]
[F5]I hear you lau[C5]ghing in[G]
the [C5]rain[G][C5][Eb5][Eb]
[F5]You say you [G]can't tell any
[C5]difference[Eb5][Eb]
[F5]Between the [C5]pleasure [G]and
[F5]the pain[G][C5][Eb5][Eb]

[Verse 2]
[F5]You say you [C5]never ever d[G]ream
at night [C5]time[G][C5][Eb5]
[F5]You say you only[G] dream when
you're [C5]awake[Eb5]
[F5]And say that T.V. [G]looks like your [C5]life[Eb5]
[F5]And the life you lead [G]is fake[C5]
[Bb5]

[Verse 3]
[Eb5][E5][F5]
[Eb5]Desperate [C5]People[Bb5][C5][Bb5]
[C5][Bb5][Eb5][E5][F5]
[G]Desperate People
[C5][Bb5][Eb5]
[C5][F5][G][C5][Eb5][Eb]

[Verse 4]
[F5]You get your sunshine from
a tab [G]of paper[C5][Eb5][Eb]
[F5]Then you're sit [Eb5]ting in a spin
[G]ning [C5]room[Eb5][Eb]
[F5]The clock is tocking and it's
[G]laughing [C5]at yo[G]u[C5][Eb5]
[F5]Your life's a [G]mystery without
[C5]a clue[G][C5][Eb5][Eb]

[Verse 5]
[F5]The crowd you're in thinks you're
so amus[Bb5]ing[G][C5][Eb5]
[F5]They're oh so flattering and
[G]so sincere[C5][Eb5][Eb]
[F5]They stand and laugh as they
[G]watch you [C5]crumble[Eb5]
[F5]And when you cry for help they don't
[G]hear
[C5][Bb5]

[Verse 6]
[Eb5][E5][F5]
Desperate [C5]People[Eb5][C5][F5]
[C5][Bb5][Eb5][E5][F5]
[G]Desperate People

[Interlude 1]
[C5][Bb5][C5]
[G][C][G][Gm]
[F5][G]

[Verse 7]
You feel the earth [G]revolving
You see the sun dissolving
[Gm]You hear the night call
[F5]ing out to y[G]ou
You have [C]no [G]direction and
you have no protection
[Gm]What you gonna do when
[F5]your trip turns [G]blue?
When you come crashing [Ab5]down
and there's no help around
[A5]You [A]need f[A5]riends, [A]you [A5]need help
But [G]first you have to help yourself

[Interlude 2]
[G][C5][Bb5][Eb5][E5][F5][C5][Eb5][C5]
[Bb5][Eb5][E5][F5][C5][Cm][Eb5][Eb]
[Eb5][C5][Cm][Eb5][E5][F5][C5][Cm]
[Eb5][Bb5][C5][Cm][Eb5][E5][F5][C5]
[Cm][Eb5][G][C5][Eb][Eb5][E5][F5][C5]
[Cm][Eb5][C5][F5][C5][Cm][Eb5][F5][C5]
[Cm][Eb5][G][F5][G][C5][Eb5][Eb]
[F5]The music stops and the

[Verse 8]
party's over
[G]The [C5]mone[Eb5]y's go[Eb]ne[F5]
and your crowd is [G]too[C5][Eb5][Eb]
[F5]Can't break the chains that have
[F5]kept you un[G]der[C5][Eb5]
[Eb]Has [F5]the monkey got the
best [Eb5]of you?[G][C5][Eb5][Eb]
[F5]I see you crying

[Verse 9]
[G]in the sun
[G]shine[C5][Eb5][Eb]
[F5]I hear you laughing in[Bb5] the rai[G]n[C5][Eb5][Eb]
[F5]You say you can't tell any dif
fer[G]ence[C5][Eb5][Eb]
[F5]Between the pleasure and [C]the[C5][Bb5][Eb5][E5][F5][Cm][Eb5]
[Eb5]
[E5]pain[F5][G][Cm][Eb5][E5][F5][G][C5]
[Eb5][E5][F5]
Desperate [C5]People[Cm]
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