Desparate People

Living Colour

Tom: A

E	B	D	A/D	A
E	B	D	A/D	A
(slow down)
(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 crying in the sunshine
B	E	G	A
			I hear you lauging in the rain
B	E	G	A
			You say you can't tell any difference
B	E	G	A
			Between the pleasure and the pain
B	E	G	A
			You say you never dream at night time
B	E	G	A
			You say you only dream when you're awake
B	E	G	A
			And say that TV looks like your life
B	E	G	A
			And the life you lead is fake


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b|--------------------------------------------|
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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 people


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 people


B	E	G	A
			You get your sunshine from a tab of paper
B	E	G	A
			Then you're sitting in a spinning room
B	E	G	A
			The clock is tocking and it's laughing at you
B	E	G	A
			You're life's a mystery without a clue
B	E	G	A
			The crowd you're in thinks you're so amusing
B	E	G	A
			They're oh so flattering and so sincere
B	E	G	A
			They stand and laugh as they watch you crumble
B	E	G	A
			And when you cry for help they don't hear


e|--------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------|
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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 people


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 people


E		B		D		A/D	A

E
You feel the earth revolving
B
You see the sun dissolving
D				A/D		A
You hear the night calling out to you
E	              B
You have no direction and you have no protection
D					A/D		A
What you gonna do when your trip turns blue?
E					Aii
When you come crashing down and there's no help around
F#  F#    C#	F#  F#    C#
You need friends, you need help
	E	E  B	      E   E   B
But first you have to help yourself

fig 1 (many times)	SOLO

B	E	G 	A
			The music stops and the party's over
B	E	G	A
			The money's gone and your crowd is too
B	E	G	A
			Can't break the chains that have kept you under
B	E	G	A
			Has the monkey got the best of you?
B	E	G	A
			I see you crying in the sunshine
B	E	G	A
			I hear you laughing in the rain
B	E	G	A
			You say you can't tell any difference
B	E	G	A
			Between the pleasure and the pain


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 people


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 people



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 people



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 people