Desparate People

Living Colour

tom:

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

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 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|--------------------------------------------|
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 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