#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: "David Letterman" The following is my transcription of Desperate People by Living Colour, from the first album. I am hoping someone could help me with a few points. Firstly, the G in what I have called fig1 doesn't sound like a single note, but I can't get the chord. Also, I'm at a loss as to the final chord. Play all chords as power chords playing the 4th, 5th and 6th stings (verse), or triads on the second third and fourth strings in the seventh and fifth positions(chorus). thus, E, F# and D are A formations, A, B and C# are F formations and I play Aii as a D. A/D is the F fomation with the pinky added on to the third string. The tab should straighten out in a true type font, so that all notes are played as single notes, not chords. Have Fun! Wile E. Coyote, super genius send corrections to dtturner@charon.engga.uwo.ca c/o sirijul Desperate People (Reid, Calhoun, Glover, Skillings) (half time) E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)D (xx0232@1)A/DA E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)D (xx0232@1)A/DA (slow down) E (022100@1)Aii (x02420@1)(full time) F# (244322@1)C#F# C# (x43121@1)EB EB F# (244322@1)C#E B (x2444x@1)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-| BE GA I see you crying in the sunshine BE GA I hear you lauging in the rain BE GA You say you can't tell any difference BE GA Between the pleasure and the pain BE GA You say you never dream at night time BE GA You say you only dream when you're awake BE GA And say that TV looks like your life BE GA 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 BE GA You get your sunshine from atab (x02210@1)of paper BE GA Then you're sitting in aspinning (x02210@1)room BE GA The clock is tocking and it's laughing at you BE GA You're life's amystery (x02210@1)without aclue (x02210@1)BE GA The crowd you're in thinks you're so amusing BE GA They're oh so flattering and so sincere BE GA They stand and laugh as they watch you crumble BE GA 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 (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)D (xx0232@1)A/DA EYou (022100@1)feel the earth revolving BYou (x2444x@1)see the sun dissolving D (xx0232@1) A/D (x00220@1)AYou (x02220@1)hear the night calling out to you E (022100@1) BYou (x2444x@1)have no direction and you have no protection D (xx0232@1) A/D (x00220@1)AWhat (x02220@1)you gonna do when your trip turns blue? E (022100@1) AiiWhen (x02420@1)you come crashing down and there's no help around F# (244322@1)F# (244322@1) C#F# F# (244322@1) C#You (x43121@1)need friends, you need help EE B (x2444x@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) BBut (x2444x@1)first you have to help yourself fig 1 (many times) SOLO BE G (320003@1)A (x02220@1) The music stops and the party's over BE GA The money's gone and your crowd is too BE GA Can't break the chains that have kept you under BE GA Has the monkey got the best of you? BE GA I see you crying in the sunshine BE GA I hear you laughing in the rain BE GA You say you can't tell any difference BE GA 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