Key: B
Introduction:
E B D A/DA
(slow down)
(full time)
F# C#E B
fig 1 (2x)
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
(fake) Desperate people
BE GA
You get your sunshine from a tab of paper
BE GA
Then you're sitting in a spinning room
BE GA
The clock is tocking and it's laughing at you
BE GA
You're life's a mystery without a clue
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
(hear no) Desperate people
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
F# C# F# C#
You need friends, you need help
E B E B
But first you have to help yourself
fig 1 (many times) SOLO
BE G A
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
(pain) Desperate people