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Dirty Laundry by Don Henley - Guitar Chords
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Dirty Laundry - Don Henley (Don Henley and Danny Kortchmar, 1982)
Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
4/4 TIME @ 96 BPM (5 Min. 30 Sec.) in 'E' and 'F#'.
Chords Used: (CAPO 1st Fret to match Orig. in 'F' and 'G') -
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GUITAR KEYS
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
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E7 - 0 2 0 1 0 0 E B-D-E-G#
E7/D - x x 0 1 0 0 D B-D-E-G#
E7/A - x 0 0 1 0 0 A B-D-E-G#
Em7/A - x 0 0 0 0 0 A B-D-E-G
D - x x 0 2 3 2 D A-D-F#
A - x 0 2 2 2 0 A A-C#-E
Bm7 - x 2 4 2 3 2 B B-D-F#-A
G - 3 2 0 0 3 3 G B-D-G
F#7 - 2 4 2 3 2 2 F# A#-C#-E-F#
F#7/E - 0 4 2 3 2 2 E A#-C#-E-F#
F#7/B - x 2 2 3 2 2 B A#-C#-E-F#
F#m7/B - x 2 2 2 2 2 B A-C#-E-F#
E - 0 2 2 1 0 0 E B-E-G#
B - x 2 4 4 4 2 B B-D#-F#
INTRO: [16 M] ** KEY = 'E' -
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|E7 |E7 |E7/D |E7/D |E7/A |Em7/A |E7 |E7 D A |
|E7 |E7 |E7/D |E7/D |E7/A |Em7/A |E7 |E7 D A |
VERSE #1: [8 M]
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|E7 |E7 |E7/D |
I make my liv-in' off the eve-… nin' news… Just give me some-thin',…
|E7/D |E7/A |
some-thin' I can use… Peo-ple love it when… you lose…
|Em7/A |E7 |E7 D A |
… they love dirt-… y laun-… dry…
VERSE #2: [8 M]
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|E7 |E7 |
Well, I could-a been an ac-tor,… but I wound up… here…
|E7/D |E7/D |
I just have to look good. I don't have to be clear…
|E7/A |Em7/A |E7 |E7 |
Come and whis-per in… my ear… Give us dirt-… y laun-… dry…
REFRAIN #1: [8 M]
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|Bm7 A |
Kick 'em when they're up… Kick 'em when they're down…
|G D |E7 |E7 |
Kick 'em when they're up… Kick 'em when they're down…
|Bm7 A |
Kick 'em when they're up… Kick 'em when they're down…
|G D |NC |NC |
Kick 'em when they're up… Kick 'em all a-round…
CHORUS #1: [16 M]
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|E7 |E7 |
We got the bub-ble-head-ed bleach-blonde… comes on… at five…
|E7/D |E7/D |
She can tell you 'bout the plane crash… with a gleam in her eye… It's
|E7/A |Em7/A |E7 |
in-t'rest-ing when peo-… ple die… Give us dirt-… y laun-… dry…
|E7 D A |E7 |E7 |
Can we film the op-er-a-tion?… Is the head dead,… yet?…
|E7/D |E7/D |
You know the boys in the news-room… got a run-ning… bet…
|E7/A |Em7/A |E7 |E7 D A |
Get the wid-ow on… the set… We need dirt-… y laun-… dry…
GUITAR SOLO #1: [16 M]
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|E7 |E7 |E7/D |E7/D |E7/A |Em7/A |E7 |E7 D A |
|E7 |E7 |E7/D |E7/D |E7/A |Em7/A |E7 |E7 D A |
VERSE #3: [8 M]
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|E7 |E7 |
You don't real-ly need to find out… what's go-in'… on…
|E7/D |E7/D |
You don't real-ly need to know just how far it's gone…
|E7/A |Em7/A |E7 |
Just leave well e-nough… a-lone… Eat your dirt-… y laun-… dry…
|E7 |
REFRAIN #2: [8 M]
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|Bm7 A |
Kick 'em when they're up… Kick 'em when they're down…
|G D |E7 |E7 |
Kick 'em when they're up… Kick 'em when they're down…
|Bm7 A |
Kick 'em when they're up… Kick 'em when they're down…
|G D |NC |NC |NC |NC |
Kick 'em when they're stiff… Kick 'em all a-round…
VERSE #4: [8 M] ** KEY = 'F#' -
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|F#7 |F#7 |
Dirt-y lit-tle se-crets,… dirt-y lit-tle lies…
|F#7/E |F#7/E |
We got our dirt-y lit-tle fin-gers… in ev-'ry-bod-y's pie… We
|F#7/B |F#m7/B |F#7 |
love to cut you down… to size… We love dirt-… y laun-… dry…
|F#7 E B |
VERSE #5: [8 M]
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|F#7 |F#7 |
We can do the in-nu-en-do, We can dance… and sing…
|F#7/E |F#7/E |
When it's said and done, we have-n't told you a thing…
|F#7/B |F#m7/B |F#7 |
We all know that crap… is king… Give us dirt-… y laun-… dry…
|F#7 E B |
GUITAR SOLO #2: [16 M]
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|F#7 |F#7 |F#7/D |F#7/D |F#7/A |F#m7/A |F#7 |F#7 E B |
|F#7 |F#7 |F#7/D |F#7/D |F#7/A |F#m7/A |F#7 |F#7 E B |
REFRAIN #3: [8 M]
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|F#7 |
Kick 'em when they're up… Kick 'em when they're down…
|F#7 |
Kick 'em when they're up… Kick 'em when they're down…
|F#7/E |
Kick 'em when they're up… Kick 'em when they're down…
|F#7/E |
Kick 'em when they're up… Kick 'em when they're down…
|F#7/B |
Kick 'em when they're up… Kick 'em when they're down…
|F#m7/B |
Kick 'em when they're up… Kick 'em when they're down…
|F#7 |
Kick 'em when they're up… Kick 'em when they're down…
|F#7 E B |
Kick 'em when they're up… Kick 'em when they're down…
CODA: [2 M]
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|F#m7 |F#7 |
Give us dirt-… y laun-… dry…
NOTE: The original fades out after 10 'Kick 'em' measures, so I threw in an
ending I have used in the past after 8 measures.
We also have 9 songs by Don Henley
- All She Wants To Do Is Dance
- Dirty Laundry
- Everybody Knows
- New York Minute
- Sunset Grill
- The Boys Of Summer
- The End Of The Innocence
- The Heart Of The Matter
- The Last Worthless Evening
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