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Dirty Laundry

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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   Be 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.
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