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Desdemona

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DESDEMONA by JOHN'S CHILDREN
This is a piss easy song to play
This is what you play whenever these chords appear:
  B5*            C5*           C#5*
--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
-3/4----------|-4/5----------|-5/6----------|--|
-3/4----------|-4/5----------|-5/6----------|--|
-1/2----------|-2/3----------|-3/4----------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
B5* (x4)
B5*       B5*
Desdemona just because
       B5*               B5*
You're the daughter of a man
   B5*             B5*
He may be rich he's in a ditch
   B5*           B5*
He does not understand
     B5*              B5*
Just-a how to move or rock and roll
       B5*                B5*   E(single note)
To the conventions of the young
B5Desdemona, Desdemona, Desdemona
Desdemona, Desdemona, Desdemona
n.C.                                C5  
Lift up your skirt and fly
C5*             C5*
Just because my friend and I
      C5*               C5*
Got a juke joint by the Seine
C5*               C5*
Does not mean I'm past fourteen
    C5*             C5*
And cannot play the game
    C5*              C5*
I'm glad I split and got a pad
        C5*          C5*       E(single note)
On Boulevard Rue Fourteen
C5Desdemona, Desdemona, Desdemona
Desdemona, Desdemona, Desdemona
n.C.                                 C#5  C#7  
Lift up your skirt and fly
C#5Just because TouC#5louse Lautrec
Painted C#5some chick in the C#5rude
Don't C#5give you the right
To C#5steal my night
And leave me C#5naked in the C#5nude
Well C#5just because the C#5touch of your hand
                        C#5      C#5  E(single note)
Can turn me on just like a stick
C#5Desdemona, Desdemona, Desdemona
Desdemona, Desdemona, Desdemona
n.C.
Lift up your skirt and speak

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Desdemona

by John's Children

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C#5

C#7

DESDEMONA by JOHN'S CHILDREN

This is a piss easy song to play

This is what you play whenever these chords appear:

B5 C5 C#5

* * *

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

-3/4----------|-4/5----------|-5/6----------|--|

-1/2----------|-2/3----------|-3/4----------|--|

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

* (x4)

B5 B5

* *

Desdemona just because

B5 B5

* *

You're the daughter of a man

B5 B5

* *

He may be rich he's in a ditch

B5 B5

* *

He does not understand

B5 B5

* *

Just-a how to move or rock and roll

B5 B5 E

* * (single note)

To the conventions of the young

Desdemona, Desdemona, Desdemona

C C5

n..

Lift up your skirt and fly

C5 C5

* *

Just because my friend and I

C5 C5

* *

Got a juke joint by the Seine

C5 C5

* *

Does not mean I'm past fourteen

C5 C5

* *

And cannot play the game

C5 C5

* *

I'm glad I split and got a pad

C5 C5 E

* * (single note)

On Boulevard Rue Fourteen

Desdemona, Desdemona, Desdemona

C C#5 C#7

n..

Lift up your skirt and fly

C#5 C#5

Just because Toulouse Lautrec

C#5 C#5

Painted some chick in the rude

C#5

Don't give you the right

C#5

To steal my night

C#5 C#5

And leave me naked in the nude

C#5 C#5

Well just because the touch of your hand

C#5 C#5 E

(single note)

Can turn me on just like a stick

C#5

Desdemona, Desdemona, Desdemona

n..

Lift up your skirt and speak

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