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Dirty Laundry Chords

Music by: Don Henley · 1982
Genre Rock Tone F major BPM 100 Views 533
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[Intro 1]
[D][C][G][D]
[D][C][G][D]
[C][G]

[Verse 1]
[D]I make my living off the evening news
[C]Just give me something
something I can use
[G]People love it when you lose
They love dirty laun[D]dry[C][G]
[D]Well, I coulda been an actor
but I wound up here
[C]I just have to look good
I don't have to be clear
[G]Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laun[D]dry

[Chorus 1]
[Am]Kick 'em when they're up
[G]Kick 'em when they're down
[F]Kick 'em when they're up
[C]Kick 'em when they're down
[D]
[Am]Kick 'em when they're up
[G]Kick 'em when they're down
[F]Kick 'em when they're up
[C]Kick 'em all around
[D]

[Verse 2]
[D]We got the bobble-headed bleach-blond
Who comes on at five
[C]She can tell you 'bout the plane crash
with a gleam in her eye
It's [G]interesting when people die
Give us dirty laun[D]dry[C][G]
[D]Can we film the operation?
Is the head dead yet?
[C]You know, the boys in the newsroom
got a running bet
[G]Get the widow on the set
We need dirty laun[D]dry[C][G]

[Solo 1]
[D][D][C][C]
[G]
[D][C][G]
[D][D][C][C]
[G]
[D][C][G]

[Verse 3]
[D]You don't really need to find out
what's going on
[C]You don't really want to know
just how far it's gone
[G]Just leave well enough alone
Eat your dirty laun[D]dry

[Chorus 2]
[Am]Kick 'em when they're up
[G]Kick 'em when they're down
[F]Kick 'em when they're up
[C]Kick 'em when they're [D]down
[Am]Kick 'em when they're up
[G]Kick 'em when they're down
[F]Kick 'em when they're stiff
[C]Kick 'em all around

[Interlude 1]
[D]Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're stiff

[Verse 4]
Kick 'em all around
[E]Dirty little secrets secrets
Dirty little lies
[D]We got our dirty little fingers
in everybody's pie
We [A]love to cut you down to size
We love dirty laun[E]dry[D][A]
[E]We can do "The Innuendo"
We can dance and sing
[D]When it's said and done
we haven't told you a thing
[A]We all know that crap is king
Give us dirty laun[E]dry[D][A]

[Solo 2]
[E][E][D][D]
[A]
[E][D][A]
[E][E][D][D]
[A]
[E][D][A]

[Outro 1]
[E]Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
[D]Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
[A]Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
[E]Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
[D]Kick 'em when they're [A]down
[Repeat and fade]
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