Chord Booklet

Don Henley

10 songs|41 chords used|Hard

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Chords used

Am7

Gsus2

Gmaj

Cadd9

Gmaj7

C/G

Gsus4

Dsus4

G/A

G/B

D/F

C/D

G/D

A/E

Caug

Bb9

Csus4

D#m

Em7

Bm7

Cmaj7

End Of The Inmocence

Key: GCapo 1Hard

Am7

Gsus2

Gmaj

Cadd9

GRemember when the days were long

And rollCed beneath a deep blue sky

GDidn't have a care in the world

CWith mommy and daddy sDtandin' by

GBut "happily ever after" fails

CAnd we've been poisoned by these fairy tales

GThe lawyers dwell on small details

EmSince daddCy had to flDy

EmBut I know a pBmlace where we cAm7an go

EmThat's still uCntouched by men D

EmWe'll sit and Bmwatch the clouAm7ds roll by

EmAnd the tall gCrass wave in theD wind

Just laGy your head Dback on Cthe ground

EmAnd let your hBmair fall all aAm7round me

GOffer uDp yourC best defense

EmBut this Bmis the endAm7

CThis is tDhe end of the iGnnocence Gsus2 Gmaj Gsus2 Am7 Em A Em D5 A C Cadd9 C C

GO' beautiful, for spacious skies

CBut now those skies are threatening

TheyG're beating plowshares into swords

For tChis tired old Dman that we elected king

GArmchair warriors often fail

And we've beCen poisoned by these fairy tales

TheG lawyers clean up all details

EmSince Cdaddy hadD to lie

EmBut I know a pBmlace where we cAm7an go

EmAnd wash away Cthis sin D

EmWe'll sit and Bmwatch the clouAm7ds roll by

EmAnd the tall gCrass wave in theD wind

Just laGy your head Dback on Cthe ground

EmAnd let your hBmair spill all Am7around me

GOffer uDp yourC best defense

EmBut this Bmis the endAm7

CThis is tDhe end of the iGnnocence Gsus2 Gmaj Gsus2 Am7 Em A Em D5 A C Cadd9 C C

GWho knows how long this will last

CNow we've come so far, so fast

GBut, somewhere back there in the dust

CThat sameD small town in each of us

GI need to remember this

CSo baby give me just one kiss

GAnd let me take a long last look

EmBefore Cwe say Dgoodbye

Just laGy your head Dback on Cthe ground

EmAnd let your hBmair fall all aAm7round me

GOffer uDp yourC best defense

EmBut this Bmis the endAm7

CThis is tDhe end of the iGnnocence Gsus2 Gmaj Gsus2 Am7 Em A Em D5 A C Cadd9 C C

G5Gsus2GmajGsus2Am7EmAEmD5ACCadd9CC

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Forgiveness

Key: DMedium

I GOT DA CALL ATO DAY THAT I DIDDINT WANT TO HEAR

BUT I GKNEW THAT IT WOULD COME

DOLD TRUEA FREIND OF OURS WAS TALKING ON THE PHONE

SHE SAID YOU GFOUND SOMEONE

AND I ATHOUGHT OF ALL THE BAD LUCK

AND SA7TRUGGLES WE WENT THRUOGH

HOW AI LOST ME AND YGOU LOST YOU

AWHAT ARE ALL THESE VOICES OA7UTSIDE LOVES OPEN DOOR

MAKE US GTHROW OFF OUR CONTENTMENT AND ABEG FOR SOMETHING MORE

D IM LEARNING TO D9LIVE WITHOUT YOU DNOW

BUT I GMISS YOU SOMETIMES

DTHE MORE I KNOW THE LESS I UNDERSTAND

ALL THE GTHINGS I THOUGHT I KNEW IM ALEARNING AGAIN

DIVE BEEN TRYING TO GET DOWND9 TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER

BUT MYD WILL GETS WEAGK AND MY THOUGHTS SEEM TO SCATTER

BUT I THINK ITS DABOUT FORGIVENESS,FORGIVENESS

GEVEN IF EVEN IF AYOU DONT LOVE ME DANYMORE

DAH THESE TIMES ARE SO UNCERTIAN

THERES A AYEARNING UNDEFINED GPEOPLE FILLED WITH RAGE

DWE ALL NEED A LITTLE TENDERNESSA HOW CAN LOVE SURVIVE

IN GSUCH A GRACELESS AGE

ATHE TRUST AND SELF ASSURANCE THATA7 LEADS TO HAPPINESS

GWERE THE VERY THINGS WE KILLED I GUESS

OH APRIDE AND COMPETITION CANNOTA7 FILL THESE EMPTY ARMS

AND THE GWORK I PUT BETWEEN US YOU KNOW IT ADOESINT KEEP ME WARM

DIM LEARNING TO D9LIVE WITHOUT YOUD NOW

BUT I GMISS YOU BABY

DTHE MORE I KNOW THE LESS I UNDERSTAND

ALL THE GTHINGS I THOUGHT I FIGURED OUT I AHAVE TO LEARN AGAIN

DIVE BEEN TRYING TO GET DOWND9 TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER

BUT DEVERYTHING CHANGESG AND MY FREINDS SEEM TO SCATTER

BUT I THINK ITS DABOUT FORGIVENESS,FORGIVENESS

GEVEN IF EVEN IF AYOU DONT LOVE ME DANYMORE

THERE ARE CPEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE WHOOVE CGOME AND GONE

THEY LET YOU DOWN YOU KNOW THEYVE GHURT YOUR PRIDE

YOU BCETTER PUT IT ALL BEHIND YOU BABY CAUSE GLIFE GOES ON

YOU KEEP ACARRYING THAT ANGER IT WILL AEAT YOU UP INSIDE BABY

DIVE BEEN TRYING TO GET DOWND9 TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER

BUT MY D9WILL GETS WEAK GAND MY THOUGHTS SEEM TO SCATTER

BUT I THINK ITS DABOUT FORGIVENESS,FORGIVENESS

GEVEN IF EVEN IF AYOU DONT LOVE ME DANYMORE

DIVE BEEN TRYING TO GET DOWND9 TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER

CAUSE THE DFLESH WILL GET WEAKG AND THE ASHES WILL SCATTER

SO IM THINKING DABOUT FORGIVENESS,FORGIVENESS

GEVEN IF EVEN IF AYOU DONT LOVE ME DANYMORE

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A Younger Man

Key: GHard

Gmaj7

C/G

Gsus4

Dsus4

G/A

G/B

D/F

C/D

G/D

GCGGmaj7CG

I know you're disapGpointedC/G, I can see it in your eGyes Gsus4 G

This isn't what you GwantedC/G, and now you reDsus4alize D

I ain?t no knight in shining GarmorC/G, who comes a-ridin? 'cross the lEmea Em D C

You're lookin' for a Gyounger manD7, not Gme Gmaj7 C G

Now, the merchants in the mGarketplC/Gace, they?re selling fanGtasy Gsus4 G

It's a trick of light and GshadoC/Gw, it?s not reaDsus4lity D

It?s just a faded GphotoC/Ggraph of the man I used to Embe Em D C

You're lookin' for a Gyounger manD7, not Gme

I G/Aknew the G/Bday I Cmet youCm, it was never gonna lGast Gsus4 G

You're an angel D/Ffrom the fEmuture,A7 I'm an old devil from the pC/Dast D

So, trust me when I tGell yC/Gou, this is the way it's meant to Embe Em D C

You're lookin' for a Gyounger man,D7 not Gme C/G G

GC/GEmEmDC

GD7GGmaj7CG

If you believe in better daGys aheaC/Gd, for this crazy human Grace Gsus4 G

That we will somehow be GdeliveC/Gred, by goodness and byDsus4 grace D

And if you?re lookin? for beGlieveC/Grs, in faith and hope and charEmity Em D C

Then, you're lookin' for a G/Dyounger manD7, not mGe Am G/B

CYou're lookin' for a yGounger manD7, not Cme

CmYou're lookin' for a yGounger manD7, not Gme Gmaj7 C G

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Heart of the matter

Key: DHard

A/E

G/B

DI got the call today

And I Adidn't want to hear

But I Gknew that it would come

DAn old true friend of ours

Was Atalking on the phone

She said you'd Gfound someone

And I Athought of all the bad luck

And the A7struggles we went through

How GI lost me, and you lost you

AWhat are all these voices

OutA7side love's open door

Make us Gthrow off our contentment

And Abeg for something more

DI'm learning to A/Elive without you BmnowF

But I Gmiss you sometimes

DThe more I know, the Bmless I understand

All the Gthings I thought I knew

I'm Alearning again

DI've been trying to get down

A/ETo the heart of the matter

But my BmwilFl gets weak

GAnd my thoughts seem to scatter

But I think it's Dabout

Forgiveness, BmForgiveness

GEven if, Even if Ayou don't love me anymore

(same pattern as first verse):

Ah these times are so uncertain

There's a yearning undefined

People filled with rage

We all need a little tenderness

How can love survive

In such a graceless age

Oh the trust and self-assurance

That lead to happiness

They're the very things we kill I guess

Oh pride and competition

Cannot fill these empty arms

And the work I put between us

You know it doesn't keep me warm

I'm learning to live without you now

But I miss you baby

The more I know, the less I understand

All the things I thought I figured out

I have to learn again

I've been trying to get down

To the heart of the matter

But everything changesgets weak

And my friends seem to scatter

But I think it's about

Forgiveness, Forgiveness

Even if, Even if you don't love me anymore

(instead of riff 1, play 2 bars of D)

There are Cpeople in your life

G/BWho've come and gone

They Amlet you down

You know they Ghurt your pride

CYou better put it all behind you babe

'Cuz G/Blife goes on

You keep Acarrying that anger

It'll eat you up inside baby

I've been trying to get down

To the heart of the matter

But my will gets weak

And my thoughts seem to scatter

But I think it's about

Forgiveness, Forgiveness

Even if, Even if you don't love me

I've been trying to get down

To the heart of the matter

Because the flesh will get weak

And the ashes will scatter

But I think it's about

Forgiveness, Forgiveness

Even if, Even if you don't love me

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Take A Picture Of This

Key: CHard

Caug

Bb9

Csus4

CAmEmG

CAmEmF

C A long, long time aAmgo,

Em When we were young and Gpretty

C We ruled the world, we stopped the Amtime, we knew it all

Em We owned this Gcity

C Running with the Caugcrowd, carefree and Amproud, I heard somebody Dsay

Take a Cpicture of this

G Take a Fpicture of this

C The years went rushing Amby

In the twinkling of an Emeye, we rolled with the Gchanges

C The life we knew was Amgone

Our friends had all moved Emon, time rearGranges

C But on our wedding Caugday

They all came back to Amsay, ?CongratuDlations"

Take a Cpicture of this

G Take a Cpicture of this

F Then, we raised a Fmfamily of our Cown

C7 We were so happy, baby

F But now those Bb9kids are grown and Amgone D

Instrumental

CGF

G Am I gave itC everything I Fhad

G Am Through the Fgood times and the Cbad

G Am But now, I'm Cdown here Fon the floor

G Am 'Cause I don't Fknow you anymore

C Yeah, that's a suitcase,Am yeah, that's a Emticket for a plane G

C There's no one here to talk to,Am no Emreason to remain G

C When you spend all your Caugtime living in the past C6

C6 With all those pictures that you Dtook

Here's Amone more for the bookD

Take a Cpicture of this,G this is me leaving

Take a Fpicture of this, this is me walking aCway

CCsus4

Take a Cpicture of this Csus4

Take a Cpicture of this Csus4 C

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Dirty Laundry

Key: DCapo 3Medium

Am7

D7I make my living off the evening news

G7Just give me something, something I can use

CPeople love it when Gyou lose

D7They love dirty laundry

D7Well I could have been an actor but I wound up here

G7I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear

CCome and whisper in my Gear

D7Give us dirty laundry

Am7Kick 'em when they're up, Gkick 'em when they're down (3X)

FKick 'em when they're up, Ckick 'em all D7around

Am7We got the bubble-headed bleach blonde Gcomes on at five

FShe can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a Cgleam in her D7eye

CIt's interesting when people Gdie

D7Give us dirty laundry

D7Can we film the operation, is the head dead yet

G7Y'know the boys in the newsroom got a running bet

CGet the widow on the Gset

D7We need dirty laundry

Am7You don't really need to find out wGhat's going on

FYou don't really want to know Cjust how far iD7t's gone

CJust leave well enough Galone

D7Eat your dirty laundry

Am7Kick 'em when they're up, Gkick 'em when they're down (3X)

FKick 'em where they sit, Ckick 'em all D7around

Am7Kick 'em when they're up, Gkick 'em when they're down (3X)

FKick 'em where they sit, kCick 'em all D7around

Am7Dirty little secrets, dirty Glittle lies

FWe got our dirty little fingers in Ceverybody's D7pies

CWe love to cut you downG to size

D7We love dirty laundry

Am7We can do the innuendo, we Gcan dance and sing

FWhen it's said and done we Chaven't told you a D7thing

CWe all know that crap iGs king

D7Give us dirty laundry

Am7Kick 'em when they're up, Gkick 'em when they're down

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Words Can Break Your Heart

Key: GHard

Gsus4

Dsus4

Am7

G/B

Cadd9

G/A

GA little time, a littleGsus4 distance,G a little space toDsus4 thinkG

GMight be all weGsus4 need, right Am7now C

GI don't know if we've Am7had too much, or G/Bnot enough to dAm7rink

EmBut, we've got to get over this, somDsus4ehow D

CIt only takes a G/Bbreath or two, to Am7tear your world aG/Bpart

CSticks and stones may G/Bbreak your Embones, but Cadd9words can Dbreak yourG heGsus4art G Am G

GCutting words from Gsus4careless lips, Gsoftly sDsus4poken G

GOh, you can do Gsus4damage and never sAm7cream or shoutCadd9 D

GEmotions get the Am7best of us; we G/Bsay things we don't Am7mean

EmAnd it's too late to take 'em back once they'reDsus4 out D

CIt only takes a G/Bbreath or two, to Am7tear your world aG/Bpart

CSticks and stones may G/Bbreak your Embones, but Cadd9words can Dbreak your heGart G

BbOh, cAman we just start oGver? NBbobody won; what's dAmone is done, Amwe've got to let iDt go

CIt only takes a G/Bbreath or two, to Am7tear your world aG/Bpart

CSticks and stones may G/Bbreak your Embones, but Cadd9words can Dbreak your GhearG/At G/B

CSticks and stones may G/Bbreak your Embones, but Cadd9words can Dbreak your heart G

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Boys of summer

Key: D#mHard

D#m

D#mNobody on the road

D#mNobody on the beach

BI feel it in the air

BThe summer's out of reach

CEmpty lake, empty streets

CThe sun goes down alone

BI'm drivin' by your house

BThough I know you're not at home

FBut I can see you-

CYour brown skin shinin' in the sun

CYou got your hair combed back and your Bsunglasses on, baby

FAnd I can tell you my lCove for you will still be strong

CAfter the boys of sBummer have gone

D#mI never will forget those nights

D#mwonder if it was a dream

BRemember how you made me crazy?

BRemember how I made you scream

CNow I don't understand what happened to our love

BBut babe, I'm gonna get you back

I'm gonna show you what I'm made of

F I can see you-

CYour brown skin shinin' in the sun

CYou got your hair combed back and your Bsunglasses on, baby

FAnd I can tell you my lCove for you will still be strong

CAfter the boys of sBummer have gone

D#mOut on the road today, I saw a DEADHEAD sticker on a Cadillac

BA little voice Inside my head said, Don't look back. You can never look back.

CI thought I knew what love was

Cwhat did I know?

BThose days are gone forever

I should just let them go but-

F I can see you-

CYour brown skin shinin' in the sun

CYou got your hair combed back and your Bsunglasses on, baby

FAnd I can tell you my lCove for you will still be strong

CAfter the boys of sBummer have gone

F I can see you-

CYour brown skin shinin' in the sun

CYou got your hair combed back and your Bsunglasses on, baby

FAnd I can tell you my lCove for you will still be strong

CAfter the boys of sBummer have gone

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My thanksgiving

Key: DEasy

1D. Well, a lot of things have happened, since the last time we spoke

ASome of them are funny, And some of them ain?t no joke

DAnd I trust you will forgive me If I lay it on the line,

IA always thought you were a friend of mine.

EmAnd sGomeDtimAes I think about you,

IEm wonder how you?re doing noDw, And what you?Gre going thru. D A

Cause the last time I saw you, We were playing with fire,

WAe wGereD loaGded with passion , And a burning desire,

AFor eGverDy brGeatAh, for every day of living, This is myyy thanksgiving.

2. Now the trouble with you and me my friend, is the trouble with this nation

Too many blessings, too little appreciation,

Now I know that kind of notion, well it just ain?t cool, so send me back to Sunday school.

Cause I?m tired of waiting for reason to arrive,

It?s too long we?ve been living these unexamined lives

Cause I got great expectations, I got family and friends

I got satisfying work, I got a back that bends,

For every breath, for every day of living, This is my thanksgiving.

And have you notice that an angry man, can only get so far

GUntil heD reAconciles the way he thinks things ought to be, with the way things are.

3. Here in this fragmented world, I still believe, In learning how to give love, And how to receive it,

And I would not be among those to abuse this privilege; Sometimes you get the best light from the burning bridge.

And I don?t mind saying that I still love it all; I wallowed in the springtime, now I?m welcoming the fall.

For every moment of joy, for every hour of fear

For every winding road that brought me here

For every breath, for every day of living

This is my thanksgiving.

ENDING:

For every one who helped me start,

And for everything that broke my heart

For every breath, for every day of living

This is my thanksgiving.

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10.

The end of the innocence

Key: GHard

Em7

Bm7

Am7

Cmaj7

GRemember when the days were long

and rollCed beneath a deep blue sky

GDidn't have a care in the world

With mommyC and daddy standing by D

But haGppily ever after fails

and we've been poisonedC by these fairy tales

The laGwyers dwell on small details

Since daddEmy had tCo fly D

Ah but I kEm7now a placBm7e where we canAm7 go

Em7That's still uCmaj7ntouched by maDn

Em7We'll sit and wBm7atch the clouAm7ds go by

and the talEm7l grass wavCmaj7e in the wind D

you can lay Gyour head baDck on the grouCnd

And letEm7 your haBm7ir fallAm7 all around me

GOffer uDp your besCt defense

But thEm7is is the eBm7nd, Am7 Cmaj7 This is Dthe end

Of the InnoGcence

Oh beautiful for spacious skies

But now those skies are threatening

They're beating plowshares into swords

For this tired old man that we elected king

Armchair warriors often fail

And we've been poisoned by these fairytales

The lawyers clean up all details

Since daddy had to lie

But I know a place where we can go

And wash away the sin

We'll sit and watch the clouds go by

And the tall grass wave in the wind

You can lay your head back on the ground

Let your hair fall all around me

Offer up your best defense

But this is the end, This is the end

Of the Innocence

Who knows how long this will last

Or how we've come so far so fast

But somewhere back there in the dust

That same small town in each of us

I need to remember this

So baby give me just one kiss

And let me take a long last look

Before we say goodbye

Just lay your head back on the ground

And let your hair fall all around me

Offer up your best defense

But this is the end

This is the end of the Innocence

Repeat Intro to end.

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