Gun Club: "Desire" (from the "Lucky Jim" album)
the opening two verse lines with guitar only:
D A Bm
She was frozen
D E D E Bm
her light must see the day
G D
I walked away
on the following verse lines strike chords once and play these single notes in between:
G D -3-----------------2-
-0-----------------3-
-0------------0-2--2-
-0--------0-2--------
-2----0-2------------
-3--3----------------
you wanted it that way
G D
now I watch the cars pass by at night
G D
things had to be that way
G D
sirens rage through the silent night
G D
things had to be this way
A Em
Oh I, who am I to seek
G
who am I to seek
Bm A
desire, oh yeah
Cold London morn'
we fit tight in the storm
You seized the day
it had to be that way
never mind what's only a piece of my heart
nothing could change that way
you should have nailed me up to the sky
there was a better way
Oh I, who was I to seek
who was I to seek
desire
Oh I, who was I to seek
who was I to seek
desire, oh yeah
break: Bm A Bm
instrumental: G D
G Em D
G D
Oh I, who was I to seek
who was I to seek
desire
Oh I, who was I to seek
who was I to seek
desire, oh yeah
Now, heaven's gone
or heaven at least to me
My time is up
it has to be that way
these nights I walk the streets alone
it has to be that way
now I watch the windows at night
there is no other way
Oh I, who am I to seek
who am I to seek
desire
Oh I, who am I to seek
who am I to seek
desire
D Em G A
Oh, I
D Em G A
Oh, I
D Em
Oh I, who was I to seek
G
who was I to seek
Bm
desire
D Em
oh I, who was I to seek
G
who was I to seek
Bm
desire
D Em G Bm
Oh, I
D Em G Bm
Oh, I
end: A