D - C
- G - D (2x) - C - G
D
1. I make my living off the
evening news,
D
just give me something, something I can use.
G D
- C - G
People love it when you lose,
they love dirty laundry.
D
Well, I could‘ve been an actor, but I wound up here,
D
I just have to look good, I
don‘t have to be clear.
G D
Come and whisper in my ear,
give us dirty laundry !
Am G
Kick ‘em when they‘re up, kick ‘em when they‘re down,
F C - D
kick ‘em
when they‘re up, kick em when they‘re down.
Am G
Kick ‘em when they‘re up, kick ‘em when they‘re down,
F C - D
kick ‘em
when they‘re up, kick ‘em all around.
D
2. We got the bubble headed
bleach blonde who come on at five,
D
she can tell you ‘bout
the plane crash with a gleam in her eyes.
G
D - C - G
It‘s interesting when people
die, give us dirty laundry.
D
Can we film the operation, is
the head dead yet ?
D
You know, the boys the
newsroom got a running bet,
G
D
get
the widow on the set, we need dirty laundry.
+ D - C - G
- D
(2x)
D
3. You don‘t really need to find out what‘s going
on,
D
you
don‘t really need to know just how far it‘s gone,
G D
just
leave well enough alone, eat your dirty laundry.
Am G
Kick ‘em when they‘re up, kick ‘em when they‘re down,
F C - D
kick ‘em
when they‘re up, kick em when they‘re down.
Am G
Kick ‘em when they‘re up, kick ‘em when they‘re down,
F C - D
kick ‘em
when they‘re up, kick ‘em all around.
- - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - -
+ Kick when they’re down
(6x)….
E
4. Dirty little secrets, dirty
little lies,
E
we got our dirty little
fingers in everybody‘s pie,
A E - D - A
we
love to cut you down to size, we love dirty laundry.
E
We can do the innuendo, we can dance and sing,
E
when it‘s said and done, we
haven‘t told you a thing,
A E
we
all know the crap is king, give us dirty laundry.
+ E - D - A
- E
(2x) + D - A
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, kick em when they‘re down …
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Don Henley)