Dirty Laundry Chords

KeyF Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays555

Dirty Laundry by Glen Frey is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords D7, G7, C, G, Am7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D7 
I make my living off the evening news 
G7 
Just give me something, something I can use 
C                   G 
People love it when you lose 
D7 
They love dirty laundry 
 
 
D7                                
Well I could have been an actor but I wound up here 
G7 
I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear 
C                      G 
Come and whisper in my ear 
D7 
Give us dirty laundry 
 
Am7                       G 
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down (3X) 
F                         C            D7 
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em all around 
 
 
Am7                                    G 
We got the bubble-headed bleach blonde comes on at five 
F                                             C            D7 
She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye 
C                            G 
It's interesting when people die 
D7 
Give us dirty laundry 
 
D7 
Can we film the operation, is the head dead yet 
G7 
Y'know the boys in the newsroom got a running bet 
C                    G 
Get the widow on the set 
D7 
We need dirty laundry 
 
Am7                                G 
You don't really need to find out what's going on 
F                             C             D7 
You don't really want to know just how far it's gone 
C                      G 
Just leave well enough alone 
D7 
Eat your dirty laundry 
 
 
Am7                       G 
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down (3X) 
F                        C            D7 
Kick 'em where they sit, kick 'em all around 
Am7                       G        
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down (3X) 
F                         C           D7 
Kick 'em where they sit, kick 'em all around 
 
Am7                         G 
Dirty little secrets, dirty little lies 
F                                  C           D7 
We got our dirty little fingers in everybody's pies 
C                      G 
We love to cut you down to size 
D7 
We love dirty laundry 
 
Am7                        G 
We can do the innuendo, we can dance and sing 
F                          C                  D7 
When it's said and done we haven't told you a thing 
C                      G 
 
We all know that crap is king 
D7 
Give us dirty laundry 
 
Am7                       G 
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down  
{Repeat to fade} 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante