Spanish Eddie Chords
Spanish Eddie by Laura Branigan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, B, C#m and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
E A E B E A E B E
(Basically a Chorus without the lyrics)
Verse
C#m
There was heat in the air
F#
And cops everywhere you looked
C#m
So there wasn't a lot
F# B
And the breaks that you got You know you took
A E
And I remember wonderin' Where you've been
B A E
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
Chorus
E A
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
E B
They were playin' "Desolation Row" On the radio
E A
The night Spanish Eddie fell from grace
E
There was amazement on his face
B
On the night that Eddie failed
E
Sanity prevailed
Verse (chord progression same as 1st verse)
C#m F# C#m F# B A E B A E
It was June or July
When the heat from above beat down
It was famine or drought
When the brothers went out Of syle uptown
And we was mixin' Vicks with lemon gin
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
Chorus (chord progression same as 1st Chorus)
E A E B E A E B E
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
They were playin "Desolation Row" On the radio
The night Spanish Eddie made front page
His revolution came of age
He wrote "Surrender" on the wall
The night he took the fall
Bridge
A F# B
I heard someone say "He's tryin' to fly"
C#m E B
Like Eddie used to say We'll do when we die
Intrumental break
C#m F#
C#m F#
B A E
I know someone turned you For a spin
B A E
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
Chorus
E A E B E A E B E
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
They were playin' "Desolation Row" On the radio
The night Spanish Eddie fell from grace
There was amazement on his face
On the night that Eddie failed
Sanity prevailed
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
They were playin' "Desolation Row" On the radio x3 While Fading out...