Here's an underrated Don Henley song from "Inside Job". Like many of Don's songs, this is open to various interpretations, but the most obvious is that it deals with grieving for a friend's suicide. Great lyrics, good song. The chord progression is a lot like Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here", but the two songs are otherwise worlds apart. I'm not 100% sure of the ending chord on the bridge, but I can vouch for the accuracy of the rest of the song. Damn It, Rose Written by Don Henley and Stan Lynch Chords used: Am, F, Dm7, F, G, Gsus2, Gm, D# and G# The main verse riff is Em / G twice, then Em / Am7 / C / D (the G alternates with Gsus2). Listen to the record for the timing.

^AmMaybe just a ^Fgood night's sleep ^AmWould've changed your troubled ^Fmind ^AmFrom that rather permanent decis^Dm7ion F G / Gsus2 So tragic - so unkind

^AmNow pain is what you've ^Fgiven ^AmAnd sleep is what you'll ^Fget ^AmSo far away from that sweet ^Dm7baby child C (don't play D here) Who hardly knew you yet...

Interlude: just strum the same pattern as for the verses Am / F Am / F

^AmNow he'll grow up to be a ^Ffighter ^AmFull of anger, full of ^Fshame ^AmJust like all the other haunted ^Dm7children F G / Gsus2 Who wonder why they came -

^AmAnd he'll be in and out of ^Ftrouble ^AmUntil he stands or till he ^Ffalls ^AmBut there will always be a ^Dm7shadow there ^FNo matter how it goes...Damn it, Ro^Amse. ^F ^Am ^F

Bridge

^GmIs this another cryptic ^Fmessage, ^GmOr some kind of cosmic ^Fquiz? ^GmIf there's a lesson to be ^D#learnt from this, Eb (Not sure, but I think it's directly back to Em) I don't know what it is -

Interlude (same as the above) Am / F Am / F

^AmYou could've given us the ^Ffinger ^AmMuch more constructively than ^Fthat ^AmNow I sit here with the ^Dm7MTV F G / Gsus2 And your bloated Burmese cat

^AmWe're being treated to the ^Fwisdom ^AmOf some puffed-up little ^Ffart ^AmDoing exactly what I ^Dm7used to: ^FPretensions to anarchy and art -

^AmHe speaks the language of a ^Fwarrior ^AmHe mounts his misinformed at^Ftack ^AmHe wears the clothes of a dis^Dm7senter ^FBut there's a logo on his back...

^AmAnd it's a hollow re^Fbellion, ^AmLike rebellions mostly ^Fare ^AmIt's just another raging ^Dm7tempest ^FIn a jar...

^AmAnd the seasons keep on ^Fchanging, ^AmAnd the wind blows hot and ^Fcold - ^AmWish that you were here with us to ^Dm7watch this tide ^FAs it ebbs and flows.... ^FDamn it, ^AmRose. ^F ^Am ^F

Coda: play Em / G repeatedly and fade out. There you have it! If anyone can figure out the missing chord, please let me know!

Don Henley - Damn it rose