Sad Café

Sad Café - The Eagles 1979
Written by Henley, Frey, Walsh, Souther
Soft Rock

The Dm chord and the E chord sound different from what they were supposed to be. The reason is that one of the guitarist plays a Dm and the other plays a Dm7 at the same time, same thing for the E and the E7. This sounds a little strange but not off pitch.

A = X02220
Bm = X24432
C#m7 = X46454
D = XX0232
Dm = XX0231
Dsus4 = XX0233
E = 022100
E7 = 020100
Esus4 = 022200
F#m = 244222

CAPO 2

INTRO:  A, Dm, E, A, A, Dm, E, E7, A

VERSE (chords keep repeating):
 
A         Dm             E             A
Out in the shiny night the rain was softly falling
A               Dm         E      E7      A
Tracks that ran down the boulevard had all been washed away
A         Dm             E             A
Out of the silver light, the past came softly calling
A               Dm         E      E7      A
And I remember the times we spent, outside the Sad Café

A         Dm             E             A
Oh it seemed like a holy place protected by amazing grace
A               Dm         E      E7      A
We would sing right out loud those things we could not say
A         Dm             E             A
Thought we could change this world with words like love and freedom
A               Dm         E      E7      A
And we were part of the lonely crowd outside the Sad Café

F#m                C#m7
Oh expecting to fly
       F#m                          Bm, E
We would meet on that beautiful shore in the sweet by and by

A         Dm             E             A
Some of our dreams came true and some just passed away
A               Dm         E      E7      A
And some of them stayed behind inside the Sad Café

Solo: A, Dm, E, A, Dm, E, E7, A
 
Esus4               E
The clouds roll in
Esus4    E
Hid that shore
Esus4      E
Now that glory train
   Esus4             E
It don't stop here no more

Dsus4        D          Dsus4              D
Now I look at the years gone by and wonder at the powers that be
Esus4            E              Esus4        E
I don't know why fortune smiles on some and lets the rest go free

A         Dm             E             A
Maybe now that the time has drawn the faces I recall
A               Dm         E      E7      A
But things in this life change very slowly if they ever change at all
A         Dm             E             A
There's no use in asking why, it just turned out that way
A               Dm         E      E7      A
So meet me at midnight baby inside the Sad Café
A               Dm         E      E7      A
Why don't you meet me at midnight baby inside the Sad Café

Sax Solo: A, Dm, E, A, Dm, E, E7, A...

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