Desperately trying to be different

Golden Earring

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Desperately Trying To Be Different  

Am
lizzy the lizard
       G
met an angry young snake
     F
with forked-tongue grace
       E
by the name of Jake;
  F           G            Am
a yellow-eyed diamond back rattler

       Am
in the chill-out room
        G
of the 'wild-life' saloon
    F
she admired his skin
                 E
Jake said it was fake
    F              G
and Liz said: "Who cares
                Am
it don't really matter!"

Chorus:
F     G
a question to raise
G    Am
why people these days
     C
like slaves to a craze
    Am      G
are somehow hell bent
Am    G    Am      Am             G
yet always content with fortune's spent
   Am          G           Am
on desperately tryin'to be different

(continue: Am G F E F G Am)

wily the weasel said
to Sammy the snitch
let's go to the dogs
and bet on that bitch
the greyhound
that runs like a panther

they made a big score,
went to the hi-fashion store
they bought two suits of shark skin
furs, ermine and mink
all decked out for the next chapter

(chorus)

Nancy the nympho
yelled at lola la leech
Ï need a permanent wave
with lotsa bleach
I wanna look like a cheap German dancer

she could pass for a queen
in a second hand dream
inside the gloom of the 'wildlife saloon'
the wolfwhistles
sounded just like laughter

Zo speel je dit nummer

Op Gitaartabs leer je de akkoorden van "Desperately trying to be different" van Golden Earring, een popnummer dat perfect geschikt is om mee te groeien als startende gitarist. Met deze tab ontdek je hoe je dit nummer uit het album Paradise In Distress (1999) speelt, gebouwd op toegankelijke grepen.

Dit nummer ligt op beginner-niveau, waardoor je direct aan de slag kunt. Je werkt met de akkoorden Am, G, F en E — klassieke bouwstenen die je in veel songs terugvindt. Het format is akkoorden, ideaal om je ritmegevoel te ontwikkelen en meteen mee te zingen. Pak je gitaar en ontdek hoe snel deze Golden Earring-klassieker onder je vingers groeit.

How to practise this song

1
Practise the barre chord F
F is a barre chord. Lay your index finger flat across all strings and press firmly; practise it on its own until every string rings clearly before you use it in the song.
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2
Practise the change: F ↔ Am
Play each chord for 4 beats, then 2, then 1 — with the metronome at 60-70 bpm. Only push the tempo once the change is clean and on time.
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Great first song
Focus on clean chords — let every string ring. Speed comes by itself once the shapes are right.