THE SAD CAFE
Words and Music by
Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh and J.D. Souther


INTRO: 

B   Em   F#7   B   Em   F#7sus4   F#7   B



B           Em          F#7(add B)          B
Out in the shiny night, the rain was softly falling
B                                 Em       F#7sus4    F#7      B
The tracks that ran down the boulevard had all been washed away
             Em          F#7(add B)           B
Out of the silver light, the past came softly calling
                       Em              F#7sus4  F#7   B					
And I remember the times we spent inside the Sad Café


Oh, it seemed like a holy place, protected by amazing grace.
And we would sing right out loud the things we could not say.
We thought we could change this world with words like "love" and "freedom."
We were part of the lonely crowd inside the Sad Café


G#m              D#m
Oh, expecting to fly
           G#m                                                 C#m7        F#6   F#
We would meet on that beautiful shore in the sweet by and by


B               Em                F#7(add B)         B
Some of their dreams came true, some just passed away.
                    C#m7-5        F#7sus4  F#7   B
And some of them stayed behind inside the Sad Café

(solo)

     F#7sus4    F#7     F#7sus4  F#7
The clouds rolled in and hid that shore.
E/F#   G#m/F#  F#             E/F#       F#7sus4  F#7
Now    that       Glory Train, it don't stop here no more
Bm7/E              E7                   Bm7/E                      E7
Now I look at the years gone by, and wonder at the powers that be.
C#m7/F#                  F#7            C#m7/F#             F#7      F#
I don't know why fortune smiles on some, and lets the rest go free.


Maybe the time has drawn the faces I recall.
But things in this life change very slowly, if they ever change at all.
There's no us in asking why; it just turned out that way.
So meet me at midnight, babe, inside the Sad Café

                              C#m7-5         F#7sus4   F#7  B
Why don't you meet me at midnight, babe, inside the Sad Café

OUTRO:

B   C#m7-5   F#7sus4   F#7   B


CHORDS:

B             x24442
Em            022000
F#7           242322
F#7sus4       242422
F#7(add B)    244300
G#m           466444
D#m           x68876
C#m7          x46454
F#6           24x342
F#            244322
C#m7-5        x4x000
E/F#          2x2100
G#m/F#        xx4444
Bm7/E         024232
E7            022130
C#m7/F#       242424