• Song:

    Desperado

  • Artist:

    Eagles

  • Album:

    Selected Works 1972 to ...

                           Desperado
                          By The Eagles
Intro
(I play the piano line to give it some character)
                                                              (hold) (hold)
  (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
e|-3-----1---------|-0-----3---------|-3-----0---------|-------------2-----|
B|-0-3-0-0---3-0---|-1-----1---------|-0-----0---3---0-|-0-----------3-----|
G|-0-----0-------0-|-0-0---2---0-----|-0-----0-------0-|-0-2-0-2-----2-----|
D|-0-----0---------|-2---2-1---------|-0-0---2---------|-------4-----0-----|
A|-2-----2---------|-3-----3---------|-2---2-2---------|-------5-----0-----|
E|-3-----3---------|---------------3-|-3-----0---------|-------------------|

or the chords are:
G (320003@1)name="chord_320001@1">G7 | C (x32010@1)name="chord_x3121x@1">Cm6 | G (320003@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em | A7 (x02020@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D |

G (320003@1)G9 (x2323x@1)            C (x32010@1)            Cm6Desperado, (x3121x@1)why don't you come to your senses ?
         G (320003@1)          Em7      A7 (x02020@1)      D7You (xx0212@1)been out ridin' fences for so long now
             G (320003@1)     G*            C (x32010@1)             Cm6Oh, (x3121x@1)you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons, 
      G (320003@1)         B (x2444x@1)    Em7           A7 (x02020@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)   G (320003@1)D/F#These (200232@1)things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow

Em (022000@1)              Bm7Don't (x20202@1)you draw the queen of diamonds boy,
       C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)  G/f#
She'll beat you if she's able,
             Em7                C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1) D/F#You (200232@1)know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
       Em (022000@1)             Bm7 (x20202@1)                  C (x32010@1)            GNow (320003@1)it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table
        Em (022000@1)          A7 (x02020@1)           Am7/DBut (00001x@1)you only want the ones you can't get

D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0212@1">D7  G (320003@1) Dm7/G (000011@1)      C (x32010@1)                 Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
Desperado, oh you ain't gettin' no younger,
     G (320003@1)      D/F# (200232@1)  Em (022000@1)         A7 (x02020@1)        D7Your (xx0212@1)pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
    G (320003@1)          Dm7/G (000011@1)                    C (x32010@1)                Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
And freedom, oh, freedom, well, that's just some people talkin'
     G (320003@1)    B7/F#   Em7             A7 (x02020@1)      D7 (xx0212@1)   G (320003@1)D/F#Your (200232@1)prison is walkin' through this world all alone

Em (022000@1)                 Bm7Don't (x20202@1)your feet get cold in the winter time ?
    C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1)       D/F#The (200232@1)sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
     Em (022000@1)               C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)  D/F#It's (200232@1)hard to tell the night time from the day
       Em (022000@1)            Bm7You're (x20202@1)losin' all your highs and lows
         C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)           Am7 (x02010@1) Am7/DAin't (00001x@1)it funny how the feelin' goes away

D (xx0232@1)D7 (xx0212@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  Dm7              C (x32010@1)            Cm6Desperado, (x3121x@1)why don't you come to your senses
     G (320003@1)       D/F# (200232@1)  Em (022000@1)A7 (x02020@1)          D7Come (xx0212@1)down from your fences, open the gate
          G (320003@1)    Dm7               C (x32010@1)           Cm6It (x3121x@1)may be rainin',  but there's a rainbow above you
           G (320003@1)     B7/F#  Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)G/B (143121@7)AmYou (x02210@1)better let somebody love you,
           G (320003@1)     B7/Eb Em (022000@1)       Am7/D (00001x@1)       (G  G7 (320001@1)C (x32010@1)Cm6 (x3121x@1)G)
You better let somebody love you before it's too late

Outro
                                               
  (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +    
e|-3-----1---------|-0-----3---------|-3-|
B|-0-3-0-0---3-0---|-1-----1---------|-0-|
G|-0-----0-------0-|-0-0---2---0-0-2-|-0-|
D|-0-----0---------|-2---2-1---------|-0-|
A|-2-----2---------|-3-----3-------3-|-2-|
E|-3-----3---------|-----------------|-3-|

Chords (standard chords are left out):
            (G* is really Gsus4 (320003@1)sus 2)
   G7 Cm6 G9 Em7 G* D/F# Bm7 G/f# Am7/D Dm7/G B7/F# Dm7 G/B B7/Eb
e|-1-|3--|--|0--|--|2---|2--|3---|0----|1----|2----|1--|0--|2-------|
B|-0-|1--|3-|3--|1-|3---|3--|0---|1----|1----|4----|1--|3--|0-------|
G|-0-|2--|2-|0--|2-|2---|2--|0---|0----|2----|2----|2--|0--|2-------|
D|-0-|1--|3-|2--|0-|0---|4--|0---|0----|0----|4----|0--|0--|1-------|
A|-2-|3--|x-|2--|x-|0---|2--|x---|0----|x----|2----|---|2--|--------|
E|-3-|---|3-|0--|3-|2---|---|2---|-----|3----|2----|---|---|--------|


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