• Song:

    Desperado

  • Artist:

    Eagles

  • Album:

    Selected Works 1972 to ...

Hey i hope you like this coz this is how i feel that it sounds like, as far as i am
concerned i think that it is very close to if not the exact same as how they play it,
it may be a little harder to play than the others but there is also a feeling of
authenticity
when playing, well anyways, enjoy!

Chords used:

        E A D G B E                E A D G B E
       +-----------+              +-----------+
A7      x 0 2 0 2 0        D7      x x 0 2 1 2
Am      x 0 2 2 1 0        Em      0 2 2 0 0 0
Am7/D   x x 0 0 1 0        Em7     0 0 2 4 3 3 (proper way)
B/D#    x 6 4 4 7 x        Em7(alt)0 2 2 0 3 0 (can still use this though)     
B7/F#   2 x 1 2 0 x        G       3 x 0 0 0 3
Bm      x 2 4 4 3 2        G7      3 x 0 0 0 1
Bm7     x 2 4 2 3 2        G9      3 x 3 2 3 x
C       0 3 2 0 1 0        G/B     x 2 0 0 3 3
Cm6     x 3 1 2 1 3        G/D     x x 0 4 3 3
D       x 0 0 2 3 2        G/F#    2 x 0 0 0 x
D/F#    2 x 0 2 3 x        Gsus4   3 x 0 2 1 x
Dm7     x x 0 2 2 1         sus2
Dm7/G   3 x 0 2 2 1                           
       +-----------+     

Through the whole song it is basically 2 beats per chord  unless well you should be able
to know when, just listen to the song for  these times.
                           
Intro:
| G / G7 / | C / Cm6 / | G / Em / | A7 / D / |


      G   G9             C               Cm6 
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
         G             Em7     A7          D7         
You been out ridin' fences for so long now

             G        Gsus4-sus2
Oh, you're a hard one
            C                    Cm6
I know that you got your reasons
      G/D         B/D#    Em7
These things that are pleasin' you
A7             D7      G D/F#
Can hurt you somehow

Em                            Bm7
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy
       C                       G D/F#
She'll beat you if she's able
             Em7                 C                    G D/F#
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet

       Em                    Bm7
Now it seems to me, some fine things
          C              G
Have been laid upon your table
        Em                A7                   Am7/D
But you only want the ones that you can't get

D  D7  G Dm7/G    C                         Bm
Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger
Am   G        D/F#   Em            A7              D7
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
    G           Dm7/G                     C                   Bm
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'
Am   G     B7/F#   Em               A7         D7    G D/F#
Your prison is walking through this world all alone

           Em                     Bm7
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
    C                      G         D/F#
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
     Em                    C              G    D/F#
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
         Em                Bm7
You're losin' all your highs and lows
         C                 G         Am7   Am7/D
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?

D  D7 G   Dm7            C            Cm6
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
     G         D/F#    Em  A7             D7
Come down from your fences, open the gate
          G       Dm7            C                Cm6
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
           G       B7/F#    Em    C G/B Am
You better let somebody love you
           G/D     B7/D#    Em
You better let somebody love you
  Am7/D              |G / G7 / | C / Cm6 / | G
before it's too late


Happy playing!
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