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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 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 G* C Cm6
Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons,
G B Em7 A7 D7 G D/F#
These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow
Em Bm7
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy,
C G G/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 C G
Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table
Em A7 Am7/D
But you only want the ones you can't get
D D7 G Dm7/G C Bm Am
Desperado, oh you ain't gettin' no younger,
G D/F# Em A7 D7
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
G Dm7/G C Bm Am
And freedom, oh, freedom, well, that's just some people talkin'
G B7/F# Em7 A7 D7 G D/F#
Your prison is walkin' 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 feelin' 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 B7/D# Em Am7/D (G G7 C Cm6 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 G sus4 sus 2)
G7 Cm6 G9 Em7 G* D/F# Bm7 G/F# Am7/D Dm7/G B7/F# Dm7 G/B B7/D#
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----|---|---|--------|