Eagles – Desperado (ver 5)


These known chords are used in this song.


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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 
She’ll 
 
 
G 
beat 
 
 
 
G/
F 
#
 
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

 
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D 
 
D7 
 
G 
Dm7/
G 
 
C 
 
Bm 
 
Am 
Desperado, oh you ain’t gettin’ no younger,
G 
Your 
 
 
 
D/
F 
Em 
and 
 
 
A7 
your 
 
 
D7 
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 
The 
 
 
G 
sky 
 
 
 
D/
F 
#
Em 
It’s 
 
 
C 
hard 
 
 
G 
to 
 
 
 
D/
F 
#
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 
 
C 
ome 
 
 
 
D/
F 
Em 
from 
 
 
A7 
your 
 
 
D7 
fences, open the gate
G 
Dm7  
C 
Cm6
 
It may be rainin’, but there’s  
A 
rainbow above you
G 
You 
 
 
 
B7/
F 
Em 
let 
 
 
C 
somebody 
 
 
G/B 
love 
 
 
Am 
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—-|—|—|——–|

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