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 +
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|-3—–1———|-0—–3———|-3—–0———|————-2—–|
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|-0-3-0-0—3-0—|-1—–1———|-0—–0—3—0-|-0———–3—–|
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|-0—–0——-0-|-0-0—2—0—–|-0—–0——-0-|-0-2-0-2—–2—–|
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|-0—–0———|-2—2-1———|-0-0—2———|——-4—–0—–|
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|-2—–2———|-3—–3———|-2—2-2———|——-5—–0—–|
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|-3—–3———|—————3-|-3—–0———|——————-|
or the chords are:
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G7
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A7
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B7
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E7
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Cm6 |
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Em
Fm
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Am
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Dm
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A7
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B7
C7
C#7
D7
D#7
E7
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G7
G#7
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G9
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B9
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C#9
D9
D#9
E9
F9
F#9
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D#
E
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G
G#
A
A#
B
Cm6
Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses ?
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C
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D
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Em7
A7
A#7
B7
C7
C#7
D7
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E7
F7
F#7
G7
G#7
D7
D#7
E7
F7
F#7
G7
G#7
A7
A#7
B7
C7
C#7
You been out ridin’ fences for so long now
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*
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Cm6
Oh, you’re
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hard one, I know that you got your reasons,
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Em7
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E7
F7
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G7
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D7
D#7
E7
F7
F#7
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A7
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B7
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C#7
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D/F#
D#/G
E/G#
F/A
F#/A#
G/B
G#/C
A/C#
A#/D
B/D#
C/E
C#/F
These things that are pleasin’ you can hurt you somehow
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
Bm7
Don’t you draw the queen of diamonds boy,
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D
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She’ll
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beat
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Em7
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D/F#
D#/G
E/G#
F/A
F#/A#
G/B
G#/C
A/C#
A#/D
B/D#
C/E
C#/F
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
Bm7
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Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table
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Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
A7
A#7
B7
C7
C#7
D7
D#7
E7
F7
F#7
G7
G#7
Am7/
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E
F
F#
G
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A
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C#
But you only want the ones you can’t get
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D7
D#7
E7
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G7
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A#7
B7
C7
C#7
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Em
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A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
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Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Desperado, oh you ain’t gettin’ no younger,
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Your
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D#m
and
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B7
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C#7
D7
D#7
E7
F7
F#7
G7
G#7
your
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E7
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F#7
G7
G#7
A7
A#7
B7
C7
C#7
hunger, they’re drivin’ you home
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Dm7/
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Cm
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Bm
Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
And freedom, oh, freedom, well, that’s just some people talkin’
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B7/F#
C7/G
C#7/G#
D7/A
D#7/A#
E7/B
F7/C
F#7/C#
G7/D
G#7/D#
A7/E
A#7/F
Em7
A7
A#7
B7
C7
C#7
D7
D#7
E7
F7
F#7
G7
G#7
D7
D#7
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B7
C7
C#7
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D/F#
D#/G
E/G#
F/A
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G/B
G#/C
A/C#
A#/D
B/D#
C/E
C#/F
Your prison is walkin’ through this world all alone
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Fm
F#m
Gm
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Am
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Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
Bm7
Don’t your feet get cold in the winter time ?
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The
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sky
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Am
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It’s
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hard
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to
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Em
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Am
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Cm
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Bm7
You’re losin’ all your highs and lows
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Am7 Am7/
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Ain’t it funny how the feelin’ goes away
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D7
D#7
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C#7
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Dm7
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Cm6
Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses
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ome
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Em
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Am
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Cm
C#m
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D#m
from
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B7
C7
C#7
D7
D#7
E7
F7
F#7
G7
G#7
your
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D#7
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F7
F#7
G7
G#7
A7
A#7
B7
C7
C#7
fences, open the gate
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Dm7
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Cm6
It may be rainin’, but there’s
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rainbow above you
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You
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F#m
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Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
let
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somebody
G/B
G#/C
A/C#
A#/D
B/D#
C/E
C#/F
D/F#
D#/G
E/G#
F/A
F#/A#
love
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Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
Em
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F#m
Gm
G#m
you,
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D
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F#
B7/D#
C7/E
C#7/F
D7/F#
D#7/G
E7/G#
F7/A
F#7/A#
G7/B
G#7/C
A7/C#
A#7/D
Em
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G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
Am7/
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Cm6
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You better let somebody love you before it’s too late
Outro
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|-3—–1———|-0—–3———|-3-|
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Chords (standard chords are left out):
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* is really
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sus4 sus 2)
G7
G#7
A7
A#7
B7
C7
C#7
D7
D#7
E7
F7
F#7
Cm6
G9
G#9
A9
A#9
B9
C9
C#9
D9
D#9
E9
F9
F#9
Em7
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G#
A
A#
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C
C#
D
D#
E
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F#
*
D/F#
D#/G
E/G#
F/A
F#/A#
G/B
G#/C
A/C#
A#/D
B/D#
C/E
C#/F
Bm7
G/F#
G#/G
A/G#
A#/A
B/A#
C/B
C#/C
D/C#
D#/D
E/D#
F/E
F#/F
Am7/
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F#
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G#
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A#
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C
C#
Dm7/
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G#
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A#
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C
C#
D
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F#
B7/F#
C7/G
C#7/G#
D7/A
D#7/A#
E7/B
F7/C
F#7/C#
G7/D
G#7/D#
A7/E
A#7/F
Dm7
G/B
G#/C
A/C#
A#/D
B/D#
C/E
C#/F
D/F#
D#/G
E/G#
F/A
F#/A#
B7/D#
C7/E
C#7/F
D7/F#
D#7/G
E7/G#
F7/A
F#7/A#
G7/B
G#7/C
A7/C#
A#7/D
E
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G#
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|-1-|3–|–|0–|–|2—|2–|3—|0—-|1—-|2—-|1–|0–|2——-|
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|-0-|1–|3-|3–|1-|3—|3–|0—|1—-|1—-|4—-|1–|3–|0——-|
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|-0-|2–|2-|0–|2-|2—|2–|0—|0—-|2—-|2—-|2–|0–|2——-|
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|-0-|1–|3-|2–|0-|0—|4–|0—|0—-|0—-|4—-|0–|0–|1——-|
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|-3-|—|3-|0–|3-|2—|—|2—|—–|3—-|2—-|—|—|——–|