Eagles – Desperado (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
[Verse]
G G7 C Cm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses ?
G Em7 A7 D7
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
G G7 C Cm
Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons,
G B7 Em7 A7 D7 G
These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow
[Chorus]
D Em Bm
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy,
C G
She'll beat you if she's able,
Em7 C G D
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
Em Bm C G
Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table
Em A7 Am7
But you only want the ones you can't get
[Verse]
D D7 G G7 C Cm
Desperado, oh you ain't gettin' no younger,
G Em7 A7 D7
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
G G7 C Cm
And freedom, well, that's just some people talkin'
G B7 Em7 A7 D7 G
Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone
[Chorus]
D Em Bm
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time ?
C G
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
Em7 C G D
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
Em Bm
You're losin' all your highs and lows
C G Am7
Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away
[Verse]
D D7 G G7 C Cm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
G D Em A7 D7
Come down from your fences, open the gate
G G7 C Cm
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
G B7 Em C G Am7
You better let somebody love you,
G B7 Em Am7 D7 G
You better let somebody love you before it's too late
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Chords used:
E A D G B e
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A7 x 0 2 0 2 0 Am7 0 0 2 0 1 0 B7 x 2 1 2 0 2 C 0 3 2 0 1 0 Cm x x 5 4 3 3 D x 0 0 2 3 2 D7 x x 0 2 1 2 Em 0 2 2 0 0 0 Em7 0 2 2 0 3 0 G 3 x 0 0 0 3 G7 3 x 0 0 0 1 +-----------+
DESPERADO (Henley & Frey, 1973)--"Organ" Part
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****B1:
Em Bm C G GM9 Em C G (D7)
e|----7-----7-----|----8-----7---5---|----3------3------|-3--5--7-10-12-14-|
B|----8-----7-----|----8-----8---7---|----5------5------|-3----------------|
G|----9-----7-----|----9-----7---7---|----4------5------|-4--5--7-11-12-14-|
D|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
h h h q q h h q. e e e e e
Em Bm7 C G Em (A9) (Am9) D D9
e|----15-----17-----|----15-----15-----|----!12!----------|--!12!---10---8--||
B|----17-----15-----|----17-----15-----|----!12!----------|--!12!---10--10--||
G|----16-----16-----|----17-----16--14-|----!12!----------|--!12!---11---9--||
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||
h h h q. e w-----------------h q. e
****A2:
G G9 C G D Em A7 D
e|----7------5------|----8-------------|---7---10---12----|---12----10-------|
B|----8------6------|----8-------------|---8---10---12----|---10----10-12-10-|
G|----7------7------|----9-------------|---7---11---12----|---12-----9-------|
D|------------------|----------12--10--|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|----------12--10--|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|----------12--10--|------------------|------------------|
h h w------q---q-- q q h h h--e--e-
G G9 C G D7b9 Em A7 D7 G D D7
e|---7----5-----|---3-------5--|--7--5---3----|---3---5---|--3--15--14--17--||
B|---8----6-----|---5----------|--8--7---5----|---5---3---|--3--15--15--15--||
G|---7----7-----|---5----------|--7--8---4----|---6---5---|--4--16--14--17--||
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|-----------------||
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|-----------------||
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|-----------------||
h h w-------e-- q q h 2/4:q q q q q q
****B2:
Em Bm7 C G GM9 Em C (G) (D)
e|----19-----17-----|---20----19--17---|--15----12---15---|---12-10-8-7-8-5-7|
B|----20-----19-----|---20----20--19---|--17----13---17---|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|--16----12---17---|---12-11-9-7-9-5-7|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
h h h q q h q q [e] e e e e e e e
Em Bm7 C G Am D D9
e|----19-----17-----|---15------7------|-------8----------|----8----10---8--||
B|----20-----19-----|---17------8------|------10----------|---10----10--10--||
G|------------------|---17------7------|-------9----------|----9----11---9--||
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||
h h h h w---------------h q q
****A3 (&Coda):
G G9 C Cm6 G D Em(Esus4) A9 D7
e|--7--5-7---5------|----3------5------|---7---5---3---5--|-----7-----5------|
B|--8--------6------|----5------4------|---8---7---5------|-----5-----7------|
G|--7--------7------|----5------5------|---7---7---4------|-----6-----5------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
h--e-e-- h h h q q h---q-- h h
G G11 C Cm6 G D7 Em C G Am
e|---3--15----15----|---15-----17----|-15--14--12-15-15p12|-15-15--15--17----|
B|---3--15----13----|---17-----16----|-15--13--12-17------|-17-17--15--17----|
G|---4--16----14----|---17-----17----|-16--14--12-16------|-17-17--16--17----|
D|------------------|----------------|--------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|----------------|--------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|----------------|--------------------|------------------|
q q h h h q q q e s s e e q h
G D7b9 Em Am7 G [G7] C Cm6 G
e|--19--17--15----|-----15-------|-----15-------|---12---17----|---10-------||
B|--20--19--17----|-----13-------|-----15-------|---13---16----|---12-------||
G|------20--16----|-----14-------|-----16-------|---12---17----|---12-------||
D|----------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------||
A|----------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------||
E|----------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------||
q q h(ferm) w w ritard. h h w(ferm)-- guitar arrangement: tcg, 2/89
--4/4 // Key of G // Andante (pretty slow)
--use vibrato and/or wave effex box to mimic organ sound
--note durations: s=sixteenth note; e=eighth; q=quarter; q.=dotted quarter;
h=half; w=whole; [e]=eighth rest . . .
w-------h =tied notes . . . x(ferm): fermata (hold longer than x)
--!x!=play harmonic
--chords are named according to voicings shown here; NOT rhythm-chord
designations, necessarily (though do harmonize with "book" chords)
--some way-up-the-fingerboard chords have been reduced to two notes
rather than three to ease fingering on a small (my!) fretboard
--"Organ" part begins with first "B" section ("Don't you draw the queen of
diamonds....")
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