Johnny Cash – Desperado (Guitar Tab)
Capo 2
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(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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This intro isn't how it's done on the recording, but I really enjoy playing it this way.
A lot of the embelishments are optional.
Tuning: Capo on 2nd fret
Intro:
G G7 C Cm
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3---3h5---3-------------------------------|
G|-0-0-2h4---4---------3s2p0-------0---0h2---0---0-0-|
D|-----------------3---------0-0h2---2-----1---------|
A|-----------------------------3---------------3-----|
E|-----3---------------------------------------------|
G (G/F#)Em A7 D7
e|---------/3----------------------------2-----|
B|-----3---/5--3-----------0-----------1-------|
G|-2h4---4-------3s2p0-0h2---2p0-2---2---------|
D|---------------------------------0-------0---|
A|---------------------0-----------------------|
E|-3----(2)-0----------------------------------|[Verse 1]
G G7 C Cm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
G G/F# Em A7 D7
You been out ridin' fences for so long now.
G G7
Oh, you're a hard one,
C Cm
But I know that you've got your reasons.
G G/F# Em
These things that are pleasin' you,
A7 D7 G D/F#
Can hurt you somehow.
[Chorus]
Em Bm
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy,
C G G/F#
She'll beat you if she's able.
Em C G D/F#
Know the queen of hearts is always your best bet.
Em Bm
Now it seems to me, some fine things,
C G
Have been laid upon your table.
A7 Dsus4 D
But you only want the things that you can't get.
[Verse 2]
G G7 C Cm
Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger:
G G/F# Em A7 D7
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home.
G G7
And freedom, oh freedom,
C Cm
Well, that's just some people talkin'
G G/F# Em
Your prison is walking,
A7 D7 G D/F#
Through this world all alone.
[Chorus]
Em Bm
And don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
C G G/F#
The sky won't snow, the sun won't shine
Em C G D/F#
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
Em Bm
You're loosin' all your highs and lows
C G
Ain't it funny how the feeling,
A7 Dsus4 D
Goes away?
[Verse 3]
G G7 C Cm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
G G/F# Em A7 D7
Come down from your fences, and open the gate
G G7 C Cm
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you,
G G/F# Em
You better let somebody love you,
C G/B A7
You better let somebody love you,
G B7 Em
You better let somebody love you,
(C) D7 G
Before it's too late.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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