Desperado Chords
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As requested. Played in A on his album American IV: The Man Comes Around.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | A |
Capo: | no capo |
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[Intro]
A A7 D Dm A F#m B7 E7
[Verse 1]
A A7 D Dm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
A F#m B7 E7
You been out riding fences for so long now
A A7
Oh, you're a hard one
D Dm
But I know that you've got your reasons
A F#m
These things that are pleasing you
B7 E7 A E
Can hurt you somehow
[Chorus 1]
F#m C#m
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
D A
She'll beat you if she's able
F#m D A E
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
F#m C#m
Now it seems to me, some fine things
D A
Have been laid upon your table
F#m B7 Bm E
But you only want the things that you can't get
[Verse 2]
A A7 D Dm
Desperado, oh, you ain't getting no younger
A F#m B7 E7
Your pain and your hunger, they're driving you home
A A7
And freedom, oh freedom
D Dm
Well, that's just some people talking
A F#m
Your prison is walking
B7 E7 A E
Through this world all alone
[Chorus 2]
F#m C#m
And don't your feet get cold in the winter time
D A
The sky won't snow, the sun won't shine
F#m D A E
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
F#m C#m
You're losing all your highs and lows
D A Bm E E7
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away
[Verse 3]
A D Dm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
A F#m B7 E7
Come down from your fences, and open the gate
A A7 D Dm
It may be raining, but there's a rainbow above you
A F#m
You better let somebody love you
D Bm
You better let somebody love you
A C#7 F#m
You better let somebody love you
Bm E7 A
Before it's too late
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Desperado – Johnny Cash
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I like it but the B minor at the end of the chorus seems off to me. Are you playing it barred on the second fret or are you using a different voicing?
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Great tab, but you dropped the A7 on Verse 3
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