Desperado Chords

by Johnny Cash
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As requested. Played in A on his album American IV: The Man Comes Around.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: A
Capo: no capo
Author alcain55 [a] 512. Last edit on Jun 6, 2019
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Chords

A
A7
D
Dm
F#m
B7
E7
E
C#m
Bm
C#7

Strumming

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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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