Hey i hope you like this coz this is how i feel that it sounds like, as far as i am
concerned i think that it is very close to if not the exact same as how they play it,
it may be a little harder to play than the others but there is also a feeling of
authenticity
when playing, well anyways, enjoy!
Chords used:
E A D G B E E A D G B E
+-----------+ +-----------+
A7 x 0 2 0 2 0 D7 x x 0 2 1 2
Am x 0 2 2 1 0 Em 0 2 2 0 0 0
Am7/D x x 0 0 1 0 Em7 0 0 2 4 3 3 (proper way)
B/D# x 6 4 4 7 x Em7(alt)0 2 2 0 3 0 (can still use this though)
B7/F# 2 x 1 2 0 x G 3 x 0 0 0 3
Bm x 2 4 4 3 2 G7 3 x 0 0 0 1
Bm7 x 2 4 2 3 2 G9 3 x 3 2 3 x
C 0 3 2 0 1 0 G/B x 2 0 0 3 3
Cm6 x 3 1 2 1 3 G/D x x 0 4 3 3
D x 0 0 2 3 2 G/F# 2 x 0 0 0 x
D/F# 2 x 0 2 3 x Gsus4 3 x 0 2 1 x
Dm7 x x 0 2 2 1 sus2
Dm7/G 3 x 0 2 2 1
+-----------+
Through the whole song it is basically 2 beats per chord unless well you should be able
to know when, just listen to the song for these times.
Intro:
| G / G7 / | C / Cm6 / | G / Em / | A7 / D / |
G G9 C Cm6
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
G Em7 A7 D7
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
G Gsus4-sus2
Oh, you're a hard one
C Cm6
I know that you got your reasons
G/D B/D# Em7
These things that are pleasin' you
A7 D7 G D/F#
Can hurt you somehow
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Em Bm7
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy
C G D/F#
She'll beat you if she's able
Em7 C G D/F#
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
Em Bm7
Now it seems to me, some fine things
C G
Have been laid upon your table
Em A7 Am7/D
But you only want the ones that you can't get
D D7 G Dm7/G C Bm
Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger
Am G D/F# Em A7 D7
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
G Dm7/G C Bm
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'
Am G B7/F# Em A7 D7 G D/F#
Your prison is walking through this world all alone
Em Bm7
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
C G D/F#
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
Em C G D/F#
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
Em Bm7
You're losin' all your highs and lows
C G Am7 Am7/D
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?
D D7 G Dm7 C Cm6
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
G D/F# Em A7 D7
Come down from your fences, open the gate
G Dm7 C Cm6
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
G B7/F# Em C G/B Am
You better let somebody love you
G/D B7/D# Em
You better let somebody love you
Am7/D |G / G7 / | C / Cm6 / | G
before it's too late
Happy playing!
