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DESPERADO - Johnny Cash
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Tabbed by barry miles (barrymiles@hotmail.com)
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. The fingering's a little tricky, if need
be I can post a video lesson thing.
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:
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.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/johnny_cash/desperado_tab_ver_2.html ]
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:
Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger:
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home.
And freedom, oh freedom,
Well, that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking,
Through this world all alone.
Chorus:
And don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snow, the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
You're loosin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling,
Goes away?
Final Verse:
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,
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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