DESPERADO Don Henley & Glenn Frey Eagles Desperado 1973 Most of this is really piano, but guitar does come in after the second verse. Have fun with it, and if you have any questions about chords just e-mail me. Also, if you have the album, check out Desperado(Reprise) at the end of this piece. INTRO: G G7 C Cm6 G Em A7 D7 Despe[G]rado, [G9]why don't you [C]come to your sen[Cm6]ses ? You been [G]out ridin' fen[Em7]ces for [A7]so long now[D7] Oh, you're a [G]hard one, [Dm7/G]I know that [C]you got your rea[Cm6]sons, These [G]things that [B7]are plea[Em7]sin' you can [A7]hurt you [D7]somehow [G] [D/F#] Don't you [Em]draw the Queen of [Bm7]Diamonds boy, She'll [C]beat you if she's able. [G] You know the [Em7]Queen of Hearts is [C]always your best [G]bet [D/F#] Now it [Em]seems to me some [Bm7]fine things have been [C]laid upon your [G]table But you [Em]only want the [A7]ones you can't [Am7]get [D]Des[D7]per[G]ado, [Dm7/G]oh you ain't [C]gettin' no younger, Your [G]pain and [D/F#]your hun[Em]ger, they're [A7]drivin' you [D7]home And [G]freedom, oh [Dm7/G]freedom, well, that's just [C]some people talkin' [Bm] [Am] Your [G]prison is wal[Em]kin' through this [A7]world all [D7]alone [G] [D/F#] Don't your [Em]feet get cold in the [Bm7]winter time ? The [C]sky won't snow and [G]the sun won't [D/F#]shine It's [Em7]hard to tell the [C]night time from the [G]day [D/F#] You're [Em]losin' all your [Bm7]highs and lows Ain't it [C]funny how the [G]feelin' goes a[Am7]way [D]Des[D7]pe[G]rado, [Dm7/G]why don't you [C]come to your sen[Cm6]ses Come [G]down from [D/F#]your fen[Em]ces, [A7]open the [D7]gate It may be [G]rainin', [Dm7/G]but there's a [C]rainbow above you [Cm6] You better [G]let some[B7]body [Em]love you, ([C]let some[G/B]body [Am]love you) You better [G]let some[B7]body [Em]love you be[Am7]fore it's [D7]too [G]late [G7] [C] [Cm6] [G] CHORDS: Cm6 x3121x Dm7/G 3x0211 D/F# 2x023x G/B x20033 Em7 xx2433
DESPERADO (Reprise) Don Henley & Glenn Frey Eagles Desperado This song is basically just fingerpicking these chords in the intro, then strumming for the end. It's really cool, and I can't think of a better way to end Desperado than this little song. It's definitely my favorite on the album. Don't forget the capo. *capo up 2 frets* This is the intro, played on acoustic guitar with a slide throughout. There's a banjo playing the chords shown above it, after it ends, the banjo and acoustic do some fingerpicking until the chorus comes in, then they just strum the chords. Also, a 2 in the tab means open string with the capo on. Have fun! hammer-on w/slide Em G D/F# Em + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:----------------|--------------|--------------|-------------| B:----------------|--------------|--------------|-------------| G:----/11--11--11-|-/9--9--6\4-2-|-h4--2--4-/6--|-6~~~~~~~~~--| D:----------------|--------------|--------------|-------------| A:----------------|--------------|--------------|-------------| E:----------------|--------------|--------------|-------------| Em G D/F# Em + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:----------------|-------------|---------------|-------------| B:----------------|-------------|---------------|-------------| G:----/11--11--11-|-9--9--6\4-2-|-4--4\2-6\4--2-|-------------| D:----------------|-------------|---------------|-4~~~~~~~~~--| A:----------------|-------------|---------------|-------------| E:----------------|-------------|---------------|-------------| The [Em]Queen of Diamonds [Bm7]let you down She was [C]just an empty [G]fable The [Em7]Queen of Hearts you [C]say you never met [G] [D/F#] Your [Em]twisted fate has [Bm7]found you out An' it's [C]finally turned the [G]table [Em]Stole your dreams and [A7]paid you with re[Am7]gret [D]Desper[G]ado (Is there gonna be [D/F#]anything left is there [Em]gonna be) You sealed your [C]fate (anything) a long [Am]time ago (Ain't it hard when you're [C/G]all alone in the [Am]center ring) Now there's [C]no time left to [G]borrow (Is there gonna be [D/F#]anything left) Only [Am]stardust (Maybe) Maybe to[C]morrow [G] Maybe to[C]morrow [G] [C] [G] Desper[C]ado [G] Desper[C]ado [G] Desper[C]ado [G] Desper[C]ado [G] Desper[C]ado [G] Desper[C]ado [G] Desper[C]ado [G] Desper[C]ado [G]