Desperado Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Desperado Chord Chart by the Eagles. This is a super cool song in that it has a lot of chord variations and uses a lot of 7 chords. I would consider this a more intermediate song due to the lack of repetition in chords and variety. You really have to pay attention to this one.
Ideally, if I were going to play this song, I would finger pick it since it's played on a piano, but I'll give you a general strumming pattern you can use. Each chord is this chart is 2 beats each.
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Desperado Guitar Chords:
Desperado Strumming Patterns:
Strum Pattern 1:
1 2 + 3 4 +
D DU D DU
Strum Pattern 2:
1 2 + a 3 4 + a
D D DU D D DU
Desperado Guitar Lesson:
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Desperado Chord Chart:
Intro:|G G7| |C C7| |G Em7| |A7 D7| (Hold)
|G G7| |C C7|
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
|G Em7| |A7 D7|
You been out ridin’ fences for so long now
|G G7| |C C7|
Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons,
| G A7| |A7 D7| |G D/F#|
These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow
|Em Bm|
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy,
| C G |
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 Bm| |C G|
Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table
|Em A7| |Am7 D7|
But you only want the ones you can't get
|G G7| |C C7|
Desperado, oh you ain't gettin' no younger,
|G Em7| |A7 D7|
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
|G G7| |C C7|
And freedom, oh freedom, well that's just some people talkin'
| G Em7| |A7 D7| |G D/F#|
Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone
|Em Bm|
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time
|C G |
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
|Em7 C| |G D/F#|
It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day
|Em Bm|
You're losin' all your highs and lows
|C G| |Am7 D7|
Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away
|G G7| |C C7|
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
|G Em7| |A7 D7|
Come down from your fences, open the gate
|G G7| |C C7|
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above
|G Em| |C A7|
You better let somebody love you, (let somebody love you)
| |G Em| |D7 G|
You better let somebody love you before it's too late
|G G7| |C C7| G (hold)
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