Desperado Chords

KeyE Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays468

Desperado by Clint Black is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords Gb, E, E7, A, Am, Dbm7, Gb7, B7, Ab7, B, Dbm, Abm and Gbm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			 - key of Gb 
 
 
      E  E7              A              Am 
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses? 
 
         E            Dbm7     Gb7     B7 
You been out ridin' fences for so long now 
 
             E       E7            A               Am 
Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons, 
 
      E           Ab7    Dbm7          Gb7      B7      E 
These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow 
 
 
B         Dbm               Abm 
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy, 
 
       A                 E 
She'll beat you if she's able, 
 
             Dbm7               A                E   B 
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet 
 
       Dbm              Abm                   A              E 
Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table 
 
        Dbm           Gb7            B 
But you only want the ones you can't get 
 
 
  B7  E  E7             A             Am 
Desperado, oh you ain't gettin' no younger, 
 
     E               Dbm7          Gb7         B7 
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home 
 
    E      E7                  A             Am 
And freedom, well, that's just some people talkin' 
 
     E      Ab7  Dbm7               Gb7        B7     E 
Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone 
 
 
B          Dbm                  Abm 
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time? 
 
    A                  E 
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine 
 
     Dbm7             A                   E    B 
It's hard to tell the night time from the day 
 
       Dbm             Abm 
You're losin' all your highs and lows 
 
         A             E             Gbm7 
Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away 
 
 
B  B7 E  E7              A              Am 
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses 
 
     E         B      Dbm  Gb7       B7 
Come down from your fences, open the gate 
 
          E      E7               A           Am 
It may be rainin',  but there's a rainbow above you 
 
           E       Ab7  Dbm         A  Gbm7 
You better let somebody love you, 
 
           E       Ab7  Dbm        Gbm7      B7  E    E7   A   Am   E 
You better let somebody love you before it's too late 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante