Desperado Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays517

Desperado by Diana Krall is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, G7, C, Cm, G6, A7, D7, Em, Bm, D, Am7 and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			 G          G7               C            Cm 
   Desperado,  why don't you come to your senses  
         G          G6         A7      D7 
You been out ridin' fences for so long now 
             G        G7             C            Cm 
Oh, you're a hard one,   I know that you got your reasons  
      G               Em               A7           G 
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 
             Em                 C                G     D 
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 D 
But you only want the ones you can't get 
  
  
     G  G7              C          Cm 
Desperado, oh you ain't gettin' no younger, 
     G               G6            A7          D7 
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home 
    G           G7                         C             Cm 
And freedom, oh freedom, well, that's just some people talkin' 
     G         G6                   A7         G   D 
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 
     Em               C                   G   D 
It's hard to tell the night time from the day 
       Em              Bm 
You're losin' all your highs and lows 
         C             G            Am7  D 
Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away 
  
  
     G   G7              C            Cm 
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses 
     G              Em      A7        D7 
Come down from your fences, open the gate 
          G      G7               C        Cm 
It may be rainin',  but there's a rainbow above you 
            G           Em     
You better let somebody love you, 
             
           G       B7   Em          
You better let somebody love you  

  Am7       D7  G   Cm   G 
Before it's too late
    	

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