Desperado Chords
by Diana Krall
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.
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