Desperate Chords
by Green Day
Desperate by Green Day is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tuning:Standard
Verse: hit in 8th notes, mostly palm-muted,
just release the palm muting every few notes
e|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-----------------|-----------|
B|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-----------------|-----------|
G|-4-|-8-|---|---|-9-|-8-|-6-|-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-9-(abrupt-|
D|-4-|-8-|-6-|-6-|-9-|-8-|-6-|-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-9--stop)--|
A|-2-|-6-|-6-|-6-|-7-|-6-|-4-|-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-7---------|
E|---|---|-4-|-4-|---|---|---|---|-----------------|-----------|
Chorus/Rhythm Bridge:
strum 8th notes, no PMing
e|---|---|---|---|
B|---|---|---|---|
G|-4-|-8-|---|-9-|
D|-4-|-8-|-6-|-9-|
A|-2-|-6-|-6-|-7-|
E|---|---|-4-|---|
Lead Bridge/Out-Chorus:
e|---------------------|------------------------|
B|-7----7----7----7----|-8-----8-----8-----9-11-|
G|-9b11-9b11-9b11-9b11-|-10b12-10b12-10b12------|
D|---------------------|------------------------|
A|---------------------|------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-9-----9-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----8-----8-----|
G|-11b13-11b13-11b13-11b13-|-11b13-11b13-10b12-10b12-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|