Desperate Times Chords
by John Wetton
Desperate Times by John Wetton is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Em7, C#m7, G, A, Em, Bm7, D, Bm, E, F#m7, G7 and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Em7 C#m7
You called my name, you knew my number
G A
You told me everything was gonna be fine
Em Em7 C#m7
You touched my hand, and took me away from this place
G A
And I keep on thinking I'm going out of my mind
Bm7
Someone out there calling me
G Em7
I don't know what I can't see
A
I dread to think what might be there
D Bm
I'm shaking now with so much fear
G E
I know, I feel
Bm7
I'm living in desperate times
Em A
I looked to the ground, I couldn't believe my eyes
G A
The town I'm from was never that tough
Em A
The life I've known is falling away from me
G A
And all of my strength may not be enough
Solo Em Em7 F#m7 A
G Em G A
Em A
I held the world in the palm of my hand
G7 A
And I threw it away like a petulant child
Bm
Now all is gone that I held true
G Em
Am I bound to lose you too?
Bm7 A
The choking smoke obscures the sun
D
I see so clear what I've become
G E7
I know, I feel
E Bm
We're living in desperate times
Bm
Someone out there calling me
G
I don't know what I can't see
A
I dread to think what might be there
D Bm7
I'm shaking now with so much fear
G E
I know, I feel
Bm7
I'm living in desperate times
G E
I know, I feel
Bm7
I'm living in desperate times