Desperate Love Chords

KeyEb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays631

Desperate Love by Smokie is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Eb. It uses the chords Bb, F, Cm, Eb, Gm and Ab. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Eb
Text
16
Speed
  			Bb F  Cm Eb F          Bb F Cm Eb F 
 
 
  Eb                    F         Bb       Eb  
It's time I had a heart to heart with this heart of mine, 
Eb                            F         Bb         Eb                      Gm  
Set it straight, if it's not too late and make it walk the line. 
                 Eb                 F    Gm                        Ab 
She's walkin' out the door, I'm running out of time. 
  
                   Bb     F                             Cm            Eb 
Desperate love calls for desperate measures, 
                             Bb                  F            Cm            Eb        
I'm gonna have to turn my life around, or lose her forever. 
            Bb                       F 
When push comes to shove, 
                  Cm   Eb           F                Bb 
desperate love calls for desperate measures. 
  
 Bb F  Cm Eb F          Bb F Cm Eb F 
 
 
   Eb                          F                  Bb       Eb 
I'm gonna do what I should have done long before today, 
Eb                   F        Bb       Eb                   Gm 
set aside my foolish pride, whatever it may take. 
      Eb                 F       
Get down on my knees, 
           Gm                      Ab     
and beg her, ? Darling, please, please stay!?   
  
  
                   Bb     F                             Cm            Eb 
Desperate love calls for desperate measures, 
                             Bb                  F            Cm            Eb        
I'm gonna have to turn my life around, or lose her forever. 
            Bb                       F 
When push comes to shove, 
                  Cm   Eb           F                Bb 
desperate love calls for desperate measures. 
  
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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