Chords for The Langley Schools Music Project - Desperado (Official)
Tempo:
79.925 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [F] [Fm]
[D] [C] [D]
[G]
[Em] [G] [C] Desperado, [Am]
[C] [E] why don't [F] you go to [Fm] your senses?
[C] You've been out [Em] running [Am] things [G] since [D] so long [G] now.
Well, you're [C] a hard one, but [E] I know [F] that you've got [Fm] your reasons.
[C] There's things that are [Am] pleasing you, [D] [G] virtues [C] somehow.
[Am] Don't you joke, the queen of [G] diamonds, [F] boy, she'll beat you if [C] she's a [Em] boy.
[Am] The queen of [F] hearts is always your [C] best bet.
[Am] Now, it seems to me [G] some bad things have [F] laid upon [C] your table.
[D] And you're only one of the saints you [G] can give.
[Em] [G]
[C] Desperado, [E] oh, [F] you're a cat in the [Fm] yonder.
Your [C] pain [B] and your [A] [Em] hunger, [D] they're driving you [G] home.
[C] And freedom, [C] oh, freedom, [E] [F] well, it's just some people [Fm] talking.
[C] Your prison [Em] is [Am] walking [Em] through [D] this [G] world of lies.
[C] [Em] [Am] Don't you think it [G] cold in the wintertime?
[F] The sky won't snow and [C] the sun [Em] won't shine.
[A] It's [Am] hard to tell [F] the night time from the [C] day.
[Am] Losing [G] all your heavy love, [F] it's funny [C] the fear that walks [D]
away.
[G]
[C] Desperado, [Am] [C] why [E] don't [F] you put your [Ab] senses, [C] come down [Em] from your [Am] fences.
[C] [D] Open [G] the gate, [C] it may be raining, but there's [F] a rainbow [Fm] above you.
[C] You will [Em] let somebody [Am] love [G] you [F] before you.
[Em] [G] [C]
[F] [Fm]
[Ab] [C]
[D] [C] [D]
[G]
[Em] [G] [C] Desperado, [Am]
[C] [E] why don't [F] you go to [Fm] your senses?
[C] You've been out [Em] running [Am] things [G] since [D] so long [G] now.
Well, you're [C] a hard one, but [E] I know [F] that you've got [Fm] your reasons.
[C] There's things that are [Am] pleasing you, [D] [G] virtues [C] somehow.
[Am] Don't you joke, the queen of [G] diamonds, [F] boy, she'll beat you if [C] she's a [Em] boy.
[Am] The queen of [F] hearts is always your [C] best bet.
[Am] Now, it seems to me [G] some bad things have [F] laid upon [C] your table.
[D] And you're only one of the saints you [G] can give.
[Em] [G]
[C] Desperado, [E] oh, [F] you're a cat in the [Fm] yonder.
Your [C] pain [B] and your [A] [Em] hunger, [D] they're driving you [G] home.
[C] And freedom, [C] oh, freedom, [E] [F] well, it's just some people [Fm] talking.
[C] Your prison [Em] is [Am] walking [Em] through [D] this [G] world of lies.
[C] [Em] [Am] Don't you think it [G] cold in the wintertime?
[F] The sky won't snow and [C] the sun [Em] won't shine.
[A] It's [Am] hard to tell [F] the night time from the [C] day.
[Am] Losing [G] all your heavy love, [F] it's funny [C] the fear that walks [D]
away.
[G]
[C] Desperado, [Am] [C] why [E] don't [F] you put your [Ab] senses, [C] come down [Em] from your [Am] fences.
[C] [D] Open [G] the gate, [C] it may be raining, but there's [F] a rainbow [Fm] above you.
[C] You will [Em] let somebody [Am] love [G] you [F] before you.
[Em] [G] [C]
[F] [Fm]
[Ab] [C]
Key:
C
G
F
Am
Em
C
G
F
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [C] Desperado, _ [Am] _
[C] [E] why don't [F] you go to [Fm] your senses?
[C] You've been out [Em] running [Am] things [G] since [D] so long [G] now.
Well, you're [C] a hard one, but [E] I know [F] that you've got [Fm] your reasons.
[C] There's things that are [Am] pleasing you, [D] [G] virtues [C] somehow.
_ _ _ [Am] Don't you joke, the queen of [G] diamonds, [F] boy, she'll beat you if [C] she's a [Em] boy.
[Am] The queen of [F] hearts is always your [C] best bet. _ _
[Am] Now, it seems to me [G] some bad things have [F] laid upon [C] your table.
[D] And you're only one of the saints you [G] can give.
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] Desperado, _ _ [E] oh, [F] you're a cat in the [Fm] yonder.
Your [C] pain [B] and your [A] [Em] hunger, [D] they're driving you [G] home.
[C] And freedom, [C] oh, freedom, [E] [F] well, it's just some people [Fm] talking.
[C] Your prison [Em] is [Am] walking [Em] through [D] this [G] world of lies.
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] [Am] Don't you think it [G] cold in the wintertime?
[F] The sky won't snow and [C] the sun [Em] won't shine.
[A] It's [Am] hard to tell [F] the night time from the [C] day.
_ _ _ _ [Am] Losing [G] all your heavy love, [F] it's funny [C] the fear that walks [D]
away.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] Desperado, _ [Am] _ [C] why [E] don't [F] you put your [Ab] senses, [C] come down [Em] from your [Am] fences.
[C] _ _ [D] Open [G] the gate, [C] it may be raining, _ but there's [F] a rainbow [Fm] above you.
[C] You will [Em] let somebody [Am] love [G] you [F] before _ you.
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [C] Desperado, _ [Am] _
[C] [E] why don't [F] you go to [Fm] your senses?
[C] You've been out [Em] running [Am] things [G] since [D] so long [G] now.
Well, you're [C] a hard one, but [E] I know [F] that you've got [Fm] your reasons.
[C] There's things that are [Am] pleasing you, [D] [G] virtues [C] somehow.
_ _ _ [Am] Don't you joke, the queen of [G] diamonds, [F] boy, she'll beat you if [C] she's a [Em] boy.
[Am] The queen of [F] hearts is always your [C] best bet. _ _
[Am] Now, it seems to me [G] some bad things have [F] laid upon [C] your table.
[D] And you're only one of the saints you [G] can give.
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] Desperado, _ _ [E] oh, [F] you're a cat in the [Fm] yonder.
Your [C] pain [B] and your [A] [Em] hunger, [D] they're driving you [G] home.
[C] And freedom, [C] oh, freedom, [E] [F] well, it's just some people [Fm] talking.
[C] Your prison [Em] is [Am] walking [Em] through [D] this [G] world of lies.
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] [Am] Don't you think it [G] cold in the wintertime?
[F] The sky won't snow and [C] the sun [Em] won't shine.
[A] It's [Am] hard to tell [F] the night time from the [C] day.
_ _ _ _ [Am] Losing [G] all your heavy love, [F] it's funny [C] the fear that walks [D]
away.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] Desperado, _ [Am] _ [C] why [E] don't [F] you put your [Ab] senses, [C] come down [Em] from your [Am] fences.
[C] _ _ [D] Open [G] the gate, [C] it may be raining, _ but there's [F] a rainbow [Fm] above you.
[C] You will [Em] let somebody [Am] love [G] you [F] before _ you.
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ _ _