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Desperado by Brett Mondie

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Tuning

Standard EADGBE

Difficulty

Intermediate 💪

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Key: G

Intro:

E E7  A Am  E C#m F#7 B7
 
 
Verse 1:
     E    E7              A            Am
Desperado
why don't you come to your senses
            E          C#m
You've been out ridin' fences,
    F#7        B7
for so long - now.
            E
Oh you're a hard one.
            A               Am
I know that you've got your reasons.
      E               C#m
These things that are pleasin' you
    F#7       B7  E   E7
Can hurt you somehow.

Chorus:
          C#m                G#m
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy
       A                 E
She'll beat you if she's able.
             C#m                 A                E   E7
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet.
       C#m                G#m
Now it seems to me, some fine things
          A              E
Have been laid upon your table.
           C#m
Oh but you only want the ones
               F#7  B
That you can't get.
 
 
Verse 2:
     E
Desperado,
E7               A
 Ohhhh you ain't getting no younger.
     E             C#m
Your pain and your hunger,
        F#7          B7
They're driving you home.
    E           E7
And freedom, oh freedom.
                 A
Well that's just some people talking.
     E         C#m                   F#7    B7   E    B
Your prison is walking through this world all alone.
 
 
Chorus:
           C#m                   G#m
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
    A                      E
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine.
     C#m               A                   E   E7
It's hard to tell the night time from the day.
           C#m              G#m
And you're losing all your highs and lows
         A             E
ain't it funny how the feeling goes
 F#7  B   B7
away  
 
 
Verse 3:
     E
Desperado,
E7             A            Am
 Why don't you come to your senses?
     E              C#m      F#7       B7
come down from them fences, open the gate.
          E      E7              A        Am
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you.
           E            C#m
You better let somebody love you.
 A            Am7
(let somebody love you)
           E       G#7   C#m
You better let somebody love you  ohhh  hooo
  F#7        B7          E
before it's too  oooo   late.
 
 
Outro:
E7  A Am  E

Desperado Chords Info

Published: July 21, 2026

Last Updated: July 21, 2026

Tuning: Standard EADGBE

Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Chords: G, E, E7, A, Am, C#m, F#7, B7, G#m, B, Am7, G#7