Desperado chords by Rihanna

Chords with lyrics

Capo on 1st fret

NOTE:
The chords repeat like this:
E minorEm (2 beats) G+G (1 beat) A augmentedA (1 beat) x3
D MajorD (2 beats) A augmentedA (2 beats)

Intro:
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA

Verse 1:
E minorEm      G+G
  Desperado
A augmentedA      E minorEm
Sitting in a old Monte Carlo
 G+G
A augmentedA man whose heart is hollow
A augmentedA     E minorEm
 Uh huh, take it easy
G+G        A augmentedA
 I’m not tryna go against you
D MajorD
 Actually, I’m going with you

Pre-Chorus:
A augmentedA
 Gotta get up out of here
       E minorEm      G+G
And you ain’t leaving me behind
 A augmentedA        E minorEm
I know you won't, cause we share common interests
G+G      A augmentedA       E minorEm      G+G
You need me, there ain’t no leaving me behind
A augmentedA        D MajorD
Never know, no, just want out of here
   A augmentedA                E minorEm
Yeah, once I'm gone, ain’t no going back

Chorus:
E minorEm      G+G      A augmentedA
If you want, we could be runaways
E minorEm        G+G
Running from any sight of love
A augmentedA       E minorEm
 Yeah, yeah, there ain’t nothing
G+G          A augmentedA
There ain’t nothing here for me
D MajorD                A augmentedA
There ain’t nothing here for me anymore
           E minorEm
But I don’t wanna be alone

G+G A augmentedA
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA

Verse 2:
E minorEm      G+G
  Desperado
A augmentedA       E minorEm
Sitting in an old Monte Carlo
  G+G            A augmentedA
We both have had our hearts broke uh huh
E minorEm
Take it easy
G+G          A augmentedA
 I'm not trying to go against you
D MajorD
 I can be a lone wolf wit ya

Pre-Chorus:
A augmentedA
 Gotta get up out of here
       E minorEm      G+G
And you ain’t leaving me behind
 A augmentedA        E minorEm
I know you won't, cause we share common interests
G+G      A augmentedA       E minorEm      G+G
You need me, there ain’t no leaving me behind
A augmentedA        D MajorD
Never know, no, both want out of here
   A augmentedA                E minorEm
Yeah, once we're gone, ain’t no going back

Chorus:
E minorEm      G+G      A augmentedA
If you want, we could be runaways
E minorEm        G+G
Running from any sight of love
A augmentedA       E minorEm
 Yeah, yeah, there ain’t nothing
G+G          A augmentedA
There ain’t nothing here for me
D MajorD                A augmentedA
There ain’t nothing here for me anymore
           E minorEm
But I don’t wanna be alone

Bridge:
G+G   A augmentedA   E minorEm
 Dear desperado
G+G   A augmentedA         E minorEm
 Yeah I don’t wanna be alone
G+G   A augmentedA   D MajorD
 Dear desperado
A augmentedA
  Yeah I don’t wanna be alone

Chorus:
E minorEm      G+G      A augmentedA
If you want, we could be runaways
E minorEm        G+G
Running from any sight of love
A augmentedA       E minorEm
 Yeah, yeah, there ain’t nothing
G+G          A augmentedA
There ain’t nothing here for me
D MajorD                A augmentedA
There ain’t nothing here for me anymore
           E minorEm
But I don’t wanna be alone

Outro:

Yeah-yeah-ah
G+G   A augmentedA
 Yeah-yeah-ah
E minorEm
 Yeah-yeah-ah
G+G   A augmentedA
 Yeah-yeah-ah
E minorEm
 Yeah-yeah-ah
G+G   A augmentedA
 Yeah-yeah-ah
D MajorD   A augmentedA

Desperado chords

"Desperado" is a groovy mid-tempo song from Barbadian singer Rihanna's 8th album, "Anti". Rihanna is credited as one of many writers of "Desperado".

"Desperado" and the album "Anti" was released in 2016.