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Desperado Chords by Rihanna

Desperado chords by Rihanna

Guitar chords with lyrics

Capo on 1st fret

NOTE:
The chords repeat like this:
Em (2 beats) G (1 beat) A (1 beat) x3
D (2 beats) A (2 beats)

Intro:
Em G A
Em G A

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

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

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

G A
Em G A

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

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

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

Bridge:
G      A     Em
  Dear desperado
G      A                 Em
  Yeah I don’t wanna be alone
G      A     D
  Dear desperado
A
    Yeah I don’t wanna be alone

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

Outro:

Yeah-yeah-ah
G      A
  Yeah-yeah-ah
Em
  Yeah-yeah-ah
G      A
  Yeah-yeah-ah
Em
  Yeah-yeah-ah
G      A
  Yeah-yeah-ah
D      A

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About Desperado

"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.

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