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Song
"Desperado" by Alice Cooper
From the album Killer (1971)
Transcription by Brian Gaddis
Intro and verse
E-|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------| B-|-------3--------5--------6--------5--------3-|------3--------1--------------| G-|----3-----3--------3--------3--------3-------|---------2--------2-----------| D-|-3-----------3--------3--------3--------3----|---2--------2--------2--------| A-|---------------------------------------------|0-----------------------------| E-|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
(With fill one)
E-|---------------------|-------------------------5--------3-------------------| B-|-0--------1--------0-|-------3--------5--------------------------5\---------| G-|----2--------2-------|----3-----3--------3--------3--------3----------------| D-|-------2--------2----|-3-----------3--------3--------3--------3-------------| A-|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------| E-|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
(With fill two)
E-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B-|-------3--------1--------0--------1--------0--------------------------------| G-|----------2--------2--------2--------2--------------------------------------| D-|----2--------2--------2--------2--------2-----------------------------------| A-|-0--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fill one (Let all notes ring) Fill two (Let all notes ring)
E-|--6---------------------------|-5-------------------------------------------| B-|---6--------------------------|--5------------------------------------------| G-|----7-------------------------|---7-----------------------------------------| D-|-----8------------------------|---------------------------------------------| A-|------8-----------------------|---------------------------------------------| E-|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
Chorus
("Step into the street... Step into your last goodbye.")
E-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B-|-9--9--9----10--10--10----12--12--12----10-/--12----14--14--14--------------| G-|-9--9--9----10--10--10----12--12--12----10-/--12----14--14--14--------------| D-|-9--9--9----10--10--10----12--12--12----10-/--12----14--14--14--------------| A-|-7--7--7-----8---8---8----10--10--10-----8-/--10----12--12--12--------------| E-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
("You're a target just... Twenty dollars will make you die.")
E-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B-|-9--9--9----10--10--10----12--12--12----10-/--12----------------------------| G-|-9--9--9----10--10--10----12--12--12----10-/--12-----8-------9--------------| D-|-9--9--9----10--10--10----12--12--12----10-/--12-----8---8--10--------------| A-|-7--7--7-----8---8---8----10--10--10-----8-/--10-----6---8--10--------------| E-|---------------------------------------------------------6---8--------------|
Instrumental break (Acoustic guitar)
E-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B-|---------------3--5--6--5--3------5--6--8--6--5------3--5--6--5--3----------| G-|----0--2--------------------------------------------------------------------| D-|-2--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| E-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| E-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B-|-5--6--8--6--5------3--5--6--5--3------5--6--8--6--5-----3--6-----5--8------| G-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| E-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Electric guitar) Back to chorus
E-|----------5-----------------------------------------------------------------| B-|----------5-----------------------------------------------------------------| G-|-6--------6-----------------------------------------------------------------| D-|-7--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A-|-7--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E-|-5--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
("In the dust...") Play 5 times
E-|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| B-|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| G-|-3-----8---8----5--------------------|--------------------------------------| D-|-3-----8---8----5--------------------|--------------------------------------| A-|-1-----6-\-5----3--------------------|--5-----7--8--7--5-----5--7-----------| E-|-------------------------------------|--------------------8-----------------| E-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B-|-----------------------------------5----------------------------------------| G-|-----------------------------------6----------------------------------------| D-|-----------------------------------7----------------------------------------| A-|-5--7--8-----7--8--10-----8--10----7----------------------------------------| E-|-----------------------------------5----------------------------------------|
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