"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 |