#
#
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 04:56:40 -0600
From: Brian Gaddis
"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----------------------------------------|
PRIVACY POLICY OF TABLATURES.TK
Guitar tablatures at www.tablatures.tk are not intended to be accurate nor official tabs for the artist,
but are only transcriptions. These tabs are to be used only for study, skill development and scholarship.
The goal of www.tablatures.tk is to provide a valuable resource for musicians who want to improve their
instrument skills. We do not seek to violate copyrights and we encourage that you purchase the artist's
album and official sheet music whenever available. If you see any tab where its content is violating copyright
infringement, please contact us and the tab will be removed
from the archive immediately. You can also contact us with any question regarding this.