Black Keys - Desperate Man Chords & Tabs

THE BLACK KEYS

Desperate Man (Live in Sydney)

Transcribed by Danleary

Key

 b : Bend
 r : Release
 / : Slide into
 \ : Slide out of
 h : Hammer on
 p : Pull off
(-): Ghost note
 ~ : Vibrato
 x : Mute
 U : Up stroke
 D : Down stroke
 T : Fret with thumb
 . : Staccato 

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Standard Tuning
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Intro

Delta fingerstyle using thumb and index. He plays with a slide
on his pinky.

 
                       
e|---3------------|---3---------------|
B|---3--------3---|---3---------------|
G|---4--------3---|---4---------------|
D|---5------3-3---|---5--5\3---5v-----|
A|------3h5-------|----------5--------|
E|3-------------0-|3---------------0--|


e|---3------------|---3---------------|
B|---3--------3---|---3---------------|
G|---4--------3---|---4--------3/5----|
D|---5------3-3---|---5--5\3-------5--|
A|------3h5-------|----------5--------|
E|3-------------0-|3------------------|


e|---3------------|---3---------------|
B|---3--------3---|---3---------------|
G|---4--------3---|---4---------------|
D|---5------3-3---|---5--5\3---5v-----|
A|------3h5-------|----------5--------|
E|3-------------0-|3---------------0--|

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Verse

Pretty much the same as the intro, just less slides.


e|---3------------|---3---------------|
B|---3--------3---|---3---------3-----|
G|---4--------3---|---4---------3-----|
D|---5------3-3---|---5-------3-3-----|
A|------3h5-------|------3h5----------|
E|3-------------0-|3---------------0--|

See her walkin... etc...

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Chorus

Finally after a full minute, some variation!

1:01
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/black_keys/desperate_man_tab_ver_2.html ]
e|3---------0-|------6b------|3---------0-|------6b------|
B|3-----6b--0-|5-----6b------|3-----6bv-0-|5-----6b------|
G|4---------0-|5-------------|4---------0-|5-------------|
D|5---------0-|5---0---------|5---------0-|5---0---------|
A|5-----------|3---0---------|5-----------|3---0---------|
E|3---0-------|----0------0--|3---0-------|----0---------|

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1:10

Back to the intro for the second verse.

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Chorus

1:56

Same as before.

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Bridge

2:05


e|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
B|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------0-|
D|---5------5----|---5------3-5--|---5------5----|---5------3-5-0-|
A|------3h5------|------3h5------|------3h5------|------3h5-----0-|
E|3------------0-|3--------------|3------------0-|3---------------|

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Solo

2:13

e|----------------|-------------------|
B|8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-|6------------------|
G|----------------|--7-7-7-7-6-5-3-5--|
D|----------------|-------------------|
A|----------------|-------------------|
E|----------------|-------------------|

e|----------------------|------6-8-8-6--|
B|6/8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6---|----8----------|
G|--------------------7-|7-7------------|
D|----------------------|---------------|
A|----------------------|---------------|
E|----------------------|---------------|


e|----------------|-------------------|
B|8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-|6------------------|
G|----------------|--7-7-7-7-6-5-3-5--|
D|----------------|-------------------|
A|----------------|-------------------|
E|----------------|-------------------|


e|------------------|-----------------|
B|6/8-8-8-6-6-6-----|-----------------|
G|--------------7-5-|3----------------|
D|------------------|--5-3------------|
A|------------------|------5-3--------|
E|------------------|----------6b-0---|__________________________________________