The Eagles – Desperado
Learn how to play The Eagles – Desperado note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Barre Chords: Yes
Thumb-Over Chords: No
Playing Style: Fingerpicked
Tuning: Standard
To create a solo singer-guitarist version of this song, I’ve transcribed the piano part for the guitar and that’s what you’ll learn here. The preview video contains the introduction taken from the complete lesson for the song Desperado.
The complete file contains 6 lesson videos (one per section of the song), a performance play thru video, full tabs, chords and lyrics. You’ll receive a link to download the lesson which will download as a zip file of 314 Mb containing all the lesson content.
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You’ll receive at least two videos per song, one lesson and one performance-standard play-through. You’ll receive the chords/lyrics and guitar tabs as PDF files.
The videos are mp4 format and should play on PC’s, Macs and most mobile devices.
They will download as Zip files. If you don’t have a Zip program on your PC you’ll need to install one to open the file.
If you want to download to an iPad or iPhone you’ll need an app to do so, please read here to know more about it.
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Ed Holland says
Hello Jerry. I’ve been looking for awhile the song Desperado by the Eagles. On your lesson, does it include an instrumential version also. I’m more of a picker and not a singer. I loved what I heard in your demo so far.
I’m glad to have found your site and hope to find more lessons I’ve been looking for.
I noticed your songs are downloaded zip,files. Do you know if that will work on my mini iPad.
Thanks,
Ed Holland
Jerry says
Hi Ed
The lesson is really the piano part on the record arranged for guitar.
When the singer comes in, that part becomes more of an accompaniment. So it’s not a fingerstyle instrumental version I’m afraid.
As for the Mini iPad, it’ll almost certainly need an app to recognise a zip file.
This page should help
https://www.jerrysguitarbar.com/downloading-ipads-iphones/
All the best
Jerry
Dave Justine says
Just wanted to first say thanks for everyone’s hard work, wow what a collection of beautiful music.
Question though, us it possible to hear a play through of whatever songs I might want to buy before I buy so I know if that’s what I want?
Just thinking outloud, some arrangements may not suite my finger style classical guitar that I play, I can tell that when I see the play through. Let me know, and again great job! Thx for all your hard work. Dave Justine