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    Default Eagles tabs/chords

    I didn't know if there was already a topic related to this yet, but I was hoping if someone could help me with the chords to the "Desperado" section of "Doolin Dalton/Desperado Reprise?" Specifically Glenn's part with a capo on the 2nd fret.

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    Default Re: Eagles tabs/chords

    I don't know that there's a topic on it yet, but you're speaking Greek to me!
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    Default Re: Eagles tabs/chords

    Have you got the chords to it and not sure how to play them or do you need the chords first?
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    I've never listened to it that closely, but I just did - with headphones. It wasn't hard to hear what each guitar is doing BEFORE THE DRUMS COME IN. After that I can't hear what they play. I hear the basic chords of course, but not how exactly they play them. But I don't think it matters that much what kind of voicings you use when you strum those chords.

    If you can't find the answer from the internet (or someone else here), I can do a TAB of what both guitars to before the drums come in and send it to you via email. (or if such attachments are possible in this forum, I can try to put it here.)
    Last edited by chaim; 07-06-2014 at 01:00 PM.

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    Here's the first guitar...
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    And the second one...For some reason the size of the pictures diminished dramatically when I uploaded them here.

    I listened to the song and transcribed those without a guitar, but I believe that I wrote down what I heard pretty accurately.
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    Quote Originally Posted by chaim View Post
    And the second one...For some reason the size of the pictures diminished dramatically when I uploaded them here.

    I listened to the song and transcribed those without a guitar, but I believe that I wrote down what I heard pretty accurately.
    Thanks chaim!!! Yeah I just gotta figure out the chords after the drums come in.

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    No problem. The tiny text in the first attachment is not readable. It says that whoever plays that guitar, picks the B-string during the D chord before his finger is on the 7th fret of that string. So instead of the f sharp note we hear the open B string briefly. It produces a D6 sound, which IMO is rather nice here. But I don't think the player did this deliberately, so I wrote down the "actual" chord when he has placed his fingers on the 7th fret (on the G- and B-strings).

    When the drums start, the chords are:

    A, E/G#, F#m, A, D, F#m/C#, Hm
    A, E, D* A, A7
    Then it repeats D, A (A7)

    For the guitar with the capo this is of course:

    G, D/F#, Em, G, C, Em/B, Am
    G, D, C*, G, (G7), C, G.....

    Now - without headphones - I can hear the strummed guitars more clearly for some reason. They are playing the very basic versions of the chords - nothing fancy. The "capoless" guitarist doesn't worry about the G# bass in the E chord. He just plays an E major chord and lets Randy take care of the G sharp.

    *When they play this chord for the first time, at least one of the guitarists plays a maj7 chord after the triad.
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    Wow! I'm in awe since this is all completely Greek to me.

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