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
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---|__________________________________________
