America - Desperate Love: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Desperate Love" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

F#m
Secret calls long after hours
   G#
Suspicions rise, why does she whisper
 Bm
Someone's hiding something
F#m
What's going on

She smiles and finds an excuse to go out
 G#
Meets him somewhere on the edge of town
    Bm
For one more night of real love
F#m            C#
How can it be wrong

                  D            F#m
'Cause when they turn out the lights
          E
In their rented room tonight
     C#                        B  A G# C#
Two lovers won't be lonely anymore

Chorus:
F#m
When it's a desperate love, risk is high
                        D   C#
Cheating hearts making alibis
         F#m
In the shadows someone is waiting
                            D      C#
Waiting for their lover to come tonight

Repeat Intro once

A cheater's conscience has no pride
To spend the night with another man's wife
Lie to his best friend
And never think twice

He knows where to find what he longs to have
And do anything 'cause he wants her that bad
Love has many faces
Faces to hide

'Cause when they turn out the lights
In their rented room tonight
Two lovers won't be lonely anymore

Chorus - x4


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

B

Guitar chord B

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

C#

Guitar chord C#

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Desperate Love" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Desperate Love" by America.

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