PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Is This Desire?" 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.

Joseph walked on and on the sunset
Went down and down coldness
Cooled their desire and Dawn said
                    Fm G# Fm G#
"Let's build a fire"

    Fm         G#
The sun dressed the trees in green
     Fm
And Joe said
    G#
"Dawn I feel like a king"
    Fm        G#
And Dawn's neck and her feet were bare
 Fm     G#
Sweetness in her golden hair

Fm   G#              Fm
Said "I'm not scared"
           G#           Fm
Turned to her and smiled
        G#        Fm
Secrets in his eyes
          G#
Sweetness of desire

Chorus:
C#   Fm    C#     Fm
Is this desire, enough, enough
C#  Fm      C#         Fm
To lift us higher, to lift above?

"Hour long by hour, may we two stand
When we're dead, between these lands"
The sun set behind his eyes
And Joe said, "Is this desire?"

Chorus:
Is this desire, enough, enough
To lift us higher, to lift above?
Is this desire, enough, enough
Enough inside? Is this desire?


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

C#

Guitar chord C#

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

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 "Is This Desire?" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Is This Desire?" by PJ Harvey.

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