Key: D
Introduction: D D7 G Gm D E A
D D7 G Gm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
D Bm E A
You been out ridin' fences for so long now.
D D7 G Gm
Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons,
D F# Bm E A D
these things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow.
A Bm F#m
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy,
G D
she'll beat you if she's able,
Bm G D A
you know the queen of hearts is always your best bet.
Bm F#m
Now it seems to me some fine things
G D
have been laid upon your table,
Bm E Em
but you only want the ones you can't get.
A D D7 G Gm
Desperado, oh ,you ain't gettin' no younger,
D Bm E A
your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home.
D D7 G Gm
And freedom, oh well, that's just some people talkin',
D F# Bm E A D A
your prison is walkin' through this world all alone.
Bm F#m
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
G D
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine.
Bm G D A
It's hard to tell the night time from the day.
Bm F#m
You're losin' all your highs and lows,
G D Em A
ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away.
A7 D D7 G Gm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses,
D Bm E A
come down from your fences, open the gate.
D D7 G Gm
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you,
D F# Bm G Em
you better let somebody love you, (you better let sb.love you),
D F# Bm Em A
you better let somebody love you before it's too
D D7 G Gm D
late.