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