G G7 C Cm
1. Desperado, why don't you come to your senses ?
G Em A7 D7
You been out ridin' fences for so long now.
G - G7 C - Cm
Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons,
G B7 Em A7 D7 G
these things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow.
D 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
Now it seems to me some fine things
C G
have been laid upon your table,
Em A7 Am
but you only want the ones you can't get.
D7 G - G7 C - Cm
2. Desperado, oh ,you ain't gettin' no younger,
G Em A7 D7
your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home.
G G7 C - Cm
And freedom, oh well, that's just some people talkin',
G B7 Em A7 D7 G
your prison is walkin' through this world all alone.
D 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
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
D Em Bm
You're losin' all your highs and lows,
C G Am - D
ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away.
D7 G - G7 C Cm
3. Desperado, why don't you come to your senses,
G Em A7 D7
come down from your fences, open the gate.
G - G7 C Cm
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you,
G B7 Em C Am
you better let somebody love you, (you better let sb.love you),
G B7 Em Am D7
you better let somebody love you before it's too -
G - G7 - C - Cm - G
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