Desperado
G G 7 C Cm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
G Em7 Am D7
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
G G7
Oh, you're a hard one
C Cm
but I know that you've got your reasons
G Em
These things that are pleasin' you
Am D G D/#F
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 7 C G D/#F
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 7 A 7 Am7 D
but you only want the ones that you can't get
G G7 C Cm
Desperado, ah, you ain't gettin' no younger
G Em 7 A 7 D7
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
G G7 C Cm
Freedom, oh, freedom. That's just some people talkin'
G Em 7 A 7 D 7 G D/#F
Your prison is walking through this world all alone
Em Bm
Don't your feet get cold in the wintertime
C G
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
Em 7 C G D/#F
It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day
Em Bm
You're losin' all your highs and lows
C G Em 7 A 7 Am7 D
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away
G G 7 C Cm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
G Em 7 A 7 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 Em7
You better let somebody love you
D
before it's too late