Lead in 8

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Verse 1:   00:22:00  00:57:00

     G   Dm              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           B    Em               A        D      G   D

These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow

Chorus 1:  00:57:00  01:27:00

          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   D

But you only want the ones you can't get

Verse 2:   01:27:00  02:02:00

     G   Dm             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      Dm                  C           Cm

And freedom, well, that's just some people talkin'

     G      B  Em                   A         D      G   D

Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone

Chorus 2:   02:02:00  02:33:00

           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             D

Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away

Verse 3:  02:33:00  03:32:00

     G   Dm              C              Cm

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses

     G         D    Em      A          D

Come down from your fences, open the gate

          G                       C                 Cm

It may be rainin',  but there's a rainbow above you

           G       B    Em         C       Am

You better let somebody love you,

           G       B    Em         C  Am         G

You better let somebody love you before it's too late

G        C    Cm  G

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