Intro
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[Verse 1]
C C
I still can picture him, his hands in his back pockets.
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He wasn't much for words, but when the wise kids made a racket, he'd just have to
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go downtown. Throw his weight around before starting over.
[Verse 2]
C C
Say: "Did you hear I've got a band? Some guys I know from L.A."
F F
We'll I own the Rio Grande. I'll pay you back next Friday.
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You know it sure isn't big, just some cats I dig. They said they'd do the gig"
[Chorus]
Am Em F
Oh Desperado, why don't you spend your life in Colorado?
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Oh restless shadow, out in the blue hills you're feeling hollow.
[Chorus]
Am Em F
Oh El Diablo, why did you spend your life in California?
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I should have warned you. No place to go now but falling over.
[Interlude]
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Some hands can't makе it on the run,
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under the gun. Not for thе younger
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Oh Jack Daniels, I feel your hunger
[Verse 3]
C C
I know you did your best, but you thought that you did not
F F
I wish that I had known before I heard the last shot
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You know, it's not a sin, that little badge of tin. Just a momento.
[Verse 4]
C C
So sad you loved in vain. My comrades lost in battle
F F
The music wars are done from London to Seattle.
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We all pay to play and all our yesterdays are starting over.
[Chorus]
Am Em F
Oh Desperado, why don't you spend your life in Colorado?
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Oh restless shadow, out in the blue hills you're feeling hollow.
[Chorus]
Am Em F
Oh El Diablo, why did you spend your life in California?
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I should have warned you. No place to go now but falling over.
[Hook]
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[Outro]
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Ready to die. Now he's ready to die.
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