Intro
B G#m
[Verse 1]
B B
I still can picture him, his hands in his back pockets.
Fb Fb
He wasn't much for words, but when the wise kids made a racket, he'd just have to
B C#m B
go downtown. Throw his weight around before starting over.
[Verse 2]
B B
Say: "Did you hear I've got a band? Some guys I know from L.A."
Fb Fb
We'll I own the Rio Grande. I'll pay you back next Friday.
B C#m B
You know it sure isn't big, just some cats I dig. They said they'd do the gig"
[Chorus]
G#m D#m Fb
Oh Desperado, why don't you spend your life in Colorado?
B C#m B
Oh restless shadow, out in the blue hills you're feeling hollow.
[Chorus]
G#m D#m Fb
Oh El Diablo, why did you spend your life in California?
B C#m Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
I should have warned you. No place to go now but falling over.
[Interlude]
C#m Fb
Some hands can't makе it on the run,
Fb Fb B
under the gun. Not for thе younger
C#m Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
Oh Jack Daniels, I feel your hunger
[Verse 3]
B B
I know you did your best, but you thought that you did not
Fb Fb
I wish that I had known before I heard the last shot
B C#m B
You know, it's not a sin, that little badge of tin. Just a momento.
[Verse 4]
B B
So sad you loved in vain. My comrades lost in battle
Fb Fb
The music wars are done from London to Seattle.
B C#m B
We all pay to play and all our yesterdays are starting over.
[Chorus]
G#m D#m Fb
Oh Desperado, why don't you spend your life in Colorado?
B C#m B
Oh restless shadow, out in the blue hills you're feeling hollow.
[Chorus]
G#m D#m Fb
Oh El Diablo, why did you spend your life in California?
B C#m B
I should have warned you. No place to go now but falling over.
[Hook]
B C# D# F# Fb D#
[Outro]
G#m D#m Fb B C#m B
Ready to die. Now he's ready to die.
G#m D#m Fb B C#m F