[Intro]
B B7/F# E Em B G#m7 C#7 F#7
[Verse]
B Dm7add11 E Em
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
B G#m7 C#7 F#7
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
B Gadd11 E Em
Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons,
B D#aug G#m7 C#7 F#7 B F#/A#
These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow
[Chorus]
G#m D#m
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy,
E B
She'll beat you if she's able,
G#m7 E B F#/B F#/A#
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
G#m D#m E B
Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table
G#m C#7 C#m7 F#
But you only want the ones you can't get
[Verse]
B Dm7add11 E Em
Desperado, oh you ain't gettin' no younger,
B G#m7 C#7 F#7
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
B Dm7add11 E Em
And freedom, well, that's just some people talkin'
B D#7 G#m7 C#7 F#7 B F#
Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone
[Chorus]
G#m D#m
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
E B
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
G#m7 E B F#/A#
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
G#m D#m
You're losin' all your highs and lows
E B C#m7 Am7add11 F#
Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away
[Verse]
B Dm7add11 E Em
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
B F#/D# G#m C#7 F#7
Come down from your fences, open the gate
B B7 E Em
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
B D#7 G#m E E/D# C#m7
You better let somebody love you,
B D#7 G#m E Am7add11 B
You better let somebody love you before it's too late
[Outro]
B B7/F# E Em B
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