Standard tuning [EBGDAE]
*capo 2nd fret*
(Em) D D/C#
Well the stage was set, the sun was sinkin' lowdown
Bm F#m
As they came to town to face another showdown
A A7 D D/C#
The lawmen cleared the people from the street
Bm E C#m
All you blood-thirsty bystanders, will you try to find your seat?
F#m A
Watch 'em deulin', Doolin-Dalton
F#m A
High or low, it's all the same
D F#m
Easy money, and faithless women
B D A
You will never kill the pain
F#m A
Go down, Bill Doolin, don't you wonder why?
F#m A A7
Sooner or later we all have to die
D F#m
Sooner or later, that's a stone-cold fact
B D A
Four men ride out and only three ride back.
D A Bm A
E:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
B:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
G:------/9--9--9--|--/7--7--4\2--0--|-h2---0---2--/4-|-4~~~--------|
D:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
A:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
E:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
D A Bm F#m
E:----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
B:----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
G:------/9--9--9--|--7--7--4\2--0--|-2---2\0---4\2--0--|-------------|
D:----------------|----------------|-----------------/-|-2~~~--------|
A:----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
E:----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
F#m C#m7
The Queen of Diamonds let you down
D A
She was just an empty fable
F#m7 D A E/G#
The Queen of Hearts you say you never met
F#m C#m7
Your twisted fate has found you out
D A
And it's finally turned the table
F#m B7 Bm7
Stole your dreams and paid you with re-gret
E A
Desper-ado
E/G# F#m
[is there gonna be anything left, is there gonna be]
D D/C# Bm
You sealed your [anything?] fate up a long time ago
D/A Bm
[ain't it hard when you're all alone in the center ring?]
D A
Now there's no time left to borrow
E/G# Bm
[is there gonna be anything left?] Only stardust
D/A A
[Maybe] Maybe tomorrow
D/A A
[Maybe] Maybe tomorrow
[C/G] [G]
D/A A
Desperado
D/A A
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D/A A
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D/A A
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D/A A
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