Standard tuning [EBGDAE]
*capo 2nd fret*
(Em) C C/B
Well the stage was set, the sun was sinkin' lowdown
Am Em
As they came to town to face another showdown
G G7 C C/B
The lawmen cleared the people from the street
Am D Bm
All you blood-thirsty bystanders, will you try to find your seat?
Em G
Watch 'em deulin', Doolin-Dalton
Em G
High or low, it's all the same
C Em
Easy money, and faithless women
A C G
You will never kill the pain
Em G
Go down, Bill Doolin, don't you wonder why?
Em G G7
Sooner or later we all have to die
C Em
Sooner or later, that's a stone-cold fact
A C G
Four men ride out and only three ride back.
C G Am G
E:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
B:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
G:------/9--9--9--|--/7--7--4\2--0--|-h2---0---2--/4-|-4~~~--------|
D:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
A:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
E:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
C G Am Em
E:----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
B:----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
G:------/9--9--9--|--7--7--4\2--0--|-2---2\0---4\2--0--|-------------|
D:----------------|----------------|-----------------/-|-2~~~--------|
A:----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
E:----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
Em Bm7
The Queen of Diamonds let you down
C G
She was just an empty fable
Em7 C G D/F#
The Queen of Hearts you say you never met
Em Bm7
Your twisted fate has found you out
C G
And it's finally turned the table
Em A7 Am7
Stole your dreams and paid you with re-gret
D G
Desper-ado
D/F# Em
[is there gonna be anything left, is there gonna be]
C C/B Am
You sealed your [anything?] fate up a long time ago
C/G Am
[ain't it hard when you're all alone in the center ring?]
C G
Now there's no time left to borrow
D/F# Am
[is there gonna be anything left?] Only stardust
C/G G
[Maybe] Maybe tomorrow
C/G G
[Maybe] Maybe tomorrow
[C/G] [G]
C/G G
Desperado
C/G G
Desperado
C/G G
Desperado
C/G G
Desperado
C/G G
Desperado
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