Standard tuning [EBGDAE]
*capo 2nd fret*
(Em) A# A#/A
Well the stage was set, the sun was sinkin' lowdown
Gm Dm
As they came to town to face another showdown
F F7 A# A#/A
The lawmen cleared the people from the street
Gm C Am
All you blood-thirsty bystanders, will you try to find your seat?
Dm F
Watch 'em deulin', Doolin-Dalton
Dm F
High or low, it's all the same
A# Dm
Easy money, and faithless women
G A# F
You will never kill the pain
Dm F
Go down, Bill Doolin, don't you wonder why?
Dm F F7
Sooner or later we all have to die
A# Dm
Sooner or later, that's a stone-cold fact
G A# F
Four men ride out and only three ride back.
A# F Gm F
E:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
B:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
G:------/9--9--9--|--/7--7--4\2--0--|-h2---0---2--/4-|-4~~~--------|
D:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
A:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
E:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
A# F Gm Dm
E:----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
B:----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
G:------/9--9--9--|--7--7--4\2--0--|-2---2\0---4\2--0--|-------------|
D:----------------|----------------|-----------------/-|-2~~~--------|
A:----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
E:----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
Dm Am7
The Queen of Diamonds let you down
A# F
She was just an empty fable
Dm7 A# F C/E
The Queen of Hearts you say you never met
Dm Am7
Your twisted fate has found you out
A# F
And it's finally turned the table
Dm G7 Gm7
Stole your dreams and paid you with re-gret
C F
Desper-ado
C/E Dm
[is there gonna be anything left, is there gonna be]
A# A#/A Gm
You sealed your [anything?] fate up a long time ago
A#/F Gm
[ain't it hard when you're all alone in the center ring?]
A# F
Now there's no time left to borrow
C/E Gm
[is there gonna be anything left?] Only stardust
A#/F F
[Maybe] Maybe tomorrow
A#/F F
[Maybe] Maybe tomorrow
[C/G] [G]
A#/F F
Desperado
A#/F F
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A#/F F
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A#/F F
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A#/F F
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