Desperado

by Eagles

Chords

4.7 (8)

intermediate Key: D Tuning: D A D G B E

Version:

v10 v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v11

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None

Size

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Intro/Outro

E|---5----5------7---5---------|------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------2--|
B|---5h7-----7---7-------7-----|-------3-------5--3-----|-------------(3)-----------|--------------------3--|
G|---7----------------------7--|-3h4------4----3--------|------2-------4----2-------|--------------------2--|
D|---7-----------5-------------|---------------------0&mdash;-|&mdash;2h4-----4----4---------4--|--4---2---4---2-----0--|
A|---5-----------5-------------|------------------------|--------------2---------5--|--5-----------0----&mdash;0--|
D|-----------------------------|---5-----------5--------|---0-----------------------|--------------------0--|

Chorus 1

Desper

ado

, why don't you

come to your senses?

You been o

ut ridin' fe

nces for s

o long now

Oh, you're a ha

rd on

e, I know that

you got your reasons,

These t

hings that

are ple

asin' you can

hurt you

somehow

Verse 1

Don't you

draw the queen of

diamonds boy,

She'll

beat you if she's able,

You know the

queen of

hearts is al

ways your best b

Now it

seems to me some f

ine things have been l

aid upon your

table

But you

only want the

ones you can't ge

Chorus 2

Despera

do,

oh you ain

't gettin' no y

ounger,

Your

pain and

your hu

nger, they're

drivin' you ho

And

freedom, oh

freedom, well, that's just

some people talkin'

Your

prison i

s walk

in' through this

world all

alone

Verse 2

on't your

feet get cold in the

winter time?

The

sky won't snow and the

sun won't

shine

It's

hard to tell the ni

ght time from the

day

You're

losin' all your hi

ghs and lows

Ain't it

funny how the fe

elin' goes awa

Chorus 3

Despera

, why

don't you

come to your sen

ses

Come

down from your

fences,

open the gate

It may be

rainin'

, but

there's a

rainbow above yo

You better

let some

body lov

e you, (

let some

body lo

ve you)

You better

let some

body lo

ve yo

u be

fore it's too

late