G  G7        C              Cm6
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
         G        Em7    A7        D7
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
             G       G7            C               Cm6
Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons, 
          G/D   [ch]B7/D#[/ch]     Em7        A7     D7     G        D/F#
These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow


          Em                   Bm7
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy,
       C            G            G/F#
She'll beat you if she's able,
               Em7               C                 G          D/F#
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
           Em             Bm7               C              G
Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table
        Em           A7           Am7/D
But you only want the ones you can't get


D D7  G  Dm7/G         C                   Bm , Am  
Desperado, oh you ain't gettin' no younger,
        G        D/F#    Em          A7          D7
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
    G       Dm7/G            C                         Bm , Am
And freedom, well, that's just some people talkin'
         G    [ch]B7/F#[/ch]   Em          A7       D7      G  D/F#
Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone


          Em                 Bm7
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time ?
       C                   G        D/F#
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
     Em               C               G     D/F#
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
           Em              Bm7
You're losin' all your highs and lows
            C              G            Am7     Am7/D
Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away


D  D7 G  Dm7          C           Cm6
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
          G         D/F#    Em    A7       D7
Come down from your fences, open the gate
            G     Dm7         C        Cm6
It may be rainin',  but there's a rainbow above you
             G   [ch]B7/F#[/ch]       Em           C  G/B  Am7
You better let somebody love you,
             G   [ch]B7/D#[/ch]       Em       Am7/D     D7      
You better let somebody love you before it's too late

G   G7    C   Cm6   G