Desperado By The Eagles Intro (I play the piano line to give it some character) (hold) (hold) (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|-3-----1---------|-0-----3---------|-3-----0---------|-------------2-----| B|-0-3-0-0---3-0---|-1-----1---------|-0-----0---3---0-|-0-----------3-----| G|-0-----0-------0-|-0-0---2---0-----|-0-----0-------0-|-0-2-0-2-----2-----| D|-0-----0---------|-2---2-1---------|-0-0---2---------|-------4-----0-----| A|-2-----2---------|-3-----3---------|-2---2-2---------|-------5-----0-----| E|-3-----3---------|---------------3-|-3-----0---------|-------------------| or the chords are: G G7 | C Cm6 | G Em | A7 D | G G9 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 G* C Cm6 Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons, G B 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, oh, freedom, well, that's just some people talkin' G B7/F# Em7 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 B7/F# Em C G/B Am You better let somebody love you, G B7/Eb Em Am7/D (G G7 C Cm6 G) You better let somebody love you before it's too late Outro (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|-3-----1---------|-0-----3---------|-3-| B|-0-3-0-0---3-0---|-1-----1---------|-0-| G|-0-----0-------0-|-0-0---2---0-0-2-|-0-| D|-0-----0---------|-2---2-1---------|-0-| A|-2-----2---------|-3-----3-------3-|-2-| E|-3-----3---------|-----------------|-3-| Chords (standard chords are left out): (G* is really G sus4 sus 2) G7 Cm6 G9 Em7 G* D/F# Bm7 G/f# Am7/D Dm7/G B7/F# Dm7 G/B B7/Eb e|-1-|3--|--|0--|--|2---|2--|3---|0----|1----|2----|1--|0--|2-------| B|-0-|1--|3-|3--|1-|3---|3--|0---|1----|1----|4----|1--|3--|0-------| G|-0-|2--|2-|0--|2-|2---|2--|0---|0----|2----|2----|2--|0--|2-------| D|-0-|1--|3-|2--|0-|0---|4--|0---|0----|0----|4----|0--|0--|1-------| A|-2-|3--|x-|2--|x-|0---|2--|x---|0----|x----|2----|---|2--|--------| E|-3-|---|3-|0--|3-|2---|---|2---|-----|3----|2----|---|---|--------|