Desperado
Words & Music:
Don Henley
G G7 C Cm6 G Em A7 D [first
vox note = B]
G G9(F/G) C
Cm6
Desperado, why don't you come
to your senses?
G Em7
A7
D7
You been out riding fences for
so long, now.
G
Gsus4/2
C
Cm6
Oh, you're a hard one, I know
that you got your reasons,
G/D B/D# Em7
A7
D7 G D/F#
These things that are pleasing
you can hurt you somehow.
Em
Bm7
C
G G/F#
Don't you draw the Queen of
Diamonds, boy, 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 G/F#
Now, it seems to me some fine
things have been laid upon your table,
Em
A7
Am7/D
But you always want the ones
that you can't get.
D D7 G
Dm7/G C Cm
(Bm Am)
Des ----perado, oh, you ain't
getting no younger.
G
D/F# Em A7 D7
Your pain and your hunger,
theyÕre driving you home.
G
Dm7/G
C
Cm (Bm Am)
And, freedom, oh, freedom,
well, that's just some people talking.
G B7/F# Em
A7 D7 G D7/F#
Your prison is walking through
this world all alone.
Em
Bm7
Don't your feet get cold in the
wintertime?
C
G G/F#
The sky wonÕt snow and the sun
won't shine,
Em
C
G G/F#
It's hard to tell the nighttime
from the day.
Em
Bm7
You're losing all your highs
and lows.
C
G
Am7 Am7/D
Ain't it funny how the feeling
goes away?
D D7
G Dm7
C
Cm6
Des---perado, 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 raining, but there's
a rainbow above you.
G B7/F#
Em C G/B Am
You better let somebody love
you,
G/D B7/F#
Em
Am7/D G G7 C Cm6 G
You better let somebody love
you before it's too late.