Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse:
G+G G7G7 C majorC C minorCm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
G+G G6G6 A7A7 D7D7
You've been out riding fences for so long now
G+G G7G7 C majorC C minorCm
Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons
G+G E minorEm A7A7 D7D7 G+G D MajorD
These things that are pleasing you can hurt you somehow
Verse:
E minorEm B minorBm
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy
C majorC G+G
She'll beat you if she's able
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
E minorEm B minorBm C majorC G+G
Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table
E minorEm A7A7 Am7Am7 D MajorD
But you only want the ones you can't get
Verse:
G+G G7G7 C majorC C minorCm
Desperado, oh you ain't getting no younger
G+G G6G6 A7A7 D7D7
Your pain and your hunger, they're driving you home
G+G G7G7 C majorC C minorCm
And freedom, oh freedom, well, that's just some people talking
G+G G6G6 A7A7 G+G D MajorD
Your prison is walking through this world all alone
Verse:
E minorEm B minorBm
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time
C majorC G+G
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
E minorEm B minorBm
You're losing all your highs and lows
C majorC G+G Am7Am7 D7D7
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away
Verse:
G+G G7G7 C majorC C minorCm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
G+G E minorEm A7A7 D7D7
Come down from your fences, open the gate
G+G G7G7 C majorC C minorCm
It may be raining, but there's a rainbow above you
G+G E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C minorCm
You better let somebody love you
G+G B7B7 E minorEm
You better let somebody love you
Am7Am7 D7D7 G+G C minorCm G+G
Before it's too late