Desperado chords by Lucy Wainwright Roche And Suzzy Roche

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse:
   G  G7       C      Cm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
      G     G6     A7   D7
You've been out riding fences for so long now
       G    G7       C      Cm
Oh, you're a hard one,  I know that you got your reasons
   G        Em        A7    D7 G D
These things that are pleasing you can hurt you somehow

Verse:
     Em        Bm
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy
    C         G
She'll beat you if she's able
       Em         C        G   D
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
    Em        Bm          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

Verse:
   G G7       C     Cm
Desperado, oh you ain't getting no younger
   G        G6      A7     D7
Your pain and your hunger, they're driving you home
  G      G7             C       Cm
And freedom, oh freedom, well, that's just some people talking
   G     G6          A7     G  D
Your prison is walking through this world all alone

Verse:
      Em          Bm
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time
  C          G
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
   Em        C          G  D
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
    Em       Bm
You're losing all your highs and lows
     C       G      Am7 D7
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away

Verse:
   G  G7       C      Cm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
   G       Em   A7    D7
Come down from your fences, open the gate
     G   G7        C    Cm
It may be raining, but there's a rainbow above you
      G      Em    C Em Cm
You better let somebody love you
      G    B7  Em
You better let somebody love you
 Am7    D7 G  Cm  G
Before it's too late