Desperado chords *
The Eagles  1973 "Desperado" (Glenn Frey and Don Henley)

[Intro]

         

[Verse]

           
Desperado, why

             
 don't you com

         
e to your sens

es
             
You've been ou

         
t ridin' fence

s,
            
for so long - 


now.
             
Oh you're a ha

        
rd one.
             
I know that yo

              
u've got your 


reasons.
           
These things t

   
hat are pleasi

n' you
          
Can hurt you s

      
omehow.

            
Don't you draw

              
 the queen of 


diamonds boy
             
She'll beat yo

             
u if she's abl

    
e.
             
You know the q

            
ueen of hearts

             
 is always you

           
r best bet.
            
Now it seems t

           
o me, some fin

e things
             
Have been laid

           
 upon your tab

le.
            
But you only w

        
ant the ones
              
That you can't

        
 get.

     
Desperado,
         
Ohhhh you ain'

             
t getting no y

       
ounger.
          
Your pain and 

#        
your hunger,
            
They're drivin

      
g you home.
             
And freedom, o

  
h freedom.
              
Well that's ju

             
st some people

        
 talking.
         
Your prison is

#           
 walking throu

             
gh this world 

           
all alone.

            
Don't your fee

              
t get cold in 

    
the winter tim

e?
             
The sky won't 

             
snow and the s

     
un won't shine

.
            
It's hard to t

             
ell the night 

              
time from the 

   
day.
            
And you're los

             
ing all your h


ighs and lows
             
ain't it funny

         
 how the feeli

ng goes
      
away...

      

     
Desperado,
           
Why don't you 

             
come to your s


enses?
           
come down from

          
 your fences, 

           
open the gate.
             
It may be rain

           
in', but there

             
's a rainbow a

 
bove you.
             
You better let

         
 somebody love

 
 you.
          
(let somebody 

  
love you)
           
You better let

         
 somebody love

 
 you...ohhh..h

ooo
         
before it's to

           
o..oooo.. late

.