[Intro]
         
       


[Verse]
           
Desperado,    

              
why don't you 

            
come to your s


enses ?
             
You been out r

           
idin' fences f

         
or so long now
             
Oh, you're a h

            
ard one,   I k

             
now that you g

              
ot your reason

  
s, 
             
These things t

         
hat are pleasi

            
n' you can hur

                
t you some how
 

[Chorus] 
           
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 fine

              
 things have b

             
een laid upon 

     
your table
           
But you only w

            
ant the ones y

        
ou can't get
 

[Verse] 
        
Desper ado,   

             
oh you ain't g

              
ettin' no youn

     
ger,
             
Your pain and 

       
your  hunger, 

            
they're drivin

      
' you home
             
And freedom,  

            
oh freedom wel

              
l, that's just

             
 some people t

        
alking
           
Your prison is

           
 walkin' throu

            
gh this world 

           
all a  lone
 

[Chorus] 
           
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 

    
da-a-ay
           
You're losin' 

         
all your highs

 and lows
             
Ain't it funny

             
 how the feeli

           
n' goes a wa-a

       
-a-a-ay
 

[Verse]
        
Despe rado,   

              
  why don't yo

             
u come to your

  
 senses
             
Come down from

        
 your  fences,

           
    open the g


ate
             
It may be rain

           
in',    but th

             
ere's a rainbo

        
w above you
             
You better let

        
 somebody love

             
 you,(Let some

   
body love you)
             
You better let

          
 somebody love

            
 you-ou     be

             
fore it's to-o

    
o-oo

[Outro]
          
la-a-a-a-a-a-a

            ...............
-a-a-a-a-te