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[Intro/Outro]

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[Chorus 1]
        
Desperado, why

            
 don't you com

              
e to your sens

     
es?
          
You been out r

           
idin' fences f

            
or so long now
            
Oh, you're a h

           
ard one, I kno

             
w that you got

               ( 
 your reasons,
           
These things t

        
hat are pleasi

            
n' you can hur

           
t you somehow


[Verse 1]
       
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


[Chorus 2]
        
Desperado, oh 

             
you ain't gett

            
in' no younger

 ( 
,
           
Your pain and 

          
your hunger, t

            
hey're drivin'

       
 you home
           
And freedom, o

           
h freedom, wel

              
l, that's just

             
 some people t

      
alkin'
          
Your prison is

#         
 walkin' throu

            
gh this world 

             
all alone


[Verse 2]
(        
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
           
You're losin' 

           
all your highs

 and lows
          
Ain't it funny

             
 how the feeli

           
n' goes away


[Chorus 3]
       
            De

         
sperado, why d

#        
on't you come 

           
to your senses
          
Come down from

        
 your fences, 

          
      open the

      
 gate
           
It may be rain

       
in',  but ther

-           
e's a rainbow 

        
above you
          
You better let

        
 somebody love

            
 you, (let som

    
ebody love you

)
          
You better let

       
 somebody love

       
 you before it

       
's too late