Intro: B-B-E-Em B-G-C-F# B B7 Desperado, E Ebm7 why don't you come to your senses B B/A# G#m7 You been out ridin' fences C#7 F#7 for so long now B B7/D# Oh, you're a hard one, E Em I know that you got your reasons, B B/A# G#m7 G#m7/F# These things that are pleasin' you C#7 F#7 BF#/A# can hurt you somehow G#m7 D#m/F# Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy, E B B/A# She'll beat you if she's able, G#m7 G#m7/F# B F#/D# You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet G#m7 D#m7 Now it seems to me some fine things E B have been laid upon your table C#sus2 C# B F#F#7 But you only want the ones that you can't get B B7 Desperado, E Ebm7 oh you ain't gettin' no younger, B B/A# G#m7 Your pain and your hunger, C#sus4 C# F#7 they're drivin' you home B B7/D# And freedom, well, freedom, E Em that's just some people talkin' B B/A# G#m7 G#m7/F# Your prison is walkin' through C#7 F#7 B F#/A# this world all alone G#m7 D#m/F# Don't your feet get cold in the winter time E B B/A# The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine G#m7 G#m7/F# B F#/D# It's hard to tell the night time from the day G#m7 D#m7 You're losin' all your highs and lows E B F# F#7 Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away B B7 E Ebm7 Desperado, why don't you come to your senses ? B B/A# G#m7 C#7 F#7 Come down from your fences, open the gate B B7/D# E Em It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you B D#7 G#m E You better let somebody love you, E D#7 C#m7 F# (no singing) B D#7 G#m You better let somebody love you C#m7 F#7 B before it's too late