[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
         G          Em7        A7      D7
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
             G       Gadd11        C            Cm
Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons,
      G           Baug Em7              A7       D7     G   D/F#
These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow

[Chorus]
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Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy,
       C                 G
She'll beat you if she's able,
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You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
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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]
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Desperado, oh you ain't gettin' no younger,
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Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
    G      Dm7add11            C           Cm
And freedom, well, that's just some people talkin'
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Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone

[Chorus]
           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
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It's hard to tell the night time from the day
       Em              Bm
You're losin' all your highs and lows
         C             G             Am7  Am7add11  D
Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away

[Verse]
     G   Dm7add11        C              Cm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
     G         D/B  Em      A7         D7
Come down from your fences, open the gate
          G      G7               C                 Cm
It may be rainin',  but there's a rainbow above you
           G       B7   Em         C  C/B  Am7
You better let somebody love you,
           G       B7   Em         C  Am7add11   G
You better let somebody love you before it's too late

[Outro]
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