Desperado
The Eagles (Henley-Frey)


Intro: |G  G7  |C  Cm  |G  Em  |A7  D7 |

      G   G7              C              Cm
Desperado,  why don't you come to your senses?
         G     G/F#   Em       Am7       D7
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
            G       G7                C              Cm
Oh you're a hard one, but I know that you got your reasons
      G           B7     Em7           Am7      D7     G  G/F#
These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow

          Em                Bm
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
       C                  G
She'll beat you if she's able
             Em                 C                G   G/F#
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
       Em               Bm                    C               G
Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table
        Em            A7             Am7
But you only want the ones you can't get

D7    G   G7             C                 Cm
Desperado,  oh you ain't gettin' no younger,
     G        G/F#   Em            Am7           D7
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
    G      G7                  C                 Cm
And freedom, well, that's just some people talkin'
     G      B7   Em7                Am7       D7   G  G/F#
Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone

           Em                   Bm
Don't your feet get cold in the wintertime?
    C                      G           G/F#
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
     Em               C                  G   G/F#
It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day
       Em              Bm
You're losin' all your highs and lows
         C             G             A7  Am7
Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away


D7    G   G7              C              Cm
Desperado,  why don't you come to your senses
     G         G/F#   Em   Am7            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   Em7        C       C/B   Am7
You better let somebody love you, (let somebody love you)
           G       B7   Em7        Am7       D7  G    G7 C Cm G
You better let somebody love you before it's too late