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Desperado
Artist:
Eagles, The
Album:
Desperado (1973)
Music and lyrics by Don Henley, Glenn Frey
vocals by Don Henley
vocals by Don Henley
Added on Wednesday, 04 February 2026
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Intro: 0:00 G G7 | C Cm6 | G Em | Asus2 D!! Verse 1: 0:19 G Desperado, G7sus2 C Cm6 Why don't you come to your senses? G Em7 You been out ridin' fences A7 D7 For so long now. 0:36 G Oh, you're a hard one, Gsus4 C But I know that you got | Cm6 Your reasons, G/D B7/D# Em7 These things that are pleasin' you A7 D7 | G D7/F# Can hurt you somehow. Chorus 1: 0:54 Em Bm7 Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy, C G D/F# She'll beat you if she's able, Em7 Em You know the queen of hearts C G D/F# Is always your best bet. 1:10 Em7 Bm7 Now it seems to me some fine things C G Have been laid upon your table, Em A7 But you only want the ones Am7/D That you can't get. Verse 2: 1:24 D7 G Desperado, Dm7/G C Oh, you ain't gettin' G/B Am7 No younger, G D/F# Em7 Your pain and your hunger, A7 D7 They're drivin' you home. 1:42 G Dm7/G And freedom, oh, freedom, C Well, that's just some G/B Am7 People talkin', G B7/F# Em7 Your prison is walkin' through A7 D7 | G D7/F# This world all alone. Chorus 2: 1:59 Em Don't your feet get cold Bm7 In the winter time? C The sky won't snow G Bm7/F# And the sun won't shine, 2:07 Em7 C It's hard to tell the night time G D/F# From the day. 2:15 Em7 Bm7 You're losin' all your highs and lows, C Ain't it funny G Am7 | Dsus4 How the feelin' goes away? Verse 3: 2:29 D7 G Desperado, Dm7/A Bm7/5- C Cm6 Why don't you come to your senses, G B7/D# Em Come down from your fences, A7 D7 Open the gate. 2:46 G It may be rainin', Dm7 Bm7/5- C Cm6 But there's a rainbow above you. 2:54 G B7/F# Em You better let somebody love you, C G/B Am (Let somebody love you.) 3:01 G B7/D# Em!! You better let somebody love you D7sus4 G -> Before it's too... late. Coda: 3:13 G G7 | C Cm6!! | G!!!
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