By: Glenn Frey and Don Henley 1973
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Performed: The Eagles
| G | G7 | C | Cm |
Desper | ado, | why don't you | come to your sen | ses ? |
| G | A7 | D7 |
You been | out riding fences for | so long now | |
| G | G7 | C | Cm |
Oh, you're a | hard one, | I know that | you got your rea | sons |
| G | B7 | Em7 | A7 | D7 | G |
These | things that | are plea | sing you can | hurt you | some | how |
| D | Em | Bm |
| Don't you | draw the queen of | diamonds boy |
| C | G |
She'll | beat you if she's | able |
| Em7 | C | G | D |
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 |
| D | D7 | G | G7 | C | Cm |
| Des | per | ado, | oh you ain't | getting no youn | ger |
| G | Em7 | A7 | D7 |
Your | pain and your hun | ger, they're | driving you | home |
| G | G7 | C | Cm |
And | freedom, | well, that's just | some people tal | king |
| G | Em7 | A7 | D7 | G |
Your | prison is wal | king through this | world all | alo | ne |
| D | 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 |
| Em7 | C | G | D |
It's | hard to tell the | night time from the | day | |
| Em | Bm |
You're | losing all your | highs and lows |
| C | G | Am7 |
Ain't it | funny how the | feeling goes a | way |
| D | D7 | G | G7 | C | Cm |
| Des | per | ado, | why don't you | come to your sen | ses |
| G | D | Em | A7 | D7 |
Come | down from | your fen | ces, | open the | gate |
| G | G7 | C | Cm |
It may be | raining, | but there's a | rainbow above you | |
| G | B7 | Em | C | G | Am7 |
You better | let some | body | love you, | | | |
| G | B7 | Em | Am7 | D7 | G |
You better | let some | body | love you be | fore it's | too | late |
Created 2009 Oct 18 18:35
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