Desperado (Don Fenley & Glenn Frey)
From ?DESPERADO?. 1973.


INTRO: (Piano arranged for guitar)
       G      G7              C     Cm6          G     Em      Asus2   D
e-------10----12--10------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
B?10p12----12-12-----12---|-----8---10--8----|-----3---5--3----|--------------|
G---(12)------10-------12-|-8h9---9-8------0-|-2h4---4-4-----4-|-4-2---2------|
D----12-------------------|------------------|---------5-----5-|-5---5-4--0~~~|
A----10-------10----------|------------------|-----------------|-0-----5------|
E-------------------------|---8-----8--------|---3-----0-------|--------------|

      G  G7sus2          C             Cm6
Desperado why don't you come to your senses,
            G            Em7      A7        D7
You've been out ridin' fences for so long now
             G        Gsus4sus2            C                  Cm6
Oh, you're a hard one, but I know that you got your reasons
        G/D       B7/D#   Em7          A7        D7       G   D7/F#
These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow

           Em7               Bm7                  C                     G   D/F#
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy, she'll beat you is she's able
             Em7       Em         C                 G    D/F#
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
       Em7               Bm7                   C               G
Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table
        Em7               A7                  Am7/D
But you only want the ones  that you can't get
D7     G Dm7/G         C                   G/B
Desperado, oh you ain't gettin' no younger
Am7    G      D/F#   Em7          A7             D7
Your pain an' your hunger they're drivin' me home
      G        Dm7/G                      C                   G/B
An' freedom, oh freedom, well that's just some people talkin'
Am7   G    B7/F#  Em7               A7    D7     G
Your prison is walkin' through this world alone

(Enter drums)D7/F#

           Em                   Bm7
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
     C                      G       Bm/F#
The sky won't snow an' the sun won't shine
     Em7                   C              G
It's hard to tell the night-time from the day
       Em7                  Bm7
You're losin' all your highs an' lows,
          C               G           Am7              Dsus4
Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away?________________
D7    G  Dm7/A  Bm7-5       C             Cm6
Desperado  why   don't you come to your senses,
      G        B7/D#   Em A7              D7
Come down from your fences, open the gate
          G     Dm7/A Bm7-5        C             Cm6
It maybe rainin' but    there's a rainbow above you
            G       B7/F#   Em
You better let somebody love you
  C       G/B     Am7            G       B7/D#   Em   (A)
                     You better let somebody love you
(Let somebody love you)
  D7sus4                  G   G7     C   Cm6   G
Before it's too late_________________



By Charlie "Eagle" Delgado