Tom: E
Afinação: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (intro)
A A7 D Dm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
A Gbm B7 E7
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
A A7 D Dm
Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons,
A Gbm B7 E7 A
These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow
(refrão 1)
Gbm Dbm
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy,
D A
She'll beat you if she's able,
Gbm D A
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
Gbm Dbm D A
Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table
B7 E7
But you only want the things that you can't get
A A7 D Dm
Desperado, oh you ain't gettin' no younger,
A Gbm B7 E7
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
A A7 D Dm
And freedom, well, that's just some people talkin'
A Gbm B7 E7 A
Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone
(refrão 2)
Gbm Dbm
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time
D A
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
Gbm D A
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
Gbm Dbm
You're losin' all your highs and lows
D A B7 E7
Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away
A A7 D Dm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
A Gbm B7 E7
Come down from your fences, open the gate
A A7 D Dm
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
A Gbm
You better let somebody love you,
D B7
You better let somebody love you
A Gbm E7 A
You better let somebody love you before it's too late