C                   F            Fm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
         C          Am         D       G
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
             C                     F            Fm
Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons
      C               Am               D            C     G
These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow


[Verse 2]
          Am                Em
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy
       F                 C
She'll beat you if she's able
    Am                 F                C     G
The queen of hearts is always your best bet
       Am               Em                    F              C
Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table
        Am            D              Dm7   G
But you only want the ones you can't get


[Verse 3]
     C                  F          Fm
Desperado, oh you ain't gettin' no younger
     C             Am              D           G
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
    C                                      F           Fm
And freedom, oh freedom, well, that's just some people talkin'
     C                              D          C      G
Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone


[Verse 4]
           Am                   Em
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time
    F                      C
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
     Am               F                   C     G
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
       Am              Em
You're losin' all your highs and lows
         F             C            Dm7    G
Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away


[Verse 5]
     C                   F            Fm
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
     C              Am         D        G
Come down from your fences and open the gate
          C                      F        Fm
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
           C            Am
You better let somebody love you
F            C    Dm7
Let somebody love you
           C            Am
You better let somebody love you
  G             C       F  Fm
Before it's too late
           C            Am       D7
You better let somebody love you
  F             C
Before it's too late