Desperado chords by
Eagles
Linda Ronstadt

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Key: B major

Intro 1

G

C

Cm

G

Em

A

D

Verse 1
G G 
 
Desperado,
C C 
 
Cm Cm 
 
why don't you come to your senses?
G G 
 
You been out ridin' fences
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
for so long now
G G 
 
Oh, you're a hard one
C C 
 
But I know that you've got
Cm Cm 
 
your reasons
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
These things that are pleasin' you
A A 
 
D D 
 
Will hurt you somehow
G G 
 

Verse 2
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
Don't you draw the queen
Bm Bm 
 
of dia monds, boy
C C 
 
She'll beat you if she's
G G 
 
able
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Know the queen of hearts is always
G G 
 
F#sus4 F#sus4 
 
B B 
 
your best bet
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Well it seems to me, some fine things
C C 
 
G G 
 
Have been laid upon your table
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
But you only want the things
D D 
 
that you can't get

Verse 3
G G 
 
Desperado,
C C 
 
you know you ain't gettin' younger
Cm Cm 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
Your pain and your hunger,
A A 
 
D D 
 
they're drivin' you home
G G 
 
And freedom, oh freedom
C C 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Well, that's just some people talkin'
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
Your prisoners walking
A A 
 
D D 
 
Through this world all alone
G G 
 

Verse 4
F# F# 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
And don't your feet get cold
Bm Bm 
 
in the win ter time?
C C 
 
The sky won't snow,
G G 
 
and the sun won't shine
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
It's hard to tell the night time
G G 
 
B B 
 
from the day
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
You're losing all your highs and lows
C C 
 
G G 
 
Ain't it funny how the feeling
goes away?
A A 
 
D D 
 

Verse 5
D D 
 
G G 
 
Desperado, why don't you
C C 
 
Cm Cm 
 
come to your senses?
G G 
 
Come down from your fences,
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
and open the gate
G G 
 
It may be rainin',
C C 
 
Cm Cm 
 
but there's a rainbow above you
G G 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
You better let somebody love you
C C 
 
B B 
 
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
(letsomebody love you)
B B 
 
Em Em 
 
Let somebody love you
A A 
 
D D 
 
Before it's too late

Outro 1

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C

Cm

C

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