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B G m

C 7 F

Des - per - a

B

- do,

B9

why don’t you

come

E

to your sens

Em6

- es? You been

B

out rid - in’ fenc

G m7

- es for

C 7

so long now.

F 7

Oh, you’re a

B

hard one,

Bsus

I know that you

E

got your rea - sons.

Em6

these

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Desperado 5 - 2

B/F

things that

D /F

are pleas

G m7

- in’ you can

C 7

hurt you

F 7

some-how.

B F /A

Don’t you

G m

draw the queen of dia

D m7

- monds, boy, she’ll

E

beat you if she’s a - ble

B B/A

you know the

G m7

queen of hearts is al

E

- ways your best bet.

B F /A

Now it

G m

seems to me some fine

D m7

things have been

E

laid up-on your ta

B

- ble, but you

G m

on - ly want the ones

C 7

that you can’t get.

C m7/F F

Des

F 7

- per-a -

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Desperado 5 - 3

B

- do,

F m7/B

oh, you ain’t

E

get-tin’ no young - er, your

B

pain and

F /A

your hun

G m

- ger, they’re

C 7

driv - in’ you home.

F 7

And

B

free-dom, oh,

F m7/B

free - dom, well, that’s just some

E

peo-ple talk - in’, your

B

pris - on

D 7/A

is walk

G m

- in’ through this

C 7

world all

F 7

a - lone.

B F /A

Don’t your

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Desperado 5 - 4

G m

feet(Ah.)

get cold in the

D m7

win- ter time? The

E

sky won’t snow and the

B

sun won’t shine,

F /A

it’s

hard

G m

to tell the night

E

- time from the

B

day.

F /A

You’re

G m

los(Ah,

- in’ all your highs

D m7

and lows. Ain’t it fun

E

- ny how the feel

B

- in goes aa

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C m7

way?way?)

C m7/F F

Des(Des

F 7

- per- per

- a- a

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Desperado 5 - 5

B

- do,- do.)

F m7

why don’t you come

E

to your sens

Em6

- es? Come

B

down from

F /A

your fenc

G m

- es,

C 7

o - pen the gate.

F 7

It may-be

B

rain-in’,

F m7

but there’s a rain

E

-bow a-bove you.

Em6

You bet-ter

B

let some

D 7/A

-bod-y love

G m

you,

E

(Let some-bo-dy love you.)

C m

you bet-ter

B/F

let some

D 7/F

-bod-y love

G m

you be-

C m7/F

fore it’s too late.

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