[Chords used]
         E A D G B e
        +-----------+
A7       x 0 2 0 2 0
Am7      0 0 2 0 1 0
Am7add11 x 0 0 0 1 0
Baug     x 2 1 0 0 3
B7       x 2 1 2 0 2
C        0 3 2 0 1 0
Cm       x x 5 4 3 3
D        x 0 0 2 3 2
D7       x x 0 2 1 2
Dm7add11 x x 0 0 1 1
Em       0 2 2 0 0 0
Em7      0 2 2 0 3 0
G        3 x 0 0 0 3
Gadd11   3 2 0 0 1 3
G7/D     x x 0 0 3 1  (no3)
G7       3 x 0 0 0 1
[Intro]
[Piano intro]
(tabbed for guitar)
e|--------10----10h12-10----------------------|
B|--10h12----12----------12-----------8h10-8--|
G|--------------------------12-9-12-9---------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|--------7---7h9-7-------------|
D|--5-7/9---9--------9-9-7-5-7--|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
[Instrumentale]
G  G7/D  C  Cm  G  Em7  A7  D7
[Strophe]
     G   Dm7add11        C            Cm 
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
         G          Em7        A7      D7 
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
             G       Gadd11        C            Cm 
Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons,
      G           Baug Em7              A7       D7     G 
D/F# 
These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow
[Refrain]
          Em                Bm 
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy,
       C                 G 
She'll beat you if she's able,
             Em7                C                G   D/G  
D/F# 
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
       Em               Bm                    C     
G 
Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table
        Em            A7             Am7  D 
But you only want the ones you can't get
[Strophe]
     G   Dm7add11       C          Cm 
Desperado, oh you ain't gettin' no younger,
     G             Em7             A7          D7 
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
    G      Dm7add11            C           Cm 
And freedom, well, that's just some people talkin'
     G      B7 Em7                  A7        D7     G   D 
Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone
[Refrain]
           Em                   Bm 
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
    C                      G 
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
     Em7              C                   G    D/F# 
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
       Em              Bm 
You're losin' all your highs and lows
         C             G             Am7  Am7add11  D 
Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away
[Strophe]
     G   Dm7add11        C              Cm 
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
     G         D/B  Em      A7         D7 
Come down from your fences, open the gate
          G      G7               C                 Cm 
It may be rainin',  but there's a rainbow above you
           G       B7   Em         C  C/B  Am7 
You better let somebody love you,
           G       B7   Em         C  Am7add11   G 
You better let somebody love you before it's too late
[Outro]
G  G7/D  C  Cm  G