Eagles

Desperado (Don Fenley & Glenn Frey)


From ?DESPERADO?. 1973.








INTRO: (Piano arranged for guitar)


       G      G7              C     Cm6          G     Em      Asus2   D


e-------10----12--10------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|


B?10p12----12-12-----12---|-----8---10--8----|-----3---5--3----|--------------|


G---(12)------10-------12-|-8h9---9-8------0-|-2h4---4-4-----4-|-4-2---2------|


D----12-------------------|------------------|---------5-----5-|-5---5-4--0~~~|


A----10-------10----------|------------------|-----------------|-0-----5------|


E-------------------------|---8-----8--------|---3-----0-------|--------------|





      G  G7sus2          C             Cm6


Desperado why don't you come to your senses,


            G            Em7      A7        D7


You've been out ridin' fences for so long now


             G        Gsus4sus2            C                  Cm6


Oh, you're a hard one, but I know that you got your reasons


        G/D       B7/D#   Em7          A7        D7       G   D7/F#


These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow





           Em7               Bm7                  C                     G   D/F#


Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy, she'll beat you is she's able


             Em7       Em         C                 G    D/F#


You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet


       Em7               Bm7                   C               G


Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table


        Em7               A7                  Am7/D


But you only want the ones  that you can't get


D7     G Dm7/G         C                   G/B


Desperado, oh you ain't gettin' no younger


Am7    G      D/F#   Em7          A7             D7


Your pain an' your hunger they're drivin' me home


      G        Dm7/G                      C                   G/B


An' freedom, oh freedom, well that's just some people talkin'


Am7   G    B7/F#  Em7               A7    D7     G


Your prison is walkin' through this world alone





(Enter drums)D7/F#





           Em                   Bm7


Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?


     C                      G       Bm/F#


The sky won't snow an' the sun won't shine


     Em7                   C              G


It's hard to tell the night-time from the day


       Em7                  Bm7


You're losin' all your highs an' lows,


          C               G           Am7              Dsus4


Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away?________________


D7    G  Dm7/A  Bm7-5       C             Cm6


Desperado  why   don't you come to your senses,


      G        B7/D#   Em A7              D7


Come down from your fences, open the gate


          G     Dm7/A Bm7-5        C             Cm6


It maybe rainin' but    there's a rainbow above you


            G       B7/F#   Em


You better let somebody love you


  C       G/B     Am7            G       B7/D#   Em   (A)


                     You better let somebody love you


(Let somebody love you)


  D7sus4                  G   G7     C   Cm6   G


Before it's too late_________________











By Charlie "Eagle" Delgado


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