Desperado – Eagles Key: G Major

Chords Used (simplified and barred)

G: 320033 (3-5-5-4-3-3) G7: 320001 (3-5-3-4-3-3) C: x32010 (x-3-5-5-5-3) Cm: x35543 (8-10-10-8-8-8) Em7: 022030 (x-7-9-7-8-7) A7: x02020 (5-7-5-6-5-5) D7: xx0212 (x-5-7-5-7-5) Dm7: xx0211 (x-5-7-5-6-5) B7: x21202 (7-9-7-8-7-7) D/F#: 2x0232 (na – nothing logical) Em: 022000 (x-7-9-9-8-7) Bm: x24432 (7-9-9-7-7-7) Am7: x02010 (5-7-5-5-5-5)

Here's the official intro (for guitar) as a template: [Intro]

G – G7 | C – Cm | G – Em7 | A7 – D7

[Verse]

G G7 C Cm Desperado, why don't you come to your senses? G Em(7) A7 D7 You been out ridin' fences for so long now G Dm7 (G*) C Cm Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons, G B7 Em7 A7 D7 G D/F# These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you some how

[Chorus]

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

[Verse]

D7 G G7 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 Dm7 (G*) C Cm And freedom, (oh freedom) well, that's just some people talkin' G B7 Em7 A7 D7 G D/F# Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone [Chorus]

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 D Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away

[Verse]

D7 G G7 C Cm Desperado, why don't you come to your senses G D/F# Em7 A7 D7 Come down from your fences, open the gate G Dm7 (G*) C Cm It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you G D/F# Em C - G/B - Am7 You better let somebody love you, (let somebody love you!) G B7 Em Am7 D7 G - G7 - C - Cm - G You better let somebody love you before it's too late.