by The Eagles
| Intro | D | D7 | G | Gm6 | D | Bm7 | E7sus2 | A |
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| Desper | ado | , why don't you com | e to your sense | s? |
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| You been | out ridin' fe | nces for | so long n | ow |
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| Oh, you're a | hard one, | I know that you g | ot your reasons, |
| D | F#7/A# | Bm7 | E7 | A7 | D | A/C# | |
| These | things that a | re p | leasn' you can hu | rt y | ou some | how |
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| A7 | D | Am7/D | G | G/F# | G/E |
| Desper | ado | , oh you ain't ge | ttin' no younger, |
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| Your | pain and your hu | nger, they're d | rivin' you h | ome |
| D | Am7/D | G | G | G/F# | G/E | |
| And | freedo | m, well, that's just som | e people talki | n' |
| D | F#7 | Bm7 | E7 | A7 | D | A/C# | |
| Your | prison | is wal | kin' through this w | orld a | ll alon | e |
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| A7 | D | D/E | D/F# | G | Gm | |
| D | espe | rado, | why d | on't you | come to your s | enses |
| D | A/C# | Bm | E7 | A7 | |
| Come | down from | your fen | ces, o | pen the gat | e |
| D | D/E | D/F# | G | Gm6 | |
| It may be | rainin' | , but | there's a | rainbow above | you |
| D | A/C# | Bm | G | D/F# | Em7 | |
| You better | let som | ebody l | ove you, |
| D | F#7 | Bm | Em7 | A7 | D | D7 | G | Gm6 | D | |
| You better | let some | body l | ove you bef | ore it's t | oo l | ate |