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Desparado Mel O'Joe by The Eagles Desperado' is about walls we build around ourselves, maybe to protect our hearts… but sometimes those same walls keep the good things out, too. If you've ever felt that tug between freedom and love, you’ll understand this one.
B B7 E Em6 Desper ado , why don't you com e to your sense s?
B F#m7/B E Em6 Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you g ot your reasons,
B D#7/G G#m7 C#7 F#7 B F#/A# These things that a re p leasn' you can hu rt y ou some how
G#m D#m Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy,
E B She'll beat you if she's able,
G#m7 E B F#/A# You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
G#m D#m E B Now it seems to me some fine things have been l aid upon your t able
G#m C#7 C#m7/F# But you only want the ones you can't get
F#7 B F#m7/B E E/D# E/C# Desper ado , oh you ain't ge ttin' no younger,
B G#m7 C#7 F#7 Your pain and your hu nger, they're d rivin' you h ome
B F#m7/B E E E/D# E/C# And freedo m, well, that's just som e people talki n'
B D#7 G#m7 C#7 F#7 B F#/A# Your prison is wal kin' through this w orld a ll alon e
G#m D#m Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
E B F#/A# The sky won't snow and the sun won't shi ne
G#m7 E B F# It's hard to tell the night time from the day
G#m D#m You're losin' all your highs and lows
E B C#m7 F# Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes a way
F#7 B B/C# B/D# E Em D espe rado, why d on't you come to your s enses
B F#/A# G#m C#7 F#7 Come down from your fen ces, o pen the gat e
B B/C# B/D# E Em6 It may be rainin' , but there's a rainbow above you
B F#/A# G#m E B/D# C#m7 You better let som ebody l ove you,