Standard (EADGBE)

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses ?

 You been out ridin' fences for so long now

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

 These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow

 Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy,

 She'll beat you if she's able,

 You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet

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

 But you only want the ones you can't get

Desperado, oh you ain't gettin' no younger,

 Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home

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

 Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone

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

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

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

 You're losin' all your highs and lows

 Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses

 Come down from your fences, open the gate

 It may be rainin', oh but there's a rainbow above you

 You better let somebody love you,

 You better let somebody love you before it's too late