| G | G7 | C | Cm | |
| Desper | ado | , why don't you | come to your se | nses ? |
| G | Em7 | A7 | D7 | |
| You been | out ridin' fe | nces for | so long no | w |
| G | G7 | C | Cm | |
| Oh, you're a | hard one | , I know that | you got your rea | sons, |
| G | B7 | Em7 | A7 | D7 | G | |
| These | things that | are ple | asin' you can | hurt you | somehow |
| D | 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 | |
| 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 |
| D | D7 | G | G7 | C | Cm | |
| De | sper | ado | , oh you ain't | gettin' no you | nger, |
| G | Em7 | A7 | D7 | |
| Your | pain and your hu | nger, they're | drivin' you | home |
| G | G7 | C | Cm | |
| And | freedom | , well, that's just | some people ta | lkin' |
| G | B7 | Em7 | A7 | D7 | G | |
| Your | prison | is wa | lkin' through this | world all | alone |
| D | 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 | |
| It's | hard to tell the | night time from the | day |
| Em | Bm | |
| You're | losin' all your | highs and lows |
| C | G | Am7 | |
| Ain't it | funny how the | feelin' goes a | way |
| D | D7 | G | G7 | C | Cm | |
| Des | per | ado | , why don't you | come to your se | nses |
| G | D | Em | A7 | D7 | |
| Come | down from | your fe | nces | , open the | gate |
| G | G7 | C | Cm | |
| It may be | rainin' | , but there's a | rainbow abov | e you |
| G | B7 | Em | C | G | Am7 | |
| You better | let some | body | love you, |
| G | B7 | Em | Am7 | D7 | G | |
| You better | let some | body | love you be | fore it's | too | late |