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                                                                      Des  per

G    G9                 C            F9
a do,     why don't you come to your senses
            G   B7/F#  Em         A7      D11   D
You've been out riding fences for so long now
             G         G9
Oh, you're a hard one
                C               F9
But I know that you've got your reasons
      G           B7/F# Em       A7      D11           G  G/F#
These things that are   pleasing you can hurt you some how

          Em                Bm7
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
       C                 G    G/F#
She'll beat you if she's able
             Em                 C                G    B7sus4  B7
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
       Em               Bm7                   C              G     G/F#
Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table
        Em            A7                  D11
But you only want the ones that you can't get

D      G    G9               C          F9
Desper ado,     oh you ain't getting no younger
     G        B7/F# Em              A7          D11  D
Your pain and your  hunger, they're driving you home
G            G9
Freedom? Oh, freedom
            C           F9
That's just some people talking
         G     B7/F#  Em                  A7     D11   G     G/F#
You're a priso ner    walkng through this world  all a lone

           Em                   Bm7
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time
    C                      G         G/F#
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
     Em               C                   G    B7sus4  B7
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
       Em              Bm7
You're losing all your highs and lows
         C             G           A7         D11
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes      away?

       G    G9                C            F9
Desper ado,     why don't you come to your senses
     G         B7/F#  Em      A7              D11   D
Come down from your   fences,    and open the gate
          G        G9                C         F9
It may be raining,     but there's a rainbow a bove you
           G   B7/F#    Em        G  B7/F# Em
You better let somebody love you
           G        B7/F#  Em   A7
You better let some body   love you
   D11
Be fore it's too

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