Desperado
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1. Desperado, why don't you come to your senses ?
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You been out ridin' fences for so long now.
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Oh, you're
a hard one, I know that you got
your reasons,
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these things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow.
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Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy,
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she'll
beat you if she's able,
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- A
you
know the queen of hearts is always your best bet.
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Now
it seems to me some fine things
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have been laid upon your table,
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but
you only want the ones you can't get.
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2. Desperado, oh ,you ain't gettin' no younger,
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your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home.
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And
freedom, oh well, that's just some people talkin',
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your prison is walkin' through this world all alone.
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Don't your feet get cold in the winter time ?
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The
sky won't snow and the sun won't shine.
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It's hard to tell the night time from the day.
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F#m
You're losin' all your highs and lows,
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ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away.
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3. Desperado, why don't you come to your senses,
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E A
come down from your fences, open the gate.
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It may be
rainin', but there's a rainbow
above you,
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G Em
you better
let somebody love you, (you better let sb.love you),
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you
better let somebody love you - - -
before it's too -
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late.
(Capo 4)
(Clint Black)