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Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 10:54:01 -0400
From: "Stranieri, Paul" <Paul.Stranieri@otis.com>
Subject: Clint Black - Desperado


                           Desperado

By: The Eagles             Transcribed By: Paul Stranieri
Peformed By: Clint Black

Capo 2nd Fret - key of Gb


      E  E7              A              Am
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?

         E            Dbm7     Gb7     B7
You been out ridin' fences for so long now

             E       E7            A               Am
Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons,

      E           Ab7    Dbm7          Gb7      B7      E
These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow


B         Dbm               Abm
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy,

       A                 E
She'll beat you if she's able,

             Dbm7               A                E   B
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet

       Dbm              Abm                   A              E
Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table

        Dbm           Gb7            B
But you only want the ones you can't get


  B7  E  E7             A             Am
Desperado, oh you ain't gettin' no younger,

     E               Dbm7          Gb7         B7
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home

    E      E7                  A             Am
And freedom, well, that's just some people talkin'

     E      Ab7  Dbm7               Gb7        B7     E
Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone


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

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

     Dbm7             A                   E    B
It's hard to tell the night time from the day

       Dbm             Abm
You're losin' all your highs and lows

         A             E             Gbm7
Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away


B  B7 E  E7              A              Am
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses

     E         B      Dbm  Gb7       B7
Come down from your fences, open the gate

          E      E7               A           Am
It may be rainin',  but there's a rainbow above you

           E       Ab7  Dbm         A  Gbm7
You better let somebody love you,

           E       Ab7  Dbm        Gbm7      B7  E    E7   A   Am   E
You better let somebody love you before it's too late


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Chords Chart:

        E A D G B e
       +-----------+
Gb7     2 4 2 3 2 2
Gbm7    2 4 2 2 2 2
Ab7     4 6 4 5 4 4
Abm     4 6 6 4 4 4
A       0 0 2 2 2 0
Am      0 0 2 2 1 0
B       2 2 4 4 4 2
B7      2 2 4 2 4 2
Dbm     4 4 6 6 5 4
Dbm7    4 4 6 4 5 4
E       0 2 2 1 0 0
E7      0 2 0 1 0 0
       +-----------+