Desperado Johnny Cash

Desperado

Johnny Cash

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Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: A
Capo:
Fret 2
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| G G7 | C/G Cm/G | G Em | A D5/A |
| -

[Verse 1]
     G
Desperado,
G7              C               Cm
  why don't you come to your senses
            G          Em      A          D
You been out riding fences for so long now
             G       G7
Oh, you're a hard one
                C                  Cm
But I know that you've got your reasons
      G              G/F#    Em
These things that are    pleasing you
    A        D
Can hurt you somehow

[Chorus]
G D/F#          Em                   Bm
      Don't you draw the queen of diamonds,
boy
       C                 G   G/F#
She'll beat you if she's able
         Em                 C                G  D/F#
Know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
       Em                    Bm
Now it seems to me, some fine  things
              C             G
Have been laid upon your table
        A                                   Dsus4 D
But you only want the things that you can't get

[Verse 2]
     G    G7
Desperado,  oh,
          C            Cm
you aren't getting any younger
     G        G/F#    Em
Your pain and your hunger,
        A               D
they're driving you home
    G               G7
And freedom, oh freedom
             C                   Cm
Well, that's just some people talking
     G      G/F#   Em
Your prison is  walking
             A        D G   D/F#
Through this world all alone

[Chorus]
               Em                   Bm
And don't your feet get cold in the winter time
    C                   G              G/F#
The sky won't snow, the sun won't shine
     Em               C                   G  D/F#
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
       Em                   Bm
You're losing all your highs  and lows
C                      G
Isn't it funny how the feeling
      A
Goes away

[Verse 3]
Dsus4 D     G
       Desperado,
Am7    G/B       C               Cm
   why don't you come to your senses
     G         G/F#    Em
Come down from your fences,
    A            D
and open the gate
          G
It may be raining,
G7              C             Cm
  but there's a rainbow above you
           G       G/F#     Em
You better let somebody love  you
           C       G/B      A
You better let somebody love you
           G       B7       Em
You better let somebody love  you
            D5/A G
Before it's too  late

Bars

[Intro]
| G G7 | C/G Cm/G | G Em | A D5/A |
| -

[Verse 1]
      G - | G7 - C - | Cm - G -    | Em - A - |
| D - G - | G7 - C - | Cm - G G/F# | Em - A D |

Desperado,
why don't you come to your senses
You been out riding fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
But I know that you've got your reasons
These things that are    pleasing you
Can hurt you somehow

[Chorus]
| G     - D/F# - | Em - Bm - | C - G G/F# | Em - C - |
| G     - D/F# - | Em - Bm - | C - G -    | A  - - - |
| Dsus4 - D    - |

Don't you draw the queen of diamonds,
boy
She'll beat you if she's able
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 things that you can't get

[Verse 2]
          | G    - G7 - | C - Cm - | G G/F# Em - |
| A - D - | G    - G7 - | C - Cm - | G G/F# Em - |
| A D G - | D/F# -

Desperado,  oh,
you aren't getting any younger
Your pain and your hunger,
they're driving you home
And freedom, oh freedom
Well, that's just some people talking
Your prison is  walking
Through this world all alone

[Chorus]
                   Em - | Bm - C - | G G/F# Em - |
| C - G - | D/F# - Em - | Bm - C - | G -    A  - |
| - -

And don't your feet get cold in the winter time
The sky won't snow, the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
You're losing all your highs  and lows
Isn't it funny how the feeling
Goes away

[Verse 3]
       Dsus4 -   | D - G -  | Am7 G/B C -    | Cm - G G/F# |
| Em - A     -   | D - G -  | G7  -   C -    | Cm - G G/F# |
| Em - C     G/B | A - G B7 | Em  -   - D5/A | -  - - G    |

Desperado,
why don't you come to your senses
Come down from your fences,
and open the gate
It may be raining,
but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love  you
You better let somebody love you
You better let somebody love  you
Before it's too  late

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