[Intro]
F Dm
[Verse 1]
F F
I still can picture him, his hands in his back pockets.
Bb Bb
He wasn't much for words, but when the wise kids made a racket, he'd just have to
F Gm F
go downtown. Throw his weight around before starting over.
[Verse 2]
F F
Say: "Did you hear I've got a band? Some guys I know from L.A."
Bb Bb
We'll I own the Rio Grande. I'll pay you back next Friday.
F Gm F
You know it sure isn't big, just some cats I dig. They said they'd do the gig"
[Chorus]
Dm Am Bb
Oh Desperado, why don't you spend your life in Colorado?
F Gm F
Oh restless shadow, out in the blue hills you're feeling hollow.
[Chorus]
Dm Am Bb
Oh El Diablo, why did you spend your life in California?
F Gm Fsus4 F Fsus2 F
I should have warned you. No place to go now but falling over.
[Interlude]
Gm Bb
Some hands can't mak? it on the run,
Bb Bb F
under the gun. Not for th? younger
Gm Fsus4 F Fsus2 F
Oh Jack Daniels, I feel your hunger
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[Verse 3]
F F
I know you did your best, but you thought that you did not
Bb Bb
I wish that I had known before I heard the last shot
F Gm F
You know, it's not a sin, that little badge of tin. Just a momento.
[Verse 4]
F F
So sad you loved in vain. My comrades lost in battle
Bb Bb
The music wars are done from London to Seattle.
F Gm F
We all pay to play and all our yesterdays are starting over.
[Chorus]
Dm Am Bb
Oh Desperado, why don't you spend your life in Colorado?
F Gm F
Oh restless shadow, out in the blue hills you're feeling hollow.
[Chorus]
Dm Am Bb
Oh El Diablo, why did you spend your life in California?
F Gm F
I should have warned you. No place to go now but falling over.
[Hook]
F G A C Bb A
[Outro]
Dm Am Bb F Gm F
Ready to die. Now he's ready to die.
Dm Am Bb F Gm F
