Desperado (Play Along)

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab


-4  -3 -3  3  -4   -3    3
Des-per-a-do, why don't you 
2     3   2   -3   3
come to your sens-es? 
3    3    -4  -5 -4    6  -5  -1 -4  -3   -3
You been out rid-in' fenc-es for so long now 
-4    -3   3  -4   -5 
Oh, you're a hard one 
-3* -3  3    2   3    2   -3   3
I know that you got your reas-ons 
3       -4    -5   -4   6   -5  -4
These things that are pleas-in' you 
3    -3   -4  -3   3
Can hurt you some-how 

3      3    7   7    7    7 -6*   6    -5
Don't you draw the queen of dia-monds, boy 
-5      6   -5   6  -5   -4 3
She'll beat you if she's a-ble 
-1   -1   -1   3    3   -4
You know the queen of hearts 
3  -3   3   2    3    3
is al-ways your best bet 

3    3   7    7  7   7    -6*   -5
Now it seems to me, some fine things
-4    -5    6  6 -6*  7   -5 -4
Have been laid up-on your ta-ble 
-4   -3 -4 -4  6   -4   3                            
But you on-ly want the ones 
2     -4  -3    -3
that you can't get 

-4  -3  -3 3  
Des-per-ad-o, 
-4   -3  3     2 3     2  -3 3
oh, you ain't gettin' no younger 
3     -4   -5  -5  -5 3      
Your pain and your hunger, 
-4      -4 -3    3   -3
they're drivin' you home 
3    -4 -5    6 -5   -3 3    2      
And freedom, ooo-oh freedom well, 
-3       3    2    3 2    -3 3
that's just some people talkin' 
3    -4 -5  -4  6 -5    -4       3    -3  -4  -3 3
Your prison is walking through this world all alone

3      3    7   7    7    7  7  -6* -6* -6* 6 -5
Don't your feet get cold in the win-ter ti-i-ime? 
-5   6   6      6   6   -5   6  -5   -4 -3 3
The sky won't snow and the sun won't sh-i-ne
3     -3   3   3   3    -3    3   3   -5  -4 -3 3
It's hard to tell the night time from the da-a-ay 
3       7 7    7    7   -6*   6   -5
You're losin' all your highs and lows 
-5     -5  6 6   6   6   6  -5  -4 -3 3  3 -3
Ain't it funny how the feeling go-o-oes away? 

-4   -3-3 3    -4  -3    3
Des-per-a-do, why don't you 
2     3   2   -3  3
come to your sens-es? 
3     -4   -5   -5   -5  -4  -4 -3  3   -3 
Come down from your fenc-es, o-pen the gate 
-4  -3 3   -4  -5
It may be rain-in', 
-4    -3    3  2    3  2  -3   3
but there's a rain-bow a-bove you 
-3* -3   3   -4  -5  -5 -4  6    -5
You bet-ter let some-bod-y love you, 
6     7  76   -7   7
Let somebody love you
6    -5  3  -4   -5   -5-4  6   -5
You bet-ter let some-bod-y love you, 
3   -3   -4  -332-1  3 
Be-fore it's  too   late 


LYRICS REMOVED:
-4 -3 -3 3 -4 -3 3
2 3 2 -3 3
3 3 -4 -5 -4 6 -5 -1 -4 -3 -3
-4 -3 3 -4 -5
-3* -3 3 2 3 2 -3 3
3 -4 -5 -4 6 -5 -4
3 -3 -4 -3 3
3 3 7 7 7 7 -6* 6 -5
-5 6 -5 6 -5 -4 3
-1 -1 -1 3 3 -4
3 -3 3 2 3 3
3 3 7 7 7 7 -6* -5
-4 -5 6 6 -6* 7 -5 -4
-4 -3 -4 -4 6 -4 3
2 -4 -3 -3
-4 -3 -3 3
-4 -3 3 2 3 2 -3 3
3 -4 -5 -5 -5 3
-4 -4 -3 3 -3
3 -4 -5 6 -5 -3 3 2
-3 3 2 3 2 -3 3
3 -4 -5 -4 6 -5 -4 3 -3 -4 -3 3
3 3 7 7 7 7 7 -6* -6* -6* 6 -5
-5 6 6 6 6 -5 6 -5 -4 -3 3
3 -3 3 3 3 -3 3 3 -5 -4 -3 3
3 7 7 7 7 -6* 6 -5
-5 -5 6 6 6 6 6 -5 -4 -3 3 3 -3
-4 -3 -3 3 -4 -3 3
2 3 2 -3 3
3 -4 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4 -3 3 -3
-4 -3 3 -4 -5
-4 -3 3 2 3 2 -3 3
-3* -3 3 -4 -5 -5 -4 6 -5
6 7 76 -7 7
6 -5 3 -4 -5 -5 -4 6 -5
3 -3 -4 -3 3 2 -1 3

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