C 
The continent of Atlantis was an island 
D 
Which lay before the great flood 
F 
In the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean. 
C G 
So great an area of land, that from her western

VERSE1 
C                   F 
Same Dances in the same old shoes 
  C                   F 
Some habits that you just cant lose 
Same dances in the same old shoes; 
you get to careful with the step you choose

intro     G    D    C 
          G    D    C 
 
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        G                 D                C         Bb 
Well, I heard some people talking just the other day 
         G                   D            C 
And they said you were gonna put me on a shelf 
                           G                 D 
Well, let me tell you I've got some news for you 
           C 
And you'll soon find out it's true

C   C   Dm   Dm 
[intro] 
 
C                C             Dm                      Dm 
Every night, I'm lying in bed, holding you close in my dreams 
C                      C 
Thinking about all the things that we said, 
    Dm                    Dm 
and coming apart at the seams 
Em                 Dm           Em                 F/G 
We try to talk it over, but the words come out too rough

A 
D7 C 
A 
E D7 C 
A 
 
  A                       D7    D7   C 
 E |----------------------|----2----2-------| 
 B |----------------------|----1----1-------| 
 G |---2--0--2--0--2--0---|----2----2--2----| 
 D |2--2-----2-----2----2-|-0-----0----3--3-| 
 A |0-------------------3-|-----------------| 
 E |----------------------|-----------------|

G  G7              C              Cm 
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses ? 
         G            Em7      A7        D7 
You been out ridin' fences for so long now 
             G       G7            C               Cm 
Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons, 
      G           B7     Em7           A7       D7     G 
These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow

Ab    Fm            Bbm          Fm 
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses 
       Cm              Fm   Bbm 
You've been out riding fences for so long now 
   Ab                      Fm                     Bbm     Fm 
Oh you are hard one, but I know that you have got your reason 
         Cm                   Fm      Bbm             Ab  Cm 
These things that are pleasing you can't hurt you somehow