A Backstage Pass chords by Johnny Cash
Verse 1
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Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
One night I had a backstage
pass
To a Willie Nelson show
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There were wackoes and weirdoes and
Verse 2
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dingbats and dodoes
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And athletes and movie stars
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and David Allan Coe
C
There was leather and lace and
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every minority race
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With a backstage pass to the Willie
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Nelson show
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Verse 3
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Kristofferson got an offer
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for a movie
Promoters closed another
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deal or two
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Waylon got a call from his son Shooter
A
And he went home the minute
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he was through
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I moved with the mob at intermis
Verse 4
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sion
To the green room where you
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see who you can see
There were has-been's and
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would-be's and and never-were's
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D
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Paupers, punks and millionaires and me
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And there were wackoes
Verse 5
and weirdoes and
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dingbats and dodoes
D
And athletes and movie stars
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and David Allan Coe
C
There was leather and lace
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and every minority race
D
With a backstage pass to
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the Willie Nelson show
Verse 6
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Hell's Angels blocked the
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traffic to the building
In order for the beer truck
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to come through
And waitin' in the wings to
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sing with Willie
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Were hopeful stars of flickering magnitude
Verse 7
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There was a singer Willie knew
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back in the fifties
Who once paid him fifty
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dollars for a song
There were women who once
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did and some who still would
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I heard one ask,
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"Did Connie come along?"
Verse 8
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And there were wackoes and weirdoes and
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dingbats and dodoes
D
And athletes and movie stars
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D
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and David Al lan Coe
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Leather and lace and every minority race
D
With a backstage pass to
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the Willie Nelson show
I wish,
you could've been there
Outro 1
But maybe you were
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A Backstage Pass
Johnny Cash
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