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