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Desperadoes Waiting for a Train chords by
Guy Clark
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Key: D major•
Intro 1
D
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Verse 1
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D

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C
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I'd play the Red River Valley
G
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A
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And he'd sit out in
Bm
Bm
2

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the kitchen and cry
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G

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And run his fingers through seventy
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Bm
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years of livin'
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And wonder, "Lord,
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A
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has ever' well I've drilled run dry?"
Verse 2
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D
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We were friends, me and this old man
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2

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G
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Like desperados waitin' for a train
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Em
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Verse 3

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D

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He's a drifter and a driller
Csus2
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of oil wells
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Bm
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And an old school man of the world
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Em
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He let me drive his car
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Bm
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When he's too drunk to
Verse 4
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And he'd wink and give me
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A
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money for the girls

And our lives were like some
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old western movie
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Like desperados waitin' for a train
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Em
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Verse 5

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From the time that I could walk
Csus2
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he'd take me with him
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Bm
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To a bar called the Green Frog Cafe
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Em
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There were old men with beer
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guts and dominos
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Em
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Lying 'bout their lives while
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A

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they'd played
Verse 6
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And I was just a kid
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They all called his "Sidekick"
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Like desperados waitin' for a train
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Em
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Verse 7

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One day I looked up and he's
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pushin' eighty
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A
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And there's brown tobacco
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stains all down his chin
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To me he's one of the
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Bm
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heroes of this country
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Em
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So why's he all dressed up
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like them old men
Verse 8
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Drinkin' beer and playin'

Moon and Forty-two
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Like Like desperados waitin' for a train
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Verse 9
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Em
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D
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A day before he died,
Dm
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C
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Baug
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I went to see him
A
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I was grown and he was
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Bm
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al most gone
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Em
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So we just closed our eyes
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and dreamed us up a kitchen
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Em
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And sang another verse to
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A
A

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that old song

"Come on, Jack,
D
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that son of a guns are comin' "
Verse 10
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G
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Like desperados waitin' for a train
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • C

  • G

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • Em

  • Csus2

  • Dm

  • Baug

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Desperadoes Waiting for a Train by Guy Clark is D major.

The primary chords used in Desperadoes Waiting for a Train are D, C, G, A, Bm, Em.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like D, C, G, A, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Desperadoes Waiting for a Train is approximately 69 beats per minute.

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