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Desperados Waiting For A Train chords by
Bobby Bare
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Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
D

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I'd play the Red River Violin
Em
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And he'd sit in the kitchen and cry
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Em
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Run his fingers through seventy years
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A

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D

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Bm
Bm
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of living and won der
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Lord, as ever well I drove gone dry
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D

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We was friends, me and someone
Bm
Bm
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G

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Desperado's waiting for a train
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Em
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Desperado's waiting for a train
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A

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D

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D

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He's a drifter and a driller of all wells
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An old -school man of the world
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Bm
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Taught me how to drive his car
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A

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D

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when he's too drunk to
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Bm
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2

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G

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An d it winked and gave
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A

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me money for the girls

Our lives was like some old western movie
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Bm
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Like desperadoes waiting for a train
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Em
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Like desperadoes waiting for a train
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A

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D
D

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From the time that I could walk,
A
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D

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he'd take me with him
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D

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To a bar called the Green Frog Cafe
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G

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I was an old man with beer guts,
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Bm
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playin' dominoes
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A

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Lying about their lives while they'd play

I was just a kid,
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they all called me a sidekick
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Like desperadoes waiting for a train
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G

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Em
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Like desperadoes waiting for a train
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D
D

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One day I looked up and
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D

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he was pushing 80
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There was brown tobacco stains

all down his chin
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To me he's one of the her
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oes of this country
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So why's he all dressed up
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like them old men

Drankin' beer and playin'
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D

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Moon and Fortitude
Bm
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Like desperadoes waitin' for a train
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Like desperadoes waitin'
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Em
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A

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for a train
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Just before he died, I went to see him
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I was grown, he was almost gone
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So we closed our eyes
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and dreamed us up a kitchen
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And sang another verse to that old song

I said, come on, Jack,
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I swear this time it's coming
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We're desperadoes waiting for a train
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We're desperadoes
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waiting for a train
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We're desperadoes waiting for a
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • A

  • Em

  • G

  • Bm

    2

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Desperados Waiting For A Train by Bobby Bare is D major.

The primary chords used in Desperados Waiting For A Train are D, A, Em, G, Bm.

No capo is required for this song.

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

The tempo of Desperados Waiting For A Train is approximately 72 beats per minute.

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