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Desperados Waiting for a Train chords by
The Highwaymen
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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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I'd play
C
C

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the Red River Valley
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G

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A
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And he'd sit out in the
Bm
Bm
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kitchen and cry
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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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G

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And wonder, "Lord,
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D

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Asus4
Asus4

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A
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has ever' well I've drilled run dry?"
Verse 2
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A

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D
D

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We were friends, me and this old man
Bm
Bm
2

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G
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Like desperados waitin' for a train
Bm
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Like desperados waitin'
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G

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for a train
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D

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Em
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Verse 3
Asus4
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A
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C
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He's a drifter and a driller of oil wells
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Bm
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And an old school man of the world
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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
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And he'd wink and give me
Verse 4
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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
Bm
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2

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G
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Like desperados waitin' for a train
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2

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Like desperados waitin'

for a train
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G

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D
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Verse 5
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Asus4
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D

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From the time that I could walk
C
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he'd take me with him
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A
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To a bar called the Green
Bm
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Frog Cafe
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G

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Em
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There were old men with beer
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Bm
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guts and dominos
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Lying 'bout their lives while they'd
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Asus4
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played
Verse 6
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A

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And I was just a kid
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They all called his "Sidekick"
Bm
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Like desperados waitin' for a train
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Like desperados waitin' for
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a train
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Verse 7
Asus4
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D
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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
Bm
Bm
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stains all down his chin
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Em
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To me he's one of the heroes
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Bm
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of this country
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Em
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So why's he all dressed up
A
A

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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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Bm
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Like Like desperados waitin' for a train
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Like desperados waitin' for

a train
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F#m
F#m
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Asus4
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Verse 9
D
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A day before he died,
C
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G
G

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I went to see him
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Bm
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2

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I was grown and he was almost gone
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So we just closed our eyes and
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Bm
Bm
2

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dreamed us up a kitchen
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Em
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And sang another verse to that
Asus4
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A
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old song

"Come on, Jack,
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that son of a guns are comin' "
Verse 10
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Bm
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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

  • Em

  • G

  • A

  • C

  • Bm

    2

  • Asus4

  • F#m

    2

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Desperados Waiting for a Train by The Highwaymen is D major.

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

No capo is required for this song.

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

The tempo of Desperados Waiting for a Train is approximately 73 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of Desperados Waiting for a Train using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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