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Desperados Waiting for a Train chords by 
The HighwaymenJohnny CashWaylon JenningsKris Kristofferson And Willie Nelson
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Intro 1
D
Verse 1
D
C
G
I played the Red River Valley
A
Bm
He'd sit out in the kitchen and cry
G
Em
Run his fingers through 70 years
D
Bm
of living
G
D
And wonder Lord, as ever,
Em
A
will that drill run dry?
D
We were friends, me an this old man
Verse 2
Bm
A
G
Desperados waiting for a train
Bm
A
G
Like desperados waiting for a train
D
Em
Asus4
A
Verse 3
D
C
G
He's a drifter, and a driller of oil wells
A
Bm
And old school man of the world
A
G
Em
Taught me how to drive his car when he's
D
Bm
too drunk to
G
And he'd wink,
Em
A
and give me money for the girls
And our lives was like some
D
old western movie
Verse 4
Bm
G
Desperados waiting for a train
Bm
A
Like desperados waiting for a train
Interlude 1
G
Em
A
Verse 5
D
From the time that I could walk,
C
G
he'd take me with him
A
To a bar, called the Green
F#
Bm
Frog Cafe
G
And there were old men,
Em
with beer guts and dominoes
D
Bm
G
Lying about
Em
A
their lives while they play
D
I was just a kid, they called his sidekick
Verse 6
Bm
G
Desperados waiting for a train
Bm
Like desperados waiting
A
for a train
Interlude 2
G
D
Em
A
Verse 7
D
One day I looked up,
C
G
and he's pushing eighty
A
Bm
Brown tobacco stains all down his chin
G
Em
To me he's one of the heroes
D
Bm
of this country
G
D
Em
Why is he all dressed up like
A
them old men?
Drinking beer and playing
D
moon in forty- two
Verse 8
Bm
G
Desperados waiting for a train
Bm
Like desperados waiting
A
for a train
Interlude 3
G
Em
Asus4
A
Verse 9
D
The day before he died,
C
G
I went to see him
A
I was grown,
F#
Bm
and he was almost gone
G
Em
So we just closed our eyes an d dreamed
D
Bm
of supper kitchens
G
D
And sang another verse
Em
A
to that old song
Come on Jack,
that son of a gun's a coming
D
Verse 10
Bm
G
Desperados waiting for the train
Bm
G
Desperados waiting for the train
Bm
G
Desperados waiting for the train
Bm
A
Desperados waiting for the train
G
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