Chords for Desperadoes Waiting for a Train
Tempo:
133.75 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Bm
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] I'd play in the Red River Valley [C] And [B] [A] he'd sit in the kitchen [G] and cry
[B]
And run [G] his fingers [Em] through seventy [D] years [Bm] of living
And [G] wonder, Lord, [D] as ever, [Em] will our [A] drill gone dry
Oh, his friends, me [C#] and [D] this old man Was [Bm] like desperadoes [F#] waiting [G] for a train
[Bm]
[G]
[F#] Well, [Em]
[D] he's a drifter and a driller of oil wells
[C] [B] [A] And an old school man of the [Bm] world [G] He taught me how [D] to drive his [E] car
And [D] he's too drunk [G] to eat [D] a wink And give [Em] me money for [A] the girls
And our lives was like some old [Dm] western movie
[G] Was [Bm] like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train Was like desperadoes waiting for a train
[Em]
[G] [D] And from the time that I could walk He'd take me with him
[C] To [B] [A] a bar called the Green Frog [Bm] Cafe
[G] And there was old men [E] with big [G] guts and [D]
[G] dominoes
Lying about their [E] lives while they [A] played
And I was just a kid and they all called [Dm] me sidekick
[Gm] Was [Bm] like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train Was [Bm] like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Em]
One [D] day I looked up and he's pushing eighteen
[C] [B] [A] And has brown tobacco stains [D] all [Bm] down his chin
[G] Well, that means he's [Em] one of the heroes of [D] this country
[Bm] [G] So why's he all [E] dressed up [Em] like [A] them old men
Drinking beer and playing moon and [D] forty-two
[G] Just [Bm] like a desperado waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Like a desperado waiting [G] for a train
And [E]
[Dm] then the day before he died [D] I went to see him
And
[C] [B] [A] I was grown and he was [Bm] almost gone
[B]
So [G] we just [D] closed our [Em] eyes and dreamed us [D] up a kitchen
[G]
And [D] sang another [E] verse [E] of that old song
[A]
Long Jackets, some bitches coming
[D] [Bm] And we're desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting for [G] a train
Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[B]
And run [G] his fingers [Em] through seventy [D] years [Bm] of living
And [G] wonder, Lord, [D] as ever, [Em] will our [A] drill gone dry
Oh, his friends, me [C#] and [D] this old man Was [Bm] like desperadoes [F#] waiting [G] for a train
[Bm]
[G]
[F#] Well, [Em]
[D] he's a drifter and a driller of oil wells
[C] [B] [A] And an old school man of the [Bm] world [G] He taught me how [D] to drive his [E] car
And [D] he's too drunk [G] to eat [D] a wink And give [Em] me money for [A] the girls
And our lives was like some old [Dm] western movie
[G] Was [Bm] like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train Was like desperadoes waiting for a train
[Em]
[G] [D] And from the time that I could walk He'd take me with him
[C] To [B] [A] a bar called the Green Frog [Bm] Cafe
[G] And there was old men [E] with big [G] guts and [D]
[G] dominoes
Lying about their [E] lives while they [A] played
And I was just a kid and they all called [Dm] me sidekick
[Gm] Was [Bm] like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train Was [Bm] like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Em]
One [D] day I looked up and he's pushing eighteen
[C] [B] [A] And has brown tobacco stains [D] all [Bm] down his chin
[G] Well, that means he's [Em] one of the heroes of [D] this country
[Bm] [G] So why's he all [E] dressed up [Em] like [A] them old men
Drinking beer and playing moon and [D] forty-two
[G] Just [Bm] like a desperado waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Like a desperado waiting [G] for a train
And [E]
[Dm] then the day before he died [D] I went to see him
And
[C] [B] [A] I was grown and he was [Bm] almost gone
[B]
So [G] we just [D] closed our [Em] eyes and dreamed us [D] up a kitchen
[G]
And [D] sang another [E] verse [E] of that old song
[A]
Long Jackets, some bitches coming
[D] [Bm] And we're desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting for [G] a train
Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
Key:
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D
Bm
A
Em
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D
Bm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] I'd play in the Red River Valley [C] And _ [B] _ [A] he'd sit in the kitchen [G] and cry
_ [B] _ _
And run [G] his fingers [Em] through _ seventy [D] _ years [Bm] of living
_ And [G] wonder, Lord, [D] as ever, [Em] will our [A] drill gone dry
Oh, _ his friends, _ me [C#] and [D] this old man Was [Bm] like _ _ desperadoes [F#] waiting [G] for a train
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] Well, [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] he's a drifter _ and a driller _ of oil wells
[C] _ _ [B] _ [A] And an old school man of the [Bm] world _ _ [G] He taught me how [D] to drive his [E] car
And [D] he's too drunk [G] to _ eat _ [D] a wink And give [Em] me money for [A] the girls
And _ _ our lives was like some old [Dm] western movie
[G] Was [Bm] like _ _ desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _ Was _ like _ _ desperadoes waiting for a train
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] And from the time that I could walk He'd take me with him _
[C] To _ [B] _ [A] a bar called the Green Frog [Bm] Cafe _
_ _ [G] And there was old men [E] with big [G] guts and [D] _ _
_ [G] dominoes
_ _ Lying about their [E] lives while they [A] played _ _
_ _ And I was just a kid and they all called [Dm] me sidekick
[Gm] Was [Bm] like _ _ desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _ Was _ _ [Bm] like _ _ desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ One [D] day I looked up and he's pushing eighteen _
_ [C] _ _ [B] _ [A] And has brown tobacco stains [D] all [Bm] down his chin _
_ _ _ _ [G] Well, that means he's [Em] one of the heroes of [D] this country _
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] So why's he all [E] dressed up [Em] like [A] them old men _
_ _ Drinking beer and playing moon and [D] forty-two
[G] Just [Bm] like a _ desperado waiting [G] for a train
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Like a desperado waiting [G] for a train
_ _ And _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] then the day before he died [D] I went to see him
And _
_ [C] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] I was grown and he was [Bm] almost gone
[B] _
_ So [G] we just [D] closed our [Em] eyes and dreamed us [D] up a kitchen
_ [G] _
_ _ _ And [D] sang another [E] verse [E] of that old song
_ [A]
Long _ _ _ _ _ Jackets, some bitches coming
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] And we're _ desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Like _ _ desperadoes waiting for [G] a train _
_ _ _ _ Like _ _ desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _
_ _ _ [Bm] Like _ _ desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] I'd play in the Red River Valley [C] And _ [B] _ [A] he'd sit in the kitchen [G] and cry
_ [B] _ _
And run [G] his fingers [Em] through _ seventy [D] _ years [Bm] of living
_ And [G] wonder, Lord, [D] as ever, [Em] will our [A] drill gone dry
Oh, _ his friends, _ me [C#] and [D] this old man Was [Bm] like _ _ desperadoes [F#] waiting [G] for a train
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] Well, [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] he's a drifter _ and a driller _ of oil wells
[C] _ _ [B] _ [A] And an old school man of the [Bm] world _ _ [G] He taught me how [D] to drive his [E] car
And [D] he's too drunk [G] to _ eat _ [D] a wink And give [Em] me money for [A] the girls
And _ _ our lives was like some old [Dm] western movie
[G] Was [Bm] like _ _ desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _ Was _ like _ _ desperadoes waiting for a train
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] And from the time that I could walk He'd take me with him _
[C] To _ [B] _ [A] a bar called the Green Frog [Bm] Cafe _
_ _ [G] And there was old men [E] with big [G] guts and [D] _ _
_ [G] dominoes
_ _ Lying about their [E] lives while they [A] played _ _
_ _ And I was just a kid and they all called [Dm] me sidekick
[Gm] Was [Bm] like _ _ desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _ Was _ _ [Bm] like _ _ desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ One [D] day I looked up and he's pushing eighteen _
_ [C] _ _ [B] _ [A] And has brown tobacco stains [D] all [Bm] down his chin _
_ _ _ _ [G] Well, that means he's [Em] one of the heroes of [D] this country _
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] So why's he all [E] dressed up [Em] like [A] them old men _
_ _ Drinking beer and playing moon and [D] forty-two
[G] Just [Bm] like a _ desperado waiting [G] for a train
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Like a desperado waiting [G] for a train
_ _ And _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] then the day before he died [D] I went to see him
And _
_ [C] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] I was grown and he was [Bm] almost gone
[B] _
_ So [G] we just [D] closed our [Em] eyes and dreamed us [D] up a kitchen
_ [G] _
_ _ _ And [D] sang another [E] verse [E] of that old song
_ [A]
Long _ _ _ _ _ Jackets, some bitches coming
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] And we're _ desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Like _ _ desperadoes waiting for [G] a train _
_ _ _ _ Like _ _ desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _
_ _ _ [Bm] Like _ _ desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _