Desperados Waiting for a Train (American Outlaws: Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990) Chords
Tempo:
68.1 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Bm
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[G] [A] [D]
[G] [A] [D] I'd play the Red River Valley [C] [G] [A] He'd sit out in the kitchen and [Bm] cry
Run [G] his fingers [D] through [Em] seventy [D] years of living
[A] [Bm] And wonder, [G] Lord, [D] has every [Em] well I drilled [D] gone dry
[A] We were friends, me and this [D] old man
Like [Bm] desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
He's [F#m] [Em] [G] [A] [D] a drifter and a driller of oil wells
[C] [Bm] [A] Old school man of [B] the world
[G] He'd [D] let me [Em] drive his car when [D] he's too drunk to
[Bm] [G] [Bm] He'd wink [Em] and give me money [A] for the girls
And our lives were like some old [D] western movie
[Bm] Like desperadoes [G] waiting for a train
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[D] [Em] [A] [D] From the day that I could walk he'd take me with him
To [C] [Bm] [A] a place called the Green Frog Cafe
[Bm] There [G] was [D] old men [Em] with beer guts and [D] dominoes
[Bm] [G] [D] Lying about [Em] their lives while they played
[A] I was just a kid, they called me [D] sidekick
[Bm] Like desperadoes [G] waiting for a train
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
One [D] [Em] [A] [D] day I look up and he's pushing eighty
[C] And [Em] [A] there's brown tobacco [F#m] stains [Bm] all down his chin
To [G] [D] me he's [Em] been one of the heroes [D] of this country
[Bm] [G] So [D] why's he [Em] all dressed up like them [A] old men
Drinking beer and playing moon and forty [D]-two
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting for [G] a train
[D] [Em] [A] The [D] day before he died I went to see him
[C] [G] [A] I was grown and he was almost [Bm] gone
He [G] just [D] closed our [Em] eyes and dreamed us [D] up a kitchen
[Bm] Sang [G] [D] [Em] another verse of that [A] old song
Come on John, that son of a gun's coming
[D] [Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting for [G] a train
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting for [G] a train
[A] [G] [A] [G]
[G] [A] [D]
[G] [A] [D] I'd play the Red River Valley [C] [G] [A] He'd sit out in the kitchen and [Bm] cry
Run [G] his fingers [D] through [Em] seventy [D] years of living
[A] [Bm] And wonder, [G] Lord, [D] has every [Em] well I drilled [D] gone dry
[A] We were friends, me and this [D] old man
Like [Bm] desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
He's [F#m] [Em] [G] [A] [D] a drifter and a driller of oil wells
[C] [Bm] [A] Old school man of [B] the world
[G] He'd [D] let me [Em] drive his car when [D] he's too drunk to
[Bm] [G] [Bm] He'd wink [Em] and give me money [A] for the girls
And our lives were like some old [D] western movie
[Bm] Like desperadoes [G] waiting for a train
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[D] [Em] [A] [D] From the day that I could walk he'd take me with him
To [C] [Bm] [A] a place called the Green Frog Cafe
[Bm] There [G] was [D] old men [Em] with beer guts and [D] dominoes
[Bm] [G] [D] Lying about [Em] their lives while they played
[A] I was just a kid, they called me [D] sidekick
[Bm] Like desperadoes [G] waiting for a train
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
One [D] [Em] [A] [D] day I look up and he's pushing eighty
[C] And [Em] [A] there's brown tobacco [F#m] stains [Bm] all down his chin
To [G] [D] me he's [Em] been one of the heroes [D] of this country
[Bm] [G] So [D] why's he [Em] all dressed up like them [A] old men
Drinking beer and playing moon and forty [D]-two
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting for [G] a train
[D] [Em] [A] The [D] day before he died I went to see him
[C] [G] [A] I was grown and he was almost [Bm] gone
He [G] just [D] closed our [Em] eyes and dreamed us [D] up a kitchen
[Bm] Sang [G] [D] [Em] another verse of that [A] old song
Come on John, that son of a gun's coming
[D] [Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting for [G] a train
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting for [G] a train
[A] [G] [A] [G]
Key:
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G
Bm
A
Em
D
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Bm
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] I'd play the Red River Valley [C] _ [G] [A] He'd sit out in the kitchen and [Bm] cry
Run [G] his fingers [D] through [Em] seventy [D] years of living
[A] [Bm] And wonder, [G] Lord, [D] has every [Em] well I drilled [D] gone dry
[A] We were friends, me and this [D] old man
Like [Bm] desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
He's [F#m] _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [A] [D] a drifter and a driller of oil wells
[C] _ [Bm] [A] Old school man of [B] the world
_ [G] He'd [D] let me [Em] drive his car when [D] he's too drunk to
[Bm] _ _ [G] [Bm] He'd wink [Em] and give me money [A] for the girls
And our lives were like some old [D] western movie
[Bm] Like desperadoes [G] waiting for a train _
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _
[D] _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] From the day that I could walk he'd take me with him
To [C] _ [Bm] [A] a place called the Green Frog Cafe
[Bm] There [G] was [D] old men [Em] with beer guts and [D] dominoes
[Bm] _ _ [G] [D] Lying about [Em] their lives while they played
[A] I _ _ was just a kid, they called me [D] sidekick
_ [Bm] Like desperadoes [G] waiting for a train _
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
One [D] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] day I look up and he's pushing eighty
[C] And [Em] [A] there's brown tobacco [F#m] stains [Bm] all down his chin
To [G] [D] me he's [Em] been one of the heroes [D] of this country
[Bm] _ [G] So [D] why's he [Em] all dressed up like them [A] old men
_ _ Drinking beer and playing moon and forty [D]-two
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting for [G] a train _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ _ [A] The [D] day before he died I went to see him
_ [C] _ [G] _ [A] I was grown and he was almost [Bm] gone
He [G] just [D] closed our [Em] eyes and dreamed us [D] up a kitchen
[Bm] Sang [G] _ [D] [Em] another verse of that [A] old song
Come on John, that son of a gun's coming _ _
[D] [Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting for [G] a train _ _
_ [Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting for [G] a train
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] I'd play the Red River Valley [C] _ [G] [A] He'd sit out in the kitchen and [Bm] cry
Run [G] his fingers [D] through [Em] seventy [D] years of living
[A] [Bm] And wonder, [G] Lord, [D] has every [Em] well I drilled [D] gone dry
[A] We were friends, me and this [D] old man
Like [Bm] desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
He's [F#m] _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [A] [D] a drifter and a driller of oil wells
[C] _ [Bm] [A] Old school man of [B] the world
_ [G] He'd [D] let me [Em] drive his car when [D] he's too drunk to
[Bm] _ _ [G] [Bm] He'd wink [Em] and give me money [A] for the girls
And our lives were like some old [D] western movie
[Bm] Like desperadoes [G] waiting for a train _
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _
[D] _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] From the day that I could walk he'd take me with him
To [C] _ [Bm] [A] a place called the Green Frog Cafe
[Bm] There [G] was [D] old men [Em] with beer guts and [D] dominoes
[Bm] _ _ [G] [D] Lying about [Em] their lives while they played
[A] I _ _ was just a kid, they called me [D] sidekick
_ [Bm] Like desperadoes [G] waiting for a train _
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
One [D] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] day I look up and he's pushing eighty
[C] And [Em] [A] there's brown tobacco [F#m] stains [Bm] all down his chin
To [G] [D] me he's [Em] been one of the heroes [D] of this country
[Bm] _ [G] So [D] why's he [Em] all dressed up like them [A] old men
_ _ Drinking beer and playing moon and forty [D]-two
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting for [G] a train _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ _ [A] The [D] day before he died I went to see him
_ [C] _ [G] _ [A] I was grown and he was almost [Bm] gone
He [G] just [D] closed our [Em] eyes and dreamed us [D] up a kitchen
[Bm] Sang [G] _ [D] [Em] another verse of that [A] old song
Come on John, that son of a gun's coming _ _
[D] [Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting for [G] a train _ _
_ [Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting for [G] a train
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _