Chords for Steve Earle with Rodney Crowell "Desperados Waiting For A Train"
Tempo:
70.525 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Bm
Em
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] I'd play the red river valley, [G] [A] sit in the [D] kitchen [B] and cry
[G] Run his fingers [E] through [D] 70 [Bm] years of [G] living
One [Gbm] love [Em] is every [D] well I'd [A] drill gone dry
These friends, [D] me and this old man
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Em] He's
[B] [D] a drifter and a driller of all else
[G] [A] An old school man [B] of the world
Taught [G] me [Em] how to drive this car
[D] He's too drunk to [G] hear
[B] [G] And he can't [E] give me [Em] money [D] for a [G] girl
[A] Now life is just like some old [D] western movie
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] [Em] I'm [G] [D]
like a walker taking a whizzing [C] walk
[G]
[A] To a bar called the green [Bm] frog cat bay
[G] There were [Em] old men with big [D] guts and down [B] low
[G] [Em] Lying about their lives [A] while they played
I was just a kid, the [D] alcohol [Bm] sidekick
Like desperadoes [A] waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Em] [D] One day I looked around and he was a pushy lady
[G] [A]
Round stains [B] all down his chin
[G] He's [Em] one of the heroes [D] of this country
[B] [G] So I say I'll dress up [A] like the moon man
Drink a beer, play a [D] moon and fall asleep
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[B]
Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
The [Em] [G]
[Ab] [G] [D]
day before he died I was in
I [C]
[B] [A] was grown and he was [Bm] almost gone
We [G] just closed our [Em] eyes and dreamed of something
[D]
[Bm] [G] [Ab] Singing [Em] in the verse of [G] that old song
[A] Son of [D] a bitch
Like [B] desperadoes [G] waiting for a train
[Bm] Desperadoes [G] waiting for a train
[B] Desperadoes [G] waiting for a train
[Bm] Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Ab] [Gm] [N]
[G] Run his fingers [E] through [D] 70 [Bm] years of [G] living
One [Gbm] love [Em] is every [D] well I'd [A] drill gone dry
These friends, [D] me and this old man
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Em] He's
[B] [D] a drifter and a driller of all else
[G] [A] An old school man [B] of the world
Taught [G] me [Em] how to drive this car
[D] He's too drunk to [G] hear
[B] [G] And he can't [E] give me [Em] money [D] for a [G] girl
[A] Now life is just like some old [D] western movie
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] [Em] I'm [G] [D]
like a walker taking a whizzing [C] walk
[G]
[A] To a bar called the green [Bm] frog cat bay
[G] There were [Em] old men with big [D] guts and down [B] low
[G] [Em] Lying about their lives [A] while they played
I was just a kid, the [D] alcohol [Bm] sidekick
Like desperadoes [A] waiting [G] for a train
[Bm] Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Em] [D] One day I looked around and he was a pushy lady
[G] [A]
Round stains [B] all down his chin
[G] He's [Em] one of the heroes [D] of this country
[B] [G] So I say I'll dress up [A] like the moon man
Drink a beer, play a [D] moon and fall asleep
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[B]
Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
The [Em] [G]
[Ab] [G] [D]
day before he died I was in
I [C]
[B] [A] was grown and he was [Bm] almost gone
We [G] just closed our [Em] eyes and dreamed of something
[D]
[Bm] [G] [Ab] Singing [Em] in the verse of [G] that old song
[A] Son of [D] a bitch
Like [B] desperadoes [G] waiting for a train
[Bm] Desperadoes [G] waiting for a train
[B] Desperadoes [G] waiting for a train
[Bm] Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
[Ab] [Gm] [N]
Key:
G
D
Bm
Em
A
G
D
Bm
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ I'd play the red river valley, [G] _ _ [A] sit in the [D] kitchen [B] and cry
_ [G] Run his fingers [E] through [D] 70 [Bm] years of [G] living
One [Gbm] love [Em] is every [D] well I'd [A] drill gone dry
_ These friends, [D] me and this old man
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
_ _ [Bm] _ Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
_ [Em] He's _
[B] _ _ _ [D] a drifter and a driller of all else
_ [G] _ [A] An old school man [B] of the world
Taught [G] me [Em] how to drive this car
[D] He's too drunk to [G] hear
[B] [G] And he can't [E] give me [Em] money [D] for a [G] girl
[A] _ Now life is just like some old [D] western movie
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
_ _ [Bm] _ Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
_ [Bm] [Em] I'm [G] _ [D] _ _
_ like a walker taking a whizzing [C] walk
[G] _
[A] To a bar called the green [Bm] frog cat bay
[G] There were [Em] old men with big [D] guts and down [B] low
_ [G] _ [Em] Lying about their lives [A] while they played _
_ I was just a kid, the [D] alcohol [Bm] sidekick
Like desperadoes [A] waiting [G] for a train _ _
[Bm] _ _ Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] One day I looked around and he was a pushy lady
[G] _ _ [A] _ _
Round stains [B] all down his chin
_ _ [G] He's [Em] one of the heroes [D] of this country
[B] [G] So I say I'll dress up [A] like the moon man
_ Drink a beer, play a [D] moon and fall asleep
[Bm] _ Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
_ _ _ [B] _
Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
The [Em] _ [G] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _
day before he died I was in
I [C] _
[B] _ [A] was grown and he was [Bm] almost gone
We _ [G] just closed our [Em] eyes and dreamed of something
[D] _ _
[Bm] _ [G] _ [Ab] Singing [Em] in the verse of [G] that old song
[A] Son _ _ of [D] a bitch
Like [B] _ desperadoes [G] waiting for a train _
_ [Bm] _ Desperadoes [G] waiting for a train _
_ [B] _ Desperadoes [G] waiting for a train _
_ [Bm] _ Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
_ [Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Run his fingers [E] through [D] 70 [Bm] years of [G] living
One [Gbm] love [Em] is every [D] well I'd [A] drill gone dry
_ These friends, [D] me and this old man
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
_ _ [Bm] _ Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
_ [Em] He's _
[B] _ _ _ [D] a drifter and a driller of all else
_ [G] _ [A] An old school man [B] of the world
Taught [G] me [Em] how to drive this car
[D] He's too drunk to [G] hear
[B] [G] And he can't [E] give me [Em] money [D] for a [G] girl
[A] _ Now life is just like some old [D] western movie
[Bm] Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
_ _ [Bm] _ Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
_ [Bm] [Em] I'm [G] _ [D] _ _
_ like a walker taking a whizzing [C] walk
[G] _
[A] To a bar called the green [Bm] frog cat bay
[G] There were [Em] old men with big [D] guts and down [B] low
_ [G] _ [Em] Lying about their lives [A] while they played _
_ I was just a kid, the [D] alcohol [Bm] sidekick
Like desperadoes [A] waiting [G] for a train _ _
[Bm] _ _ Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] One day I looked around and he was a pushy lady
[G] _ _ [A] _ _
Round stains [B] all down his chin
_ _ [G] He's [Em] one of the heroes [D] of this country
[B] [G] So I say I'll dress up [A] like the moon man
_ Drink a beer, play a [D] moon and fall asleep
[Bm] _ Like desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
_ _ _ [B] _
Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
The [Em] _ [G] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _
day before he died I was in
I [C] _
[B] _ [A] was grown and he was [Bm] almost gone
We _ [G] just closed our [Em] eyes and dreamed of something
[D] _ _
[Bm] _ [G] _ [Ab] Singing [Em] in the verse of [G] that old song
[A] Son _ _ of [D] a bitch
Like [B] _ desperadoes [G] waiting for a train _
_ [Bm] _ Desperadoes [G] waiting for a train _
_ [B] _ Desperadoes [G] waiting for a train _
_ [Bm] _ Desperadoes waiting [G] for a train
_ [Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _