{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":936170,"song":"Desperados Waiting For A Train","artist":"Guy Clark","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11613932-desperados-waiting-for-a-train-chords-by-guy-clark/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/936170?type=chord","rating":4.47178,"votes":138,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd play the red river valley [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand he'd sit out in the kitchen and cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Hm[/ch]\r\nand run his fingers through seventy years of livin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand wonder, Lord, has every well I drilled run dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwe were friends me and this old man.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike desperados waiting for a train,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLike desperados waiting for a train[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\nHe's a drifter, a driller of oil wells \r\nHe's an old school man of the world \r\nHe taught me how to drive his car when he was too drunk to \r\nAnd he'd wink and give me money for the girls \r\nAnd our lives was like, some old Western movie\r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike desperados waiting for a train,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLike desperados waiting for a train[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\nFrom the time that I could walk he'd take me with him \r\nTo a bar called the Green Frog Cafe \r\nThere was old men with beer guts and dominos \r\nLying 'bout their lives while they played \r\nI was just a kid, they all called me \"Sidekick\" \r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike desperados waiting for a train,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLike desperados waiting for a train [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\nOne day I looked up and he's pushin' eighty \r\nHe's got brown tobacco stains all down his chin \r\nWell to me he was a hero of this country \r\nSo why's he all dressed up like them old men \r\nDrinkin' beer and playin' Moon and Forty-two \r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike desperados waiting for a train,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLike desperados waiting for a train[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\nThe day 'fore he died I went to see him \r\nI was grown and he was almost gone. \r\nSo we just closed our eyes and dreamed us up a kitchen \r\nAnd sang one more verse to that old song \r\n(spoken) Come on, Jack, that son-of-a-bitch is comin' \r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\nWe're desperados waitin' for a train \r\nWas like desperados waitin' for a train","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\nHe's a drifter, a driller of oil wells \nHe's an old school man of the world \nHe taught me how to drive his car when he was too drunk to \nAnd he'd wink and give me money for the girls \nAnd our lives was like, some old Western movie\n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\nFrom the time that I could walk he'd take me with him \nTo a bar called the Green Frog Cafe \nThere was old men with beer guts and dominos \nLying 'bout their lives while they played \nI was just a kid, they all called me \"Sidekick\" \n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\nOne day I looked up and he's pushin' eighty \nHe's got brown tobacco stains all down his chin \nWell to me he was a hero of this country \nSo why's he all dressed up like them old men \nDrinkin' beer and playin' Moon and Forty-two \n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\nThe day 'fore he died I went to see him \nI was grown and he was almost gone. \nSo we just closed our eyes and dreamed us up a kitchen \nAnd sang one more verse to that old song \n(spoken) Come on, Jack, that son-of-a-bitch is comin' \n\n[Outro]\nWe're desperados waitin' for a train \nWas like desperados waitin' for a train","chords":["D","C","G","A","Em","Hm","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}