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Desperados Waiting for a Train
By Jerry Jeff Walker
Written By Guy Clark
Yeah, DI played the Red River Valley; he'd Asit in the kitchen and Bmcry
Run Gfingers through Aseventy Dyears of Bmliving
And Gwonder if every well he'd drilled had gone Adry
We was Afriends, me and this Dold man
BmDesperados waiting for a Gtrain
BmDesperados waiting for a Gtrain
As Dsoon as I could walk he'd take me with him
To a Aplace called the Green Frog CaBmfe
There was Gold men with Abeer guts and DdominoesBm  
GLying 'bout their lives while they Aplayed
And AI was just a kid, they all called me "SiDdekick"
BmDesperados waiting for a Gtrain
BmDesperados waiting for a Gtrain
Yeah, he's a Ddrifter, he's a driller of oil wells
He's an Aold school man of the wBmorld
He Gtaught me how to drive his Acar when he was too drunDk to
He'd Gwink and give me money for the girAls
And our liAves was like some old Western mDovie
BmDesperados waiting for a Gtrain
BmDesperados waiting for a Gtrain
DOne day I looked up, and he's pushin' eighty
He's got Abrown tobacco stains all down his cBmhin
To Gme he was one of the Aheroes of this cDountry
So Gwhy's he all dressed up like them old Amen
Drinkin' Abeer and playin' Moon and Forty-TDwo
Like a Bmdesperado waiting for a Gtrain
Like a Bmdesperado waiting for a Gtrain
The Dday before he died I went to see him
Yeah, AI was grown, and he was almost gBmone
We Gclosed our eyes and we Adreamed us up a kitDchen
We Gplayed another verse to that old sAong
(spoken)
"Yeah Jack, you know that son o' a bitch is comin'"
Like Bmdesperados waiting for a Gtrain
Like Bmdesperados waiting for a Gtrain
Like Bmdesperados waiting for a Gtrain
Like Bmdesperados waiting for a Gtrain
BmDesperados waiting for a Gtrain
BmDesperados waiting for a Gtrain
(fade out)

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Desperados Waiting For A Train

by Jerry Jeff Walker

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Desperados Waiting for a Train

By Jerry Jeff Walker

Written By Guy Clark

D A Bm

Yeah, I played the Red River Valley; he'd sit in the kitchen and cry

G A D Bm

Run fingers through seventy years of living

G A

And wonder if every well he'd drilled had gone dry

A D

We was friends, me and this old man

Bm G

Desperados waiting for a train

Bm G

Desperados waiting for a train

As soon as I could walk he'd take me with him

A Bm

To a place called the Green Frog Cafe

G A D Bm

There was old men with beer guts and dominoes

G A

Lying 'bout their lives while they played

A D

And I was just a kid, they all called me "Sidekick"

Bm G

Desperados waiting for a train

Bm G

Desperados waiting for a train

Yeah, he's a drifter, he's a driller of oil wells

A Bm

He's an old school man of the world

G A D

He taught me how to drive his car when he was too drunk to

G A

He'd wink and give me money for the girls

A D

And our lives was like some old Western movie

Bm G

Desperados waiting for a train

Bm G

Desperados waiting for a train

One day I looked up, and he's pushin' eighty

A Bm

He's got brown tobacco stains all down his chin

G A D

To me he was one of the heroes of this country

G A

So why's he all dressed up like them old men

A D

Drinkin' beer and playin' Moon and Forty-Two

Bm G

Like a desperado waiting for a train

Bm G

Like a desperado waiting for a train

The day before he died I went to see him

A Bm

Yeah, I was grown, and he was almost gone

G A D

We closed our eyes and we dreamed us up a kitchen

G A

We played another verse to that old song

(spoken)

"Yeah Jack, you know that son o' a bitch is comin'"

Bm G

Like desperados waiting for a train

Bm G

Like desperados waiting for a train

Bm G

Like desperados waiting for a train

Bm G

Like desperados waiting for a train

Bm G

Desperados waiting for a train

Bm G

Desperados waiting for a train

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