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Desperados Waiting For A Train

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[Verse]
I'd Dplay the red river valley C  G  
and Ahe'd sit out in the kitchen and Dcry
and rGun his fingers through EmseveAnty Dyears of Hmlivin'
and Gwonder, Lord, hEmas every well I drilled run dAry
we were frAiends me and this Dold man.
[Chorus]
Like Bmdesperados waiting for a tGrain,
Like Bmdesperados waiting for a tGrainEm  A  
[Verse]
He's a drifter, a driller of oil wells 
He's an old school man of the world 
He taught me how to drive his car when he was too drunk to 
And he'd wink and give me money for the girls 
And our lives was like, some old Western movie
[Chorus]
Like Bmdesperados waiting for a tGrain,
Like Bmdesperados waiting for a tGrainEm  A  
[Verse]
From the time that I could walk he'd take me with him 
To a bar called the Green Frog Cafe 
There was old men with beer guts and dominos 
Lying 'bout their lives while they played 
I was just a kid, they all called me "Sidekick" 
[Chorus]
Like Bmdesperados waiting for a tGrain,
Like Bmdesperados waiting for a tGrain Em  A  
[Verse]
One day I looked up and he's pushin' eighty 
He's got brown tobacco stains all down his chin 
Well to me he was a hero of this country 
So why's he all dressed up like them old men 
Drinkin' beer and playin' Moon and Forty-two 
[Chorus]
Like Bmdesperados waiting for a tGrain,
Like Bmdesperados waiting for a tGrainEm  A  
[Verse]
The day 'fore he died I went to see him 
I was grown and he was almost gone. 
So we just closed our eyes and dreamed us up a kitchen 
And sang one more verse to that old song 
(spoken) Come on, Jack, that son-of-a-bitch is comin' 
[Outro]
We're desperados waitin' for a train 
Was like desperados waitin' for a train

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Desperados Waiting For A Train

by Guy Clark

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[Verse]

D C G

I'd play the red river valley

A D

and he'd sit out in the kitchen and cry

G Em A D Hm

and run his fingers through seventy years of livin'

G Em A

and wonder, Lord, has every well I drilled run dry

A D

we were friends me and this old man.

[Chorus]

Bm G

Like desperados waiting for a train,

Bm G Em A

Like desperados waiting for a train

[Verse]

He's a drifter, a driller of oil wells

He's an old school man of the world

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

And he'd wink and give me money for the girls

And our lives was like, some old Western movie

[Chorus]

Bm G

Like desperados waiting for a train,

Bm G Em A

Like desperados waiting for a train

[Verse]

From the time that I could walk he'd take me with him

To a bar called the Green Frog Cafe

There was old men with beer guts and dominos

Lying 'bout their lives while they played

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

[Chorus]

Bm G

Like desperados waiting for a train,

Bm G Em A

Like desperados waiting for a train

[Verse]

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

He's got brown tobacco stains all down his chin

Well to me he was a hero of this country

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

Drinkin' beer and playin' Moon and Forty-two

[Chorus]

Bm G

Like desperados waiting for a train,

Bm G Em A

Like desperados waiting for a train

[Verse]

The day 'fore he died I went to see him

I was grown and he was almost gone.

So we just closed our eyes and dreamed us up a kitchen

And sang one more verse to that old song

(spoken) Come on, Jack, that son-of-a-bitch is comin'

[Outro]

We're desperados waitin' for a train

Was like desperados waitin' for a train

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