Desperados Waiting for a Train The Highwaymen
verse 1
I'd[D] play the re[A]d river va[D]lley
and [A]he'd sit out in the kitchen and[D] cry
and r[G]un his fingers through seventy years o[D]f livin'
and wonder [G]lord, has ever will our drill run [A]dry
we were fr[A7]iends me and this old m[D]an.
chorus:
Like [Bm]desperados waiting for a t[G]rain,
Like [Bm]desperados waiting for a t[G]rain[Em] [A7]
verse 2
He's a [D]drifter and a d[A]riller of oil we[D]lls
and an o[A]ld school man of the w[D]orld
He'd l[G]et me drive his car when he's too d[D]runk to
and he'd [G]wink and give me money for the g[A]irls
and our [A7]lives were like some old western [D]movie.(chorus)
verse 3
[D] [A] [D]
to a [A]bar called the Green Frog [D]Cafe
and there were [G]old men with beer guts and [D]dominoes
ly[G]in' 'bout their lives while they'd[A] play
and [A7]I was a kid they called his si[D]de kick.(chorus)
verse 4
One [D]day I looked [A]up and he's pushin [D]eighty
and the[A]re's brown tobacco stains all down his[D] chin
to [G]me he's one of the heroes of this [D]country
so why[G]'s he all dressed up like them old [A]men
drinkin' [A7]beer and playin' Moon and Forty [D]Two.(chorus)
verse 5
The [D]day before he di[A]ed I went to se[D]e him
I was [A]grown and he was almost [D]gone
so we j[G]ust closed our eyes and dreamed us up a k[D]itchen
and s[G]ang another verse to that old [A]song
come on J[A]ack, that son of a guns a-comin' [D] (chorus 4x)
fade out on G at the end.
Hope you like it I played it by ear and got this. I think its the closest to the actual song.
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