Chords for Desperados Waiting For The Train
Tempo:
118.55 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
G
A
D
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Yeah, I played the Red River Valley,
[A] I sit in the kitchen [Bm] and cry.
[G] Run a finger [A] through seventy [D]
[Bm] years of living,
[G] It wonder if [Em] every well it drew [A] gone dry.
We was friends, me and [D] this old man.
[Bm] Desperado's waiting for [G] a train,
[Bm] Desperado's waiting for [G] a train.
[Em]
[A]
[D] Soon as I could walk he'd take me with him,
[C]
[Bm] To a [A] place called the Green Frog [Bm] Cafe.
There [G] was old men [A] with beer, guts [D] and dominoes,
[Bm]
[G] Lying about their [Em]
lives while [A] they played.
And I was just a kid, they all called [D] me sidekick.
[Bm]
Desperado's waiting [G] for a train,
[Bm]
Desperado's waiting for [G] a train.
[Em] [A]
[D] Yeah, he's a drifter, he's a driller, oh well.
[C] [A] He's an old school man of the [Bm]
world.
He [G] taught me how to drive [A] his car when he's [D] too drunk to.
[Bm] [G] He'd wink and give me [Em] money for the [A] girls.
[A] And our lives was like some old [D] western movie.
[Bm] Desperado's waiting [G] for a train,
[Bm] Desperado's waiting for [G] a train.
[Em]
[A]
[D] One day I looked up and he's pushing 80.
[C]
[Bm] [A] Got brown tobacco stains all down [Bm] his chin.
[G] To me he's one [A] of the heroes of [D] this country.
[Bm]
[G] Why's he all [Em] dressed up like them [A] old men,
Drinking beer and playing moon and [D] 42?
[C#] Like [Bm] a desperado waiting for a [G]
train,
[Bm] Like a desperado waiting [G] for a train.
[Em] [A] The
[D] day before he died I went to see him.
[C] [A] Yeah, I was grown and he was almost [Bm] gone.
[Bm] [G] We closed our [A] eyes and we dreamed us up [D] a kitchen.
[Bm] [G] We played another [Em] verse of that [A] old song.
Yeah, Jack, you know that song bitch is coming.
[Bm] Like desperado's waiting [G] for a train,
[Bm] Like desperado's waiting [G] for a train.
[Bm] Like desperado's waiting for [G] a train,
Like desperado's waiting for a [G] train.
[F#]
[G]
[Bm]
[G]
[Bm]
[A] [Bm]
[G]
[A] I sit in the kitchen [Bm] and cry.
[G] Run a finger [A] through seventy [D]
[Bm] years of living,
[G] It wonder if [Em] every well it drew [A] gone dry.
We was friends, me and [D] this old man.
[Bm] Desperado's waiting for [G] a train,
[Bm] Desperado's waiting for [G] a train.
[Em]
[A]
[D] Soon as I could walk he'd take me with him,
[C]
[Bm] To a [A] place called the Green Frog [Bm] Cafe.
There [G] was old men [A] with beer, guts [D] and dominoes,
[Bm]
[G] Lying about their [Em]
lives while [A] they played.
And I was just a kid, they all called [D] me sidekick.
[Bm]
Desperado's waiting [G] for a train,
[Bm]
Desperado's waiting for [G] a train.
[Em] [A]
[D] Yeah, he's a drifter, he's a driller, oh well.
[C] [A] He's an old school man of the [Bm]
world.
He [G] taught me how to drive [A] his car when he's [D] too drunk to.
[Bm] [G] He'd wink and give me [Em] money for the [A] girls.
[A] And our lives was like some old [D] western movie.
[Bm] Desperado's waiting [G] for a train,
[Bm] Desperado's waiting for [G] a train.
[Em]
[A]
[D] One day I looked up and he's pushing 80.
[C]
[Bm] [A] Got brown tobacco stains all down [Bm] his chin.
[G] To me he's one [A] of the heroes of [D] this country.
[Bm]
[G] Why's he all [Em] dressed up like them [A] old men,
Drinking beer and playing moon and [D] 42?
[C#] Like [Bm] a desperado waiting for a [G]
train,
[Bm] Like a desperado waiting [G] for a train.
[Em] [A] The
[D] day before he died I went to see him.
[C] [A] Yeah, I was grown and he was almost [Bm] gone.
[Bm] [G] We closed our [A] eyes and we dreamed us up [D] a kitchen.
[Bm] [G] We played another [Em] verse of that [A] old song.
Yeah, Jack, you know that song bitch is coming.
[Bm] Like desperado's waiting [G] for a train,
[Bm] Like desperado's waiting [G] for a train.
[Bm] Like desperado's waiting for [G] a train,
Like desperado's waiting for a [G] train.
[F#]
[G]
[Bm]
[G]
[Bm]
[A] [Bm]
[G]
Key:
Bm
G
A
D
Em
Bm
G
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah, I played the Red River Valley,
_ [A] _ _ _ I sit in the kitchen [Bm] and cry.
_ _ _ _ [G] Run a finger [A] through _ seventy [D] _ _
[Bm] years of living,
_ [G] It wonder if [Em] every well it drew [A] gone dry.
_ _ _ _ We was friends, _ me and [D] this old man.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ Desperado's waiting for [G] a train, _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ Desperado's waiting for [G] a train.
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Soon as I could walk he'd take me with him,
_ _ [C] _ _
[Bm] To a [A] _ place called the Green Frog [Bm] Cafe. _ _ _ _ _
There [G] was old men [A] with beer, guts [D] and dominoes,
_ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ Lying about their [Em] _
lives while [A] they played. _ _ _ _
_ And I was just a kid, they all called [D] me _ sidekick.
[Bm] _ _
_ Desperado's waiting [G] for a train,
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ Desperado's waiting for [G] a train.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Yeah, he's a drifter, _ he's a driller, oh well. _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] He's an old school man of the [Bm] _
world.
_ _ _ He [G] taught me how to drive [A] his car when he's [D] too drunk to.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] He'd wink and give me [Em] money for the [A] girls. _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] And our lives was like some old [D] western movie.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ Desperado's waiting [G] for a train, _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ Desperado's waiting for [G] a train.
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] One day I looked up and he's pushing 80.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bm] _ [A] Got brown tobacco stains all down [Bm] his chin. _ _ _ _
_ [G] To me he's one [A] of the heroes of [D] this country.
_ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ Why's he all [Em] dressed up like them [A] old men, _ _ _
_ Drinking beer and playing moon and [D] 42?
_ _ [C#] Like [Bm] a _ desperado waiting for a [G]
train,
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Like a _ desperado waiting [G] for a train.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [A] The _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] day before he died I went to see him.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] Yeah, I was grown and he was almost [Bm] gone.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] We closed our [A] eyes and we dreamed us up [D] a kitchen.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] We played another [Em] verse of that [A] old song.
_ _ _ Yeah, Jack, you know that song bitch is coming.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Like _ _ _ desperado's waiting [G] for a train,
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Like _ _ desperado's waiting [G] for a train.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Like _ _ desperado's waiting for [G] a train,
_ _ _ Like _ _ desperado's waiting for a [G] train. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah, I played the Red River Valley,
_ [A] _ _ _ I sit in the kitchen [Bm] and cry.
_ _ _ _ [G] Run a finger [A] through _ seventy [D] _ _
[Bm] years of living,
_ [G] It wonder if [Em] every well it drew [A] gone dry.
_ _ _ _ We was friends, _ me and [D] this old man.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ Desperado's waiting for [G] a train, _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ Desperado's waiting for [G] a train.
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Soon as I could walk he'd take me with him,
_ _ [C] _ _
[Bm] To a [A] _ place called the Green Frog [Bm] Cafe. _ _ _ _ _
There [G] was old men [A] with beer, guts [D] and dominoes,
_ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ Lying about their [Em] _
lives while [A] they played. _ _ _ _
_ And I was just a kid, they all called [D] me _ sidekick.
[Bm] _ _
_ Desperado's waiting [G] for a train,
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ Desperado's waiting for [G] a train.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Yeah, he's a drifter, _ he's a driller, oh well. _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] He's an old school man of the [Bm] _
world.
_ _ _ He [G] taught me how to drive [A] his car when he's [D] too drunk to.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] He'd wink and give me [Em] money for the [A] girls. _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] And our lives was like some old [D] western movie.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ Desperado's waiting [G] for a train, _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ Desperado's waiting for [G] a train.
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] One day I looked up and he's pushing 80.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bm] _ [A] Got brown tobacco stains all down [Bm] his chin. _ _ _ _
_ [G] To me he's one [A] of the heroes of [D] this country.
_ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ Why's he all [Em] dressed up like them [A] old men, _ _ _
_ Drinking beer and playing moon and [D] 42?
_ _ [C#] Like [Bm] a _ desperado waiting for a [G]
train,
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Like a _ desperado waiting [G] for a train.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [A] The _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] day before he died I went to see him.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] Yeah, I was grown and he was almost [Bm] gone.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] We closed our [A] eyes and we dreamed us up [D] a kitchen.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] We played another [Em] verse of that [A] old song.
_ _ _ Yeah, Jack, you know that song bitch is coming.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Like _ _ _ desperado's waiting [G] for a train,
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Like _ _ desperado's waiting [G] for a train.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Like _ _ desperado's waiting for [G] a train,
_ _ _ Like _ _ desperado's waiting for a [G] train. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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