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The band is actually HIGHWAYMAN - not MEN! But UG wouldn't accept it otherwise... This is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard. This is merely MY take on the version performed by Highwayman. For your reference, it was written by Guy Clark, though you probably knew that... I'm not claiming that it's right, but I think it sounds good, especially if you capo the first or second fret. As it is my own version, any of those people who want to submit corrections can shove those corrections right up their bottom - sideways! Although, those with ideas on how to play the song differently are more than welcome to e-mail me at James_P_Holloway@Yahoo.co.uk. The chorus can get pretty boring after playing it five times, so I tend to play it after verses 1, 3 and 5 - though do whatever you like, I really don't care. Anyway, on with the music. VERSE 1
CI'd plaGy the Red River Valley, anAmd he'd sit out iDmn the kitchen and cry. And runD his fingers through Fseventy yeaFmrs of livin' And wConder LordG, has everyAm well I drilled run dry. We wDmere friends me and this old man.
CHORUS
LiFke despGeradoes waiting for a train, LiFke despGeradoes waiting for a train, LiFke despGeradoes waiting for a train, LiFke FmdesperCadoes waiting for a train.
VERSE 2
CHe's a driftGer and a driller of oil wells, and an old Amschool manDm of the world, He'd let mDe driveF his Fmcar when he's too drunk to, AndC he'd wGink aAmnd give me money for the girls, And ouDmr lives was like some old western movie.
VERSE 3
CFrom the timeG that I could walk he'd take me with him, to a bAmar called the DmGreen Frog Cafe, And Dthere waFs oldFm men with beer guts and dominoes, LyCin'G 'bouAmt their lives while they'd play, And I wasDm just a kid they called his sidekick
VERSE 4
COne day IG looked up and he's pushin' eighty, And therAme's brown Dmtobacco stains all down his chin, ToD me he'sF one of Fmthe heroes of this country, SoC whGy's he Amall dressed up like them old men, Drinkin'Dm beer and playin' Moon and Forty Two
VERSE 5
CThe day before heG died I went to see him I Amwas grown andDm he was almost gone So we Djust clFosed ourFm eyes and dreamed us up a kitchen AnCd sGang aAmnother verse to that old song Come on JDmack, that son of a bitch is a-coming.
Thanks alot for bothering with this, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.