Highwaymen - Desperados waiting for a train

^DI played the ^ARed River ^DValley C 2 G 2 He'd ^Asit in the kitchen and ^Bmcry Run his ^Gfingers through seventy years of ^Dlivin' ^Bm~ &qu^Eot;I wonder, Lord, has every well I've drilled ^Agone dry?" ^AWe were friends, me and this ^Dold man Like ^Bmdesperados waitin' for a ^Gtrain 2 3 4 Like ^Bmdesperados waitin' for a ^Gtrain 2 3 4 A 2 3 4 ^DHe was a drifter, a ^Adriller of ^Doil wells C 2 G 2 A ^Ateacher, a schoolman of the ^Bmworld 2 3 4 Let me ^Gdrive his car when he was too ^Ddrunk to ^Bm~ He'd ^Ewink and give me money for the ^Agirls ^AAnd our lives were like some old Western ^Dmovie Like ^Bmdesperados waitin' for a ^Gtrain 2 3 4 Like ^Bmdesperados waitin' for a ^Gtrain 2 3 4 A 2 3 4 From the ^Dtime that I could ^Awalk he'd take me ^Dwith him C 2 G 2 To a ^Abar called the Green Frog Caf-^Bme 2 3 4 Where ^Gold men with beer guts and ^Ddominoes ^Bm~ Would ^Elie about their lives while they ^Aplayed ^AAnd I was just a kid, they all called ^D"Sidekick" Like ^Bmdesperados waitin' for a ^Gtrain 2 3 4 Like ^Bmdesperados waitin' for a ^Gtrain 2 3 4 A 2 3 4 Well, ^Done day I looked ^Aup and he's pushin' ^Deighty C 2 G 2 ^ABrown tobacco stains all down his ^Bmchin 2 3 4 To ^Gme he was a hero of this ^Dcountry ^Bm~ So ^Ewhy's he all dressed up like them old ^Amen ^AJust drinkin' beer and playin' Moon and ^DForty-two Like ^Bmdesperados waitin' for a ^Gtrain 2 3 4 Like ^Bmdesperados waitin' for a ^Gtrain 2 3 4 A 2 3 4 The ^Dday before he ^Adied I went to ^Dsee him C 2 G 2 ^AI was grown and he was almost ^Bmgone 2 3 4 But we ^Gclosed our eyes and dreamed us up a ^Dkitchen ^Bm~ And ^Esang another verse to that old ^Asong (spoken) ^ACome on, Jack, that son-of-a-gun is ^Dcomin' Like ^Bmdesperados waitin' for a ^Gtrain 2 3 4 Like ^Bmdesperados waitin' for a ^Gtrain 2 3 4 Like ^Bmdesperados waitin' for a ^Gtrain 2 3 4 Bm G Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4 Bm end