Desperados Waitin' For a Train Guy Clark 121234 B234B234G234G234 B234B234G234G234 D A D I played the Red River Valley C 2 G 2 A Bm He'd sit in the kitchen and cry G D Bm Run his fingers through seventy years of livin' ~ E A "I wonder, Lord, has every well I've drilled gone dry?" A D We were friends, me and this old man Bm G Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4 Bm G Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4 A 2 3 4 D A D He was a drifter, a driller of oil wells C 2 G 2 A Bm A teacher, a schoolman of the world 2 3 4 G D Bm Let me drive his car when he was too drunk to ~ E A He'd wink and give me money for the girls A D And our lives were like some old Western movie Bm G Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4 Bm G Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4 A 2 3 4 D A D From the time that I could walk he'd take me with him C 2 G 2 A Bm To a bar called the Green Frog Caf-e 2 3 4 G D Bm Where old men with beer guts and dominoes ~ E A Would lie about their lives while they played A D And I was just a kid, they all called "Sidekick" Bm G Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4 Bm G Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4 A 2 3 4 D A D Well, one day I looked up and he's pushin' eighty C 2 G 2 A Bm Brown tobacco stains all down his chin 2 3 4 G D Bm To me he was a hero of this country ~ E A So why's he all dressed up like them old men A D Just drinkin' beer and playin' Moon and Forty-two Bm G Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4 Bm G Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4 A 2 3 4 D A D The day before he died I went to see him C 2 G 2 A Bm I was grown and he was almost gone 2 3 4 G D Bm But we closed our eyes and dreamed us up a kitchen ~ E A And sang another verse to that old song A D (spoken) Come on, Jack, that son-of-a-gun is comin' Bm G Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4 Bm G Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4 Bm G Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4 Bm G Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4 Bm end