Johnny Cash – A Backstage Pass (Guitar)

           D
There were wackoes and weirdoes

    A
And dingbats and dodoes

    E
And athletes and movie stars

    A
And David Allan Coe

          D
There was leather and lace

          A
And every minority race

       E                                   A
With a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson Show

    A                            E
Kristofferson got an offer for a movie

                                 A
Promoters closed another deal or two

                               D
Waylon got a call from his son Shooter

    B                              E
And he went home the minute he was through

A                            E
I moved with the mob at intermission

                                            A
To the green room where you see who you can see

                                         D
There were has-been's and would-be's and never-were's

A                 E                A
Paupers punks and millionaires and me

               D
And there were wackoes and weirdoes

    A
And dingbats and dodoes

    E
And athletes and movie stars

    A
And David Allan Coe

          D
There was leather and lace

          A
And every minority race

       E                                   A
With a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson Show

      A                                 E
Hells Angels blocked the traffic to the building

                                    A
In order for the beer truck to come through

                                      D
And waitin' in the wings to sing with Willie

     B                                E
Were hopeful stars of flickering magnitude

            A                              E
There was a singer Willie knew back in the fifties

                                      A
Who once paid him fifty dollars for a song

                                           D
There were women who once did and some who still would

  A                  E            A
I heard one ask "did Connie come along ?"

               D
And there were wackoes and weirdoes

    A
And dingbats and dodoes

    E
And athletes and movie stars

    A
And David Allan Coe

          D
There was leather and lace

          A
And every minority race

       E                                   A
With a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson Show

A
I wish you could've been there

               A
Well maybe you were !