A Backstage Pass - Johnny Cash [Intro] "Hello I'm Johnny Cash ! One night I had a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson Show..." |[Chorus] |There were [C]wackoes and weirdoes |And [G]dingbats and dodoes |And [D]athletes and movie stars |And [G]David Allan Coe |There was [C]leather and lace |And every [G]minority race |With a [D]backstage pass to the Willie Nelson [G]Show [Verse 1] Kris[G]tofferson got an offer for a [D]movie Promoters closed another deal or [G]two Waylon got a call from his son [C]Shooter And [A]he went home the minute he was [D]through [G]I moved with the mob at inter[D]mission To the green room where you see who you can [G]see There were has-been's and would-be's and [C]never-were's [G]Paupers punks and [D]millionaires and [G]me [Chorus] [Verse 2] Hells [G]Angels blocked the traffic to the [D]building In order for the beer truck to come [G]through And waitin' in the wings to sing with [C]Willie Were [A]hopeful stars of flickering magni[D]tude There was a [G]singer Willie knew back in the [D]fifties Who once paid him fifty dollars for a [G]song There were women who once did and some who [C]still would I [G]heard one ask "did [D]Connie come [G]along ?" |[Chorus] |And there were [C]wackoes and weirdoes |And [G]dingbats and dodoes |And [D]athletes and movie stars |And [G]David Allan Coe |There was [C]leather and lace |And every [G]minority race |With a [D]backstage pass to the Willie Nelson [G]Show [Outro] [G]I wish you could've been there Well maybe you [G]were !