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 !