[Intro]
“Hello I’m Johnny Cash !
One night I had a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson Show…”

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 2]
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 ?”

[Chorus]
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

[Outro]
A
I wish you could’ve been there
A
Well maybe you were !