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 !