Error_page with try_files

I want to check if the user has a custom error page, if not shows a
default inside nginx basedir.

error_page 404 403 502 503 504 = @error;

location @error {
  try_files /404.htm /404.html /404.php (how to point to a file

outside document root?);
}

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