Casey Jones chords by Burl Ives
Verse 1
G
Come all you rounders
if you want to hear a story
A
D
about a brave engineer say
G
Casey Jones was the rounder's name
and on a 6 -8 wheel
D
a boys he won his fame
G
Call a call
Casey at half past four
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D
kissed his wife at the station door
G
mounted to the cabin
with his orders in his hand
and took his farewell trip
D
G
to the promised land
K .C. Jones mounted to the cabin,
C
G
D
K .C. Jones with his orders in his hand,
G
D
K .C. Jones mounted to the cabin,
mounted to the cabin
with his orders in his hand
G
Oh, put in your water and
shovel in your coal,
put your head out the window,
A
boys, watch them drivers roll
D
G
I'm going to run her till
she leaves the rail,
D
cause I'm six hours late
with the Westerhurt mail
G
He looked at his watch and
his watch was slow,
he looked at his water
A
and his water was low
D
G
Turned to the fireman and he said,
D
We're gonna reach a frisco
G
but we'll all be dead
Casey Jones,
D
we're gonna reach a frisco
C
G
Casey Jones, but we'll all be dead
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G
Casey Jones,
we're gonna reach a frisco
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D
We're gonna reach a frisco
G
but we'll all be dead
Now Casey pulled up that Reno hill
A
Tooted for the crossing with an awful shrill
D
G
So which man knew by
the engine's moan
D
That the man at the throttle
G
was Casey Jones
Pulled up within two miles of the place,
A
D
number four stared her right in the face
G
Turned to the farm and said,
boy you better jump,
cause there's two locomotives
D
G
that's a -goin' to bump up
Casey Jones, two locomotives,
C
G
D
Casey Jones and a -goin' to bump
G
Casey Jones, two locomotives,
C
D
two locomotives
and a -goin' to bump
G
Casey said just before he died,
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D
two more roads I'd like to ride
G
Firemen said what might they be,
D
the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe
G
Mrs. Jones sat on her bed a -cryin',
just received a message that
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D
her Casey man was dyin'
G
Said go to bed, children,
and hush your cryin',
cause you got another papa
D
G
on the Salt Lake Line
C
G
D
KC Jones,
G
you got an
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G
D
G
other
C
popper,
G
A
KC Jones on the Salt Lake
D
line.
Outro 1
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Em
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Casey Jones
Burl Ives
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