Casey Jones chords by The Almanac Singers

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Verse 1
G 
Em 
G 
The workers on
the S .B. line
for strikes had had a call
But Casey Jones, the engineer,
A 
D 
he wouldn't strike at all
G 
His boiler, it was leaking
and the driver's on the bum
And the engines and the bearing,
they were all out of plumb
C 
G 
Casey Jones kept his junk pile running
D 
Casey Jones was working double time
G 
C 
Casey Jones got a wooden medal
G 
for being good and faithful
Bm 
G 
on the S .B. line.
Em 
The worker said to Casey,
G 
won't you help us win this strike?
But Casey said, let me alone,
you'd better take a hike.
Well, Casey's wheezy engine
ran right off the wheezy track.
And Casey hit the river
with an awful smack.
C 
Casey Jones hit the river bottom.
G 
A 
D 
Casey Jones broke his blooming spine.
G 
Casey Jones turned into an angel.
D 
G 
He got a trip to heaven
on the S .P. line.
Then Casey got to heaven
D 
way up to that pearly gate.
G 
He said, I'm Casey Jones,
A 
G 
the guy that pulled the S .P. freight.
You're just the man, said Peter,
our musicians are on strike.
You can get a job of scabbing
any time you like.
C 
Casey Jones got a job in heaven.
G 
A 
D 
Casey Jones was doing mighty fine.
G 
C 
Casey Jones went scabbing on the angels
G 
just like he did to workers on the S .B. line.
Well, the angels got together,
they said it wasn't fair for Casey Jones
Em 
D 
to go around a -scabbing everywhere.
G 
The angels, union number 23,
they sure were there.
They promptly fired Casey
G 
down the Golden Stair.
Casey Jones!
C 
I went to hell, I'm flying!
G 
Casey Jones!
A 
D 
The devil said, oh fine!
G 
Casey Jones!
Get busy shoveling sulfur,
it's what you get for
G 
scabbin' on the S .P .L.