Casey Jones Was His Name chords by Hank Snow

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Verse 1
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 (G major) A long time ago
In a town in Tennessee
There lived a man
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And he was brave  (A major) as he could  (D major) be
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By the sweat  (G major) of his brow
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He earned  (C major) fortune and fame
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 (D major) Casey Jones was his  (G major) name

Verse 2
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From  (G major) Memphis, Tennessee
On that Cannonball Express
By the whining of the whistle
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You could tell  (A major) him from the rest  (D major) 
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Past the old  (G major) plantations
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With their  (C major) cotton and cane
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 (D major) Casey Jones was his  (G major) name

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Verse 3

Clickety-clack, clickety-clack

Over Over Over the rails

he'd go

Clickety-clack, clickety-clack

Bravin' rain rain rain and snow

Ev'ryone knew three-eighty-two

was was was his train

Casey Jones was his name

Interlude 1

Verse 4
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Runnin'  (G major) late through Sardis
Past Winona on the fly
Like lightnin' chasin' thunder
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through the stair (A major) ways of the sky  (D major) 
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When we heard  (G major) his engine moanin'
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And the story  (C major) is claimed
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 (D major) Casey Jones was his  (G major) name

Verse 5
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Then on  (G major) that fatal night
He made his final run
Near Vaughan, Mississippi
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He knew  (A major) his time had come  (D major) 
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Too  (G major) late he saw ahead
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There's that (C major) ta old freight train
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Now the le (D major) gend,
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Casey Jones was his  (G major) name

Verse 6
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Clickety-clack,  (G major) clickety-clack
Over Over Over the rails
he'd go
Clickety-clack, clickety-clack
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D 
Bravin' rain rain  (A major) rain and snow  (D major) 
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Ev'ryone  (G major) knew three-eighty-two
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was  (C major) was was his train
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G 
 (D major) Casey Jones was his  (G major) name