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Corey's Coming chords by 
Harry Chapin
N/A•
Verse 1
G
Gsus4
Dm
F
C
D
G
Old John Joseph
was a man with two first names
Am
D
They left him in the railroad yard
C
Am
when they took away the trains
G
Only one run a week comes
on roaring down that line
Am
D
C
G
So all he's got to worry 'bout is time.
Am
D
I come by in the evening to
Verse 2
Em
Bm
hear 'bout where he's been
Am
F
He says come on sit down Kid,
Bb
D
where shall I begin?
Am
D
He starts telling me the stories
Em
Bm
of the glories of his past
Am
F
But he always saves the story of his
Bb
D
Corey for the last.
Verse 3
G
And he says my Corey's coming. No
Am
more sad stories coming
D
My midnight-moonlight-morning-glory's coming
C
Am
D
coming coming coming aren't you girl?
G
Am
And like I told you, when she holds you
D
G
F
She enfolds you in her world.
Gsus4
G
Gm
G
F
Am
D
Verse 4
G
I was quite surprised to find out
all the places that he knew
Am
D
And so I asked the townfolk
C
Am
D
if his stories were true
G
They said old John was born here,
he's lived here all his life
Am
D
He's never had a woman,
C
G
let alone a wife.
Verse 5
Am
D
And very soon you'll find
Em
out as you check around
Bm
Am
F
That no one named Corey's
Bb
D
ever lived in this town
Am
D
So I chided the old man 'bout the
Em
Bm
truth that I had heard
Am
F
Bb
D
He smiled and said reality is only just a word.
G
Am
Interlude 1
D
C
Am
D
G
Am
D
G
Gm
Verse 6
Gm
I came by one evening but he
D
did not hear my shout
F
Eb
I looked in the window and
Am
D
saw the fire was out
Gm
C
When he would not wake
Bb
up I forced in the door
Am
F
Bb
And found that Old John Joseph
Am
D
G
would tell stories no more.
Gm
G
The scene at the grave
Verse 7
F
yard,
Bb
Em
D
three of us were there
C
Bb
Me and the gravedigger
Am
D
heard the parson's prayer
He said - We need not
grieve for this man,
G
For we know that God cares!
Verse 8
G
They put the cold dirt over him
and left me on my own
Am
D
And when at last I looked
C
D
Am
up I saw I was not alone
D
G
So I said if you're a relative,
he had a peaceful end.
Am
She said my name is Corey you can
C
G
say I'm just a friend.
Verse 9
G
Corey's coming,
Am
no more sad stories coming
D
Am
My midnight-moonlight-morning-glory's coming
D
Am
C
Am
D
Am
coming coming coming aren't you girl?
D
G
Am
And like I told you, when she holds you
D
Am
D
G
She enfolds you in her
F
Gsus4
world.
G
F
C
D
Verse 10
G
So that's the old man's story,
I'm glad you came tonight
Am
D
A bus ted down old railroad yard sure
C
Am
D
makes a lonely sight
G
You may wonder why a young man
would work out here alone
Am
D
Well the job pays enough to
C
G
keep some flesh on my bones.
Am
D
And I confess I get to missing
Verse 11
Em
Bm
the old man a bit
Am
F
And there's one other reason
Bb
D
I guess I should admit
Verse 12
G
Can't you see my Corey's coming,
Am
no more sad stories coming
D
My midnight-moonlight-morning-glory's coming
C
Am
D
coming coming coming aren't you girl?
G
Am
And like he told me, when she holds me
D
Am
D
She en folds me in her
G
world.
Outro 1
F
Gsus4
G
D
G
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