Casey Jones
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G
Come all you rounders
if you want to hear a story
A D
about a brave engineer
G
Casey Jones was the rounder's name
and on a 6 -8 wheeler
D
boys he won his fame
G
The Caller called
Casey at half past four
A 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
G
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,
and took his farewill trip
to the Promised Land
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 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
D G
Casey Jones, we're gonna reach a frisco
C D G
We're gonna reach Frisco but we'll all be dead
G
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
Casey Pulled up within two miles of the place,
A D
number four stared him right in the face
G
He urned to the fireman and said,
boy you better jump,
cause there's two locomotives
D G
that's a -goin' to bump
G
Casey Jones, two locomotives,
C G D
Casey Jones and a -goin' to bump
G
Casey Jones, two locomotives,
C D G
two locomotives and a -goin' to bump
G
Casey said just before he died,
A D
two more roads I'd like to ride
G
Firemen turned and 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
A 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 another papa
G A D
KC Jones on the Salt Lake Line
Outro
G D Em C G D G
How to play Casey Jones
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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