Chords for Boxcar Willie - Casey Jones

_ _ [A] Oh, listen my children, you shall hear
A [B]
story about a [E] brave engineer
Now, old Casey Jones was the rounder's name
[N] On a six-eight wheeler, [A] boys, he won his fame _
Well, a conger called Casey had half-passed four [F] Old Casey
_ _ _ _ Kissed [E] his wife at the station door
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Mmmmm
_ [F] They was [E] newlyweds
_ _ [F#m] Money for the cabin with his orders in his [E] hands
And he took a farewell trip to the [C#m] promised [A] land
Casey Jones
Casey _ _ _ _ _ Jones
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And the water was loose
_ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ And the case had been settled with all of it
This boy knew how to be dead Casey Jones
Casey Jones
With his orders, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
he did move
But the cut-out of the window wasn't out of the [A] move
Well, Casey Jones
A rude, old grey-eyed, and a good-for-nothing
Casey Jones
_ Casey Jones
With his orders, he did move
Casey Jones
And the cabin was loose
And he took a farewell trip to the promised land _
_ _ _ _ Old Casey
Casey _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Jones
With his orders, he did move Casey Jones
And the farewell trip to the promised land _ _
_ _ _ Old Casey pulled up to that window hill
And he took a farewell trip to the [E] promised land
_ [A] _ Old Casey pulled up to that window hill
_ Casey Jones Casey Jones
With his orders, he did move
Casey Jones
And the [Am] cabin was loose _ _ _ _ _
Hey, [E] I need y'all to help me sing this [B] song
I [C] need y'all to do that part right there where they say [D#] Casey Jones
And see?
[E] And then tomorrow you can walk around town, you know
And brag that you sang with Boxcar Willie
_ [A] _
And that and 75 cents will get you a cup of coffee in any restaurant in town _ _
And when you go back home, oh, you'll be a [E] hero
As you walk down the street, people will know that you won money
And sing with Boxcar Willie _
_ They'll put your name in the paper
Name on the radio
I can see it now
On the courthouse square
In your home county
There'll be a big statue
[B] _ _ And the pigeons will be kind to you
_ _ _ And these words [F] will be inscribed on there
He sang [A] with Boxcar Willie
[D] People drive right all around the square just to read that [E] sign over and over _ _
He sang with Boxcar
Yeah
And when you die
[N] Oh, you know, they always say such good things about you when you're dead
I mean, they don't bad mouth you when you're laying there all stretched out, no
They think of all the good things they can say to say about you
[D] And them preachers kind of get carried away
You [E] ever notice that at a funeral?
[B] See, they got
You know, you already got death on your mind, you know
Wondering when you're going to be next
Them preachers figure this is a good time, you know, to bring in the sheep
_ _ _ Some of them turn a little evangelistic _
And they say, doing your eulogy, I can [E] hear him now
_ And he sang
_ _ _ You got to get that hand quivering
_ [B] _ He sang _ _ _
_ _ [A#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ And as your soul _ ascends upwards
_ _ I see some of you got [F#] some doubts about which way it's [B] going _ _ _ _ _ _
To that great [E] heavenly blue and beyond
_ And it arrives at the Emerald City
_ And you knock on those great pearly gates
And they swing wide
And you see inside those streets of [B] gold
_ And you hear this beautiful voice
He, [G#] he has risen
_ _ [A] Goodness sakes, [E] if you expect to get inside, don't tell them you [Em] sang with Matthew Garvey
[A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh, yes, he sang just before he died
Two more chains, I don't want me to run _
_ _ _ _ _ _ He's a drama smith
He's a drama smith
He's _ _ _ _ _ [E] a [A] drama smith _
_ Yeah _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Oh, he's a drama [E] _ smith _
[A] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _