Chords for Casey's Last Ride- JOHN DENVER

_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Em] Casey joins the hollow sound of [D] silent people walking down [C] the stairway to the subway _ in
the [B] shadows down below.
_ _ [E] _ [Em] Following their footsteps through [D] the neon darkened corridors _ [C] of silent _ desperation,
_ [B] never speaking to a soul.
_ [C] The poison air he's breathing has [G] the dirty smell of dying,
cause [A] it's never seen the sunshine [B] and it's never felt the rain.
[E] But Casey [Em] minds the arrows [D] and ignores the fatal echoes
[C] of the clicking of the turnstile and [Bm] the rattle of [E] his chain.
[Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Oh, she said, _ _ Casey it's been so long since I've seen you. _ _ _
_ Here, she said, _ _ just a kiss to make a body _ smile. _ _ _ _ _ _
See, she said, _ _ I put on new stockings just to [D] please you.
_ _ _ _ _ Lord, she said, _ _ Casey can you only stay [G] a while? _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Casey leaves the underground [D] and stops inside the golden crown
for [C] something wet to wipe away [B] the chill that's on his bones.
_ [E] _ Seeing his reflection in [D] the lives of all the lonely men
[C] who reach for anything they can [B] to keep from going home.
_ _ [C]
Standing in the corner, [G] Casey drinks his pint of bitter,
[A] never glancing in the mirror at [B] the people passing by.
[E] And he stumbles as he's leaving [Em] _
[D] and he wonders if the reason _
[C] is the beer that's in his belly _ [Bm] or the tear that's in [E] his [Em] eye. _ _
_ [D] Oh, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ she said, _ _ I suppose you seldom think about _ me. _ _ _
_ _ Now, she said, _ _ now that you've a family of [G] your own. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Still, she said, _ _ it's so blessed good [D] to feel your body. _
_ _ _ _ _ Lord, she said, _ _ Casey, it's a shame to be alone.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] Oh, she said, _ Casey, it's been so long [E] since I've seen _ you. _ _
Here, she said, _ just a kiss to make the body [A] _ smile. _
_ _ _ _ See, she said, I put on new stockings just [E] to please you. _ _
_ Lord, she said, _ _ Casey, can you only stay [A] a while.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
Lord, she said, _ _ Casey, it's a shame to be [A] alone. _ _
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