Chords for Waylon Jennings.... Casey's Last Ride

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