BUJ Songbook Editor

Casey Jones - Johnny Cash

[Intro]
G

Verse 1:
[G] Come all you rounders if you wanna hear, 
The story about a [C] brave engi[D7]neer.
[G] Casey Jones was the roller's name,
On a 68 wheeler course he [D7] rode to [G] fame.

Verse 2:
[G] Caller called Casey bout half past four,
He kissed his wife at the [C] station [D7] door.
He [G] climbed in the cabin with his orders in his hand,
Said this is the trip to the [D7] Promised [G] Land.

Verse 3:
[G] Through South Memphis Yards on a fly,
Rain been a falling and the [C] water was [D7] high.
[G] Everybody knew by the engine's moan,
That the man at the throttle was [D7] Casey [G] Jones.

Verse 4:
[G] Well Jones said fireman now don't you fret,
Sam Webb said "We ain't a [C] giving up [D7] yet,
We're [G] eight hours late with the southbound mail,
We'll be on time or we're [D7] leaving the [G] rails."

Chorus:

Verse 5:
[G] Dead on the rail was a passenger train,
Blood was a boiling in [C] Casey's [D7] brain.
[G] Casey said "Hey now look out ahead,
Jump Sam jump or [D7] we'll all [G] be dead."

Verse 6:
[G] With a hand on a whistle and a hand on a brake,
North Mississippi was [C] wide [D7] awake.
[G] I see railroad official said,
"He's a good engineer to be a [D7] lying [G] dead."

Chorus:

Verse 7:
[G] Headaches and heartaches and all kinds of pain,
All the part of a [C] railroad [D7] train.
[G] Sweat and toil the good and the grand,
Are part of the life of a [D7] railroad [G] man.

Chorus:

Display Preferences

Key Changer

Chord Finder