Key: B
Introduction:
Bb C Bb C
or
Dm F
Rabbit fled, best guess, toward home
Bb7M
Fox and Bear toward Yellowstone
Walrus, north to the border towns
Dm F
Peacock swayed like a reed on the fence a while
Bb7M
(with a stalwart sense of style!)
as the policemens nets came down
Dm F
Word of the crash had spread fast and spread far
Bb7M
From Clarks Fork to Blackfoot Reservoir
Gm
more grist for the malady mill
Dm F
Shepherd the Southwest wind,
G Bb C
"railspikes ripped like the seam of a wineskin"
Dm F
Shepherd the Northwest rain,
G Bb C
"Brass Hat slept at the helm of that woeful train
Dm F
Aint it an awful shame!
G Bb C
And dont it just break your heart to hear of so much
Bb C
to hear of so much pain?"
Dm F
Casey Jones walked slow to the prison cell
Bb7M
His face held hard as a scallop shell
Dm
CONDUCTOR: "Well, I wish I wished you well,
F
but your last friend on Earth now calls
Bb7M
from the silent side of the cemetery walls
Dm
your great cause to the moths and the rust!"
Bb7M
"Its the laws of cause and effect that you criticize
Gm
But sir, criticize them you must"
Three miles more til Flagstaff
Gm
what you seem to want,
but Id gladly walk you home,
Dm F
Shepherd the Southwest wind,
G Bb C
"railspikes ripped like the seam of a wineskin"
Dm F
Shepherd the Northwest rain,
G Bb C
"frog switch slipped and that reckless beast is to blame
Dm F
Aint it an awful shame!
G Bb C
And dont it just break your heart to hear of so much pain?
Dm F
Aint it an awful shame!
G Bb C Bb C
And dont it just break your heart, dont it just break your heart..
Bb C
dont it break your heart?"