Chords
Bb C Dm F G Bmaj7 Gm
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b|---3------1-------3------1------3--------3---------3---|
g|---3------0-------2------2------0--------2---------3---|
d|---3------2-------0------3------0--------3---------5---|
a|---1------3-------0------3------2--------1---------5---|
E|---x---------------------1------3--------x---------3---|
Intro
Bb C
Dm F G Bb C x 2
Bb C Bb C
or
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a|--1-----3------------------------0---0-------------2----1------3-------|
E|------------------------------------------------3----------------------|
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b|-------------------------------3--------------------------------------|
g|---2----2----------------------0--------0------0-----------0------0---|
d|-0----0---0----3---2-3-2-0-----0------0------2-----------0------2-----|
a|-------------0---0-------------2----1------3------0----1------3------0|
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Dm F
Rabbit fled, best guess, toward home
Bbmaj7
Fox and Bear toward Yellowstone
Walrus, north to the border towns
Dm F
Peacock swayed like a reed on the fence a while
Bbmaj7
(with a stalwart sense of style!)
as the policemens nets came down
Dm F
Word of the crash had spread fast and spread far
Bbmaj7
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
Bbmaj7
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
Bbmaj7
from the silent side of the cemetery walls
Dm
your great cause to the moths and the rust!"
F
[ELEPHANT (Fanning her ears with a calm in her eyes):]
Bbmaj7
"Its the laws of cause and effect that you criticize
Gm
But sir, criticize them you must"
[Three miles more til Flagstaff
[Follow behind signs toward Badger Pass
[Wound like clocks around fretboards
[Carved out hands in our basswood
[body guitars - borrowed guitars (borrowed hands!)
[Im clearly not as handsome or caring as..
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a|--1-----3---------------------------------|
E|--------------3-------0-------1-----0-----|
Gm
what you seem to want,
but Id gladly walk you home,
cause those streets can be dangerous
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?"
