John Denver – Caseys Last Ride (Guitar)

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***This is John Dever's version of this Kris Kristofferson song*** [Intro] Em D C B7 [Verse 1]
Em                              D
Casey joins the hallow sound of silent people walking down

    C                             B7
The stairway to the subway in the shadows down below

Em                                    D
Following their footsteps through the neon darkened corridors

   C                        B7
Of silent desperation never speaking to a soul

C                                   G
The poison air he's breathing has a dirty smell of dying

      A                                     B7
Cause it's never seen the sunshine and it's never felt the rain

    Em                           D
But Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes

       C                                 Bm            Em
Of the clicking of the turnstyle and the rattle of his chain
Dm D [Chorus 1]
G                                               D
Oh she said, Casey it's been so long since I've seen you

D                                         G
Here she said, just a kiss to make a body smile

G                                            D
See she said, I put on new stockings just to please you

D                                        G          B7
Lord she said, Casey can you only stay a while
[Verse 2]
Em                               D
Casey leaves the underground and stops inside the Golden Crown

    C                              B7
For something wet to wipe away the chill that's on his bones

Em                           D
Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men

    C                              B7
Who reach for anything thay can to keep from going home

C                            G
Standing in the corner Casey drinks his pint of bitter

      A                             B7
Never glancing in the mirror at the people passin' by

       Em                              D
And he stumbles as he's leavin' and he wonders if the reason

       C                               Bm          Em
Is the beer that's in his belly or the tear that's in his eye
Dm D [Chorus 2]
G                                        D
Oh she said, I suppose you seldom think about me

D                                              G
Now she said, now that you've a family of your own

G                                                 D
Still she said, it's so blessed good to feel your body

D                                        G
Lord she said, Casey it's a shame to be alone
*KEY CHANGE* [Chorus 3]
A                                               E
Oh she said, Casey it's been so long since I've seen you

E                                         A
Here she said, just a kiss to make a body smile

A                                            E
See she said, I put on new stockings just to please you

E                                        A
Lord she said, Casey can you only stay a while
[Outro]
E                                        A
Lord she said, Casey it's a shame to be alone