Chords with lyrics
Chords
Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm FF G+G BMaj7Bmaj7 G minorGm
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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 MajorE|---x---------------------1------3--------x---------3---|
Intro
Bb majorBb C majorC
DmDm FF G+G Bb majorBb C majorC x 2
Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC
or
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b|---------------------------------------------------3-------------------|
g|------0-----0----------2----2----------------------0--------0------0---|
d|----0-----2----3-----0----0---0----3---2-3-2-0-----0------0------2----3|
a|--1-----3------------------------0---0-------------2----1------3-------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------3----------------------|
e|-------------------------------3--------------------------------------|
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|
E MajorE|----------------------------3-----------------------------------------|
DmDm FF
Rabbit fled, best guess, toward home
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Fox and Bear toward Yellowstone
Walrus, north to the border towns
DmDm FF
Peacock swayed like a reed on the fence a while
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
(with a stalwart sense of style!)
as the policemens nets came down
DmDm FF
Word of the crash had spread fast and spread far
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
From Clarks Fork to Blackfoot Reservoir
G minorGm
more grist for the malady mill
DmDm FF
Shepherd the Southwest wind,
G+G Bb majorBb C majorC
"railspikes ripped like the seam of a wineskin"
DmDm FF
Shepherd the Northwest rain,
G+G Bb majorBb C majorC
"Brass Hat slept at the helm of that woeful train
DmDm FF
Aint it an awful shame!
G+G Bb majorBb C majorC
And dont it just break your heart to hear of so much
Bb majorBb C majorC
to hear of so much pain?"
DmDm FF
Casey Jones walked slow to the prison cell
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
His face held hard as a scallop shell
DmDm
[CONDUCTOR:] "Well, I wish I wished you well,
FF
but your last friend on Earth now calls
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
from the silent side of the cemetery walls
DmDm
your great cause to the moths and the rust!"
FF
[ELEPHANT (Fanning her ears with a calm in her eyes):]
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
"Its the laws of cause and effect that you criticize
G minorGm
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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b|------------------------------------------|
g|------0-----0------0-------0--------------|
d|----0-----0------0-------0-------0-----0--| x 8
a|--1-----3---------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------3-------0-------1-----0-----|
G minorGm
what you seem to want,
but Id gladly walk you home,
cause those streets can be dangerous
DmDm FF
Shepherd the Southwest wind,
G+G Bb majorBb C majorC
"railspikes ripped like the seam of a wineskin"
DmDm FF
Shepherd the Northwest rain,
G+G Bb majorBb C majorC
"frog switch slipped and that reckless beast is to blame
DmDm FF
Aint it an awful shame!
G+G Bb majorBb C majorC
And dont it just break your heart to hear of so much pain?
DmDm FF
Aint it an awful shame!
G+G Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC
And dont it just break your heart, dont it just break your heart..
Bb majorBb C majorC
dont it break your heart?"