Casey's Last Ride Chords by Kris Kristofferson

[Start]

[Verse]
Am                                        G                  
■  Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down
             F                            E7        
The stairway to the subway in the shadows down below
Am                                         G                 
Following their footsteps through the neon darkened corridors
   F                                 E7       
Of silent desperation never speakin' to a soul


[Chorus]
           F                                C             
The poison air he's breathin' has the dirty smell of dying
                  D7                               E            
'cause it's never seen the sunshine and it's never felt the rain
Am                  G                                  
But Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes
F                                                             
Of the clickin' of the turnstiles and the rattle of his chains
Am G C G7 C
■  ■ ■ ■  ■
                                          G            
Oh she said Casey it's been so long since I've seen you
                                    C         
Here she said Just a kiss to make a body smile


[Verse]
                                       G              Am 
See she said I've put on new stockings just to please you
G               Gsus4                   C       Am
■ Lord she said Casey can you only stay a while ■ 
                                  G                            
Casey leaves the under ground and stops inside the Golden Crown
F                                  E7                      
For something wet to wipe away the chill that's on his bone
Am                           G                          
Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men
F                                   E7        E     E7  
Who reach for any thing they can to keep from goin' home


[Chorus]
F                            C                        
Standin' in the corner Casey drinks his pint of bitter
D7                              E7                    E
Never glancing in the mirror at the people passing by ■
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Then he stumbles as he's leaving and he wonders if the reason
       F                               E                  Am  G
Is the beer that's in his belly or the tear that's in his eye ■
Am C                                        G       
■  ■ Oh she said I suppose you seldom think about me
                                         C       
Now she said Now that you've a family of your own


[Outro]
                       G                         Am   G
Still she said It's so blessed good to feel your body ■
              Gsus4        G7          C     Dm G C
Lord she said Casey it's a shame to be alone ■  ■ ■


[End]