Casey's Last Ride Chords by Kris Kristofferson Willie Nelson

[Start]

[Intro]
Cm Bb Ab Abmaj7 Ab Bb
■  ■  ■  ■      ■  ■ 


[Verse]
Cm                              Bb                        
Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down
    Ab                            G                 
The stairway to the subway in the shadows down below
Cm                                    Bb                     
Following their footsteps through the neon darkened corridors
   Ab                       G                  G7
Of silent desperation never speakin' to a soul ■ 
    Ab                                Eb                  
The poison air he's breathin' has the dirty smell of dying
       F                                G                       
'cause it's never seen the sunshine and it's never felt the rain
Cm              Cm7            Bb                      
But Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes
       Ab                                 G             Cm     Bb
Of the clickin' of the turnstiles and the rattle of his chains ■ 


[Chorus]
Cm Eb                                           Bb        Eb 
■  ■  Oh she said Casey it's been so long since I've seen you
Bb               Bb7                        Eb   
■  Here she said Just a kiss to make a body smile
                                               Bb     Eb 
See she said I've put on new stockings just to please you
Bb                         Cm7             Eb   
■  Lord she said Casey can you only stay a while


[Inst]
Cm Bb Abmaj7 Ab
■  ■  ■      ■ 


[Verse]
Cm                                Bb                           
Casey leaves the under ground and stops inside the Golden Crown
    Ab                             G7              G       
For something wet to wipe away the chill that's on his bone
Cm                           Bb                         
Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men
    Ab                              G                    G7
Who reach for any thing they can to keep from goin' home ■ 
Ab                           Eb                       
Standin' in the corner Casey drinks his pint of bitter
F7                    F             G                
Never glancing in the mirror at the people passing by
        Cm                              Bb                   
Then he stumbles as he's leaving and he wonders if the reason
       Ab                              G7                 Cm 
Is the beer that's in his belly or the tear that's in his eye
Dm7 Bb Cm7 Eb
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[Chorus]
                                       Bb    Eb
Oh she said I suppose you seldom think about me
Bb                                          Eb      
■  Now she said Now that you've a family of your own
                                                 Bb   Eb
Still she said It's so blessed good to feel your body ■ 
Bb               Bb7                      Eb    Cm Ab Eb
■  Lord she said Casey it's a shame to be alone ■  ■  ■ 


[Outro]