Casey's Last Ride
Kris KristoffersonVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down
The stairway to the subway and the shadows down below
Following the footsteps through the neon darkened corridors
Of silent desperation,never speaking to a soul
The poison air he's breathing has a dirty smell of dieing
Cause it's never seen the sunshine and it's never felt the rain
Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes
Of the clicking of the turnstile and the rattle of his chains
"Oh",she said "Casey it's been so long since i've seen you"
"Here",she said "Just a kiss to make a body smile"
"See",she said "I've put on new stockings just to please you"
"Lord" she said "Casey can you only stay awhile"
Casey leaves the underground and stops inside the golden crown
For something wet to wipe away the chill that's on his bones
Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men
Who reach for anything they can to keep from going home
Standing in the corner,Casey drinks his pint of bitter
Never glancing in the mirror at the people passing by
He stumbles as he's leaving and he wonders if the reason
Is the beer that's in his belly or the tear that's in his eye
"Oh",she said "I suppose that you seldom think about me"
"Now",she said "Now that you've a family of your own"
"Still",she said "It's so blessed and good to feel your body"
"Lord",she said "Casey it's a shame to be alone"
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Readable chord sheet for Casey's Last Ride by Kris Kristofferson
Cas[Am]ey joins the hollow sound of si[G]lent people walking down
The st[F]airway to the subway and the sh[Em]adows down below
Fo[Am]llowing the footsteps through the n[G]eon darkened corridors
Of s[F]ilent desperation,never sp[Em]eaking to a soul
The p[F]oison air he's breathing has a di[Am]rty smell of dieing
Cause it's n[G]ever seen the sunshine and it's n[Em]ever felt the rain
Ca[Am]sey minds the arrows and ig[G]nores the fatal echoes
Of the cl[F]icking of the turnstile and the ra[Em]ttle of his chai[Am]ns
"Oh[C]",she said "Casey it's been so long since i've seen y[G]ou"
"Here",she said "Just a kiss to make a body sm[C]ile"
"See",she said "I've put on new stockings just to please y[G]ou"
"Lord" she said "Casey can you only stay aw[C]hile"
Ca[Am]sey leaves the underground and s[G]tops inside the golden crown
For so[F]mething wet to wipe away the ch[Em]ill that's on his bones
Se[Am]eing his reflection in the li[G]ves of all the lonely men
Who re[F]ach for anything they can to k[Em]eep from going home
St[F]anding in the corner,Casey d[Am]rinks his pint of bitter
Never g[G]lancing in the mirror at the p[Em]eople passing by
He st[Am]umbles as he's leaving and he w[G]onders if the reason
Is the b[F]eer that's in his belly or the t[Em]ear that's in his e[Am]ye
"O[C]h",she said "I suppose that you seldom think about [G]me"
"Now",she said "Now that you've a family of your o[C]wn"
"Still",she said "It's so blessed and good to feel your b[G]ody"
"Lord",she said "Casey it's a shame to be alo[C]ne"