G
A long time ago in a town in Tennessee
A7
D7
There lived a man and he was great as he could be
G
C
By the sweat of his brow he earned fortune and fame
D7
G
Casey Jones was his name
A7
D7
By the wining of the whistle you could tell him from the rest
G
C
Past the old plantations with their cotton and cane
D7
G
Casey Jones was his name
A7
D7
Clickety-clack clickety-clack braving rain and snow
G
C
Everyone knew three-eighty two was his train
D7
G
Casey Jones was his name
A7
D7
Like lightning chasing thunder through the stairways of the sky
G
C
When we heard his engine moaning and the story is claimed
D7
G
Casey Jones was his name
A7
D7
Near Vaughan Mississippi he knew his time had come
G
C
Too late he saw the head of an old freight train
D7
G
Now a legend Casey Jones was his name
A7
D7
Clickety-clack clickety-clack braving rain and snow
G
C
Everyone knew three-eighty two was his train
D7
G
Casey Jones was his name