Casey's Last Ride Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays424

Casey's Last Ride by Johnny Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, G, F, Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro:Am 
 
Am                              G 
Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down 
    F                              Em 
The stairway to the subway and the shadows down below 
Am                                  G 
Following the footsteps through the neon darkened corridor 
   F                         Em            Am 
Of silent desperation, never speaking to a soul 
 
 
    F                               Am   
The poison air he's breathing has a dirty smell of dying 
           G                                Em 
Cause it's never seen the sunshine and it's never felt the  
 
rain 
Am                           G 
Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes 
       F                                 Em 
Of the clicking of the turnstile and the rattle of the  
Am 
chains 
 
 
   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" 
  
"See," she said "I've put on new stockings just to please  
G 
you" 
                                            C  
"Lord," she said "Casey can you only stay a while" 
 
 
Instrumental: 
Am G C Am 
 
 
Am                               G 
Casey leaves the underground and stops inside the golden  
 
crown 
    F                              Em 
For something wet to wipe away the chill that's in his bones 
Am                           G 
Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men 
    F                               Em              Am 
Who reach for any thing they can to keep from going home 
 
 
F                             Am 
Standing in the corner, Casey drinks his pint of bitter 
      G                             Em 
Never glancing in the mirror at the people passing by 
   Am                              G 
He stumbles as he's leaving and he wonders if the reason 
       F                              Em                 Am 
Is the beer that's in his bell or the tear that's in his eye 
 
  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 
                                                     G 
"Still", she said "It's so blesses good to feel your body 
                                            C 
"Lord", she said "Casey it's a shame to be alone" 
 
Outro: Am G C 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante