Standard (EADGBE)
A long time ago in a town in Tennessee
There lived a man and he wasgreat as he couldbe
By the sweat of his brow heearned fortune and fame
Casey Jones was hisname
From Memphis, Tennessee on that Cannonball Express
By the wining of the whistle you could tell him from therest
Past the old plantations with their cotton and cane
Casey Jones was hisname
Chorus
Clickety-clack, clickety-clack over the rails he'd go
Clickety-clack, clickety-clackbraving rain andsnow
Ev'ryone knew three-eighty-two was his train
Casey Jones was hisname
Chorus
Instrumental
Runnin' late thru Sardis past Winona on the fly
Like lightnin' chasin' thunderthru the stairways of thesky
When we heard his engine moanin' and the story is claimed
Casey Jones was hisname
Then on that fatal night he made his final run
Near Vaughan, Mississippi he knew his time had come
Too late he saw the head ofan old freight train
Now a legend, Casey Jones was hisname
(Repeat chorus)