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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Ballad of Casey Deiss
By:   Shawn Phillips

[intro:]    4  x  | Am C | G  Am |
 
[verse: 1]
 Am      C       G        Am 
T'was a man of youthful features
 Am       C       G        Am 
T'was a boy of sorrowful eyes
  AM      C       G        Am
Watching out but looking inward
 Am        C          G       Am
Tall and stately and full of life
 
[:]    2  x  | Am C | G  Am |

[verse: 2]
Am      C        G         Am
In his life, he spoke but rarely
Am       C       G        Am
In his mind he cried for light
 Am           C        G         Am
Painting perceptions trying to capture
 Am            C           G           Am
That which he saw in his questioning strife
 
[:]    2  x  | Am C | G  Am |

[verse: 3]
Am         C      G        Am
Once in Lisbon, twice in London
  Am         C         G          Am
Travelling around for all of his time
 Am      C        G         Am
Looking for and finding a goddess
Am        C       G      Am
He took Diana to be his wife
 
[:]    2  x  | Am C | G  Am |
 
[verse: 4]
Am       C         G       Am
Of the children, they'd begotten
Am        C      G            Am
Two had died without knowing life
Am        C       G        Am
And the third I know not whereof
AM           C           G         Am
But if she lives, she will yet be kind
 
[:]    2  x  | Am C | G  Am |     vibes
 
[verse: 5]
 Am          C        G      Am
Casey had a mark of simple value
Am         C      G        Am
He had a star between his eyes
Am       C        G      Am
In his hands he held an axe blade
Am          C         G          Am
The Greek symbol of thunder and fire
 
[:]    2  x  | Am C | G  Am |
 
[verse: 6]
Am      C              G            Am
On a night when the heavens were crying
Am       C        G        Am
He went out and took his blade
Am        C       G         Am
Chopping wood to warm his hearthside
Am              C           G      Am
The lightning came and my brother died
 
[:]    4  x  | Am C | G  Am |
 
[verse: 7]
Am            C          G        Am
Bring him no wine from faraway vineyards
Am            C            G       Am
Tell him no tales of the canyon's might
Am             C         G       Am
But wish him peace and eternal wisdom
Am          C            G       Am
For he has died and he died in light
 
[coda:]  9 x |Am C |G  Am |   {speed up tempo}
 
         2 x |A     |A    |G6   |G6   |    {G6  355400}
             |{rest}|
         4 x |Asus2 |
         4 x |F#    |
         4 x |E     |
         2 x |G     |
         2 x |Abm   | B  {let ring}
 
         8 x | Am C | G  Am |



chords:

Abm     466444
A       002220  or 577655
Asus2   002200  
Am      002210  or 577555
B       224442  or 799877
C       032010  or 335553
E       022100  or 779997
F#      244322
G       320003  or 355433
G6      355400