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CASEY JONES
As recorded by The Grateful Dead
(From the 1970 Album WORKINGMAN'S DEAD)
Transcribed by Roadkill
Words by Robert Hunter Music by Jerry Garcia
C
x 3 5 5 5 3
F
1 3 3 2 x x
D
x 5 7 7 7 5
FVIII
x 8 10 10 10 8
G
3 5 5 4 x x
G(type 2)
3 5 5 4 3 3
E7
x 7 9 7 9 7
C#
x x 6 6 6 x
Gadd9
0 x 5 4 3 5
Bb
x 1 3 3 3 x
FI(type 2)
1 3 3 2 1 1
Csus4
x 3 5 5 6 x
Am
x 0 2 2 1 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Two guitars'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Primary Rhythm'
Intro
Moderate Q=100
4/4
Gtr I
S S E E E S S E E E +E S S E E +Q Q
|-8---(8)---8-----------------|-----------------------||
|-8h==10----8-----------------|-----------------------||
|---------------9s7-5---------|---------5---5-(5)-----||
|---------------------7---(7)-|-(7)-5s7---------------||
|--------------------------8--|-(8)-------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| S +S E Q S S E S S E E E S S E H
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-7b9r(7)-5-7-----------------|-----------------------||
|---------------5h7---5h7-----|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-\5----------3---------||
|-----------------------------|-----3---3h5-----------||
Verse
C F
Gtr II
q q E e q q q E e q
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / x / / / / x / /
Gtr I
Q Q E E Q q Q E E E E
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|--9\--------9\----|----------10---10-|
|-10\-------10\----|-10--------8----8s|
|------------------|--8---------------|
|------------------|--8---------------|
q q E e q q q E e q
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / x / / / / x o o
Q Q E E E E E E Q S S E Q
|--------------------|----------------8-----|
|--------------------|----------------8-----|
|-(10)-------10---10-|-10-(10)----8h9-------|
|---7---------8----8-|--7--(7)--------------|
|--------------------|------8---------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
C F
q q E E q q q E E q
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / x / / / / x / /
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|--9\--------9----|--9\-------10---10-|
|-10\-------10----|-10\--------8----8-|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
C
q q E E q q q E E q
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / x / / / / x / /
Q Q E E E E E E Q S S E Q
|------------------|----------------8-----||
|------------------|----------------8-----||
|-10-------10---10-|-10-(10)----8h9-------||
|--7--------8----8-|--7--(7)--------------||
|------------------|------8---------------||
|------------------|----------------------||
F
q q q E E +Q E E +Q Q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / o /
~~~~~~
S S E E E S +S E E E +E S S E E +Q Q
|-8-(8)---8--------------------|---------------------||
|-8h10----8--------------------|---------------------||
|-------------7pb9r(7)-5-------|---------5-5-(5)-----||
|------------------------7-(7)-|-(7)-5s7-------------||
|---------------------------8--|-(8)-----------------||
|------------------------------|---------------------||
C D
q q q q q q q q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
Q Q E E Q E Q E Q Q
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|--/9-------------|----7-----7-------|
|-/10-------10----|--------9----9\---|
|-----------------|-/9---------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
FVIII G C C
q q q q q q q q q q e E q
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / o /
E Q E E E Q E a Q E E E a E E Q Q E E Q
|----------------------|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----10------10-------|----------------------------|--9\---------9\----|
|-----10------10-------|-12-12h14-----12-12-12h14---|-10\-----10-10\----|
|-/12------12----12----|-10----10-----10-10----10---|-------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|-------------------|
D FVIII E7 Am G(type 2)
q q q Q e E Q e E Q e E Q H
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / /
~~~
Q E E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q Q
|------------10---------|-------------------|------------------||
|-7--10------10---------|--6--------5-------|------------------||
|-7---9b11-7------------|-----7-5-----7-4---|-5-7-5-4-(4)------||
|-------------------5s7-|-(7)-----7-------6-|------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------||
C F
q q q q q q q q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E
|----------------|------------------|
|--8-------------|------------------|
|--9-------------|------------------|
|-10-------10----|-10\------------3-|
|----------------|--8\--------3-5---|
|----------------|---------/5-------|
C
q q q q q q q S S E
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / o o
~~~ ~~~~~~
+Q E E +Q E S +S S S E +Q E S S +S S E
|---------------------------|----------------------8---|
|---------------------------|----------------------8---|
|---------5-(5)----7pb9r(7)-|-5---5-(5)----8h9-(9)-----|
|-(3)--/7-------------------|---7----------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
C F
q q q q q q q q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
Q Q E a E Q Q Q Q S +S E
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|--8\---------------|------------13-----(13)-13-|
|--9\-------8h=9----|------------12pb14r(12)----|
|-10\---------10----|-10\-----------------------|
|-------------------|--8\-----------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
C
q q q q q q q S S E
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / o o
Q Q Q S +S E E E E E Q
|