The Ballad Of Casey Deiss - Shawn Phillips
Tuning: , E A D G B E
Chords for instrumental final part:
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[Intro]
(x4)
[Verse 1]
T'was a man of
youthful feat
ures
T'was a boy of
sorrowful eye
s
Watching out b
ut looking inw
ard
Tall and state
ly and full of
life
[Instrumental]
(x2)
[Verse 2]
In his life, h
e spoke but ra
rely
In his mind he
cried for lig
ht
Painting perce
ptions trying
to capture
That which he
saw in his que
stioning strif
e
[Instrumental]
(x2)
[Verse 3]
Once in Lisbon
, twice in Lon
don
Travelling aro
und for all of
his time
Looking for an
d finding a go
ddess
He took Diana
to be his wife
[Instrumental]
(x2)
[Verse 4]
Of the childre
n, they'd bego
tten
Two had died w
ithout knowing
life
And the third
I know not whe
reof
But if she liv
es, she will y
et be kind
[Instrumental]
(x2)
[Verse 5]
Casey had a ma
rk of simple v
alue
He had a star
between his ey
es
In his hands h
e held an axe
blade
The Greek symb
ol of thunder
and fire
[Instrumental]
(x2)
[Verse 6]
On a night whe
n the heavens
were crying
He went out an
d took his bla
de
Chopping wood
to warm his he
arthside
The lightning
came and my br
other died
[Instrumental]
(x4)
[Verse 7]
Bring him no w
ine from faraw
ay vineyards
Tell him no ta
les of the can
yon's might
But wish him p
eace and etern
al wisdom
For he has die
d and he died
in light
[Instrumental]
(x9)
(x2)
(x8)