| C | F | |
| Drivin' that train, | high on cocaine, |
| C | |
| Casey Jones you'd better watch your | speed. |
| F | |
| Trouble ahead, | trouble behind, |
| C | |
| And you know that notion just crossed my mind. |
| C | D | |
| This old engine | makes it on time. |
| F | G | |
| Leaves central station at a | quarter to nine. |
| C | D | |
| Hits River Junction at | seventeen to, |
| F | E7 | Am | G7 | |
| At a | quarter to | ten you know it's | travelin' | again. |
| CHORUS: |
| C | C# | D | |
| Trouble ahead, | a l | ady in red, |
| F | G | |
| Take my advice you'd be | better off dead. |
| C | D | |
| Switch man sleepin', | train a hundred and two |
| F | E7 | Am | G7 | |
| Is | on the wrong | track and | headed for | you. |
| CHORUS |
| SOLO |
| (FOLLOW VERSE 1 FORMS) |
| Trouble with you is the trouble with me, |
| Got two good eyes but we still don't see. |
| Come 'round the bend you know it's the end, |
| 'Cause the fireman screams and the engine just gleams. |
| REPEAT THE CHORUS WITH ORIGINAL CHORDS |
| C | Bb | F | |
| Drivin' that train, | high on | cocaine, |
| C | |
| Casey Jones you'd better watch your | speed |
| Bb | F | |
| Trouble ahead, | trouble | behind |
| C | |
| And you know that notion just crossed my mind. |
| A7 | D7 | G7 | C | |
| And you know that | notion | just crossed my | mind. |