Corey's Coming Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G][Gsus4][Dm][F][C][D]
[G]Old John Joseph
was a man with two first names
They [Am]left him in the [D]railroad yard
when [C]they took [Am]away the trains
Only [G]one run a week comes
on roaring down that line
[Am]So all he's got to [D]worry 'bout [C]is [G]time.
I [Am]come by in the even[D]ing to

[Verse 2]
[Em]
hear 'bout where he's [Bm]been
He [Am]says come on sit [F]down Kid,
[Bb]where shall I be[D]gin?
He starts [Am]telling me the [D]stories
of the [Em]glories of his [Bm]past
But he [Am]always saves the [F]story of his
[Bb]Corey for the [D]last.

[Verse 3]
And he says my [G]Corey's coming. No
[Am]more sad stories coming
My mid[D]night-moonlight-morning-glory's coming
coming coming [C]coming [Am]aren't you [D]girl?
And [G]like I told you, when she [Am]holds you
She en[D]folds you in her [G]world.[F]
[Gsus4][G][Gm][G][F][Am][D]

[Verse 4]
I was [G]quite surprised to find out
all the places that he knew
And [Am]so I asked the [D]townfolk
if his [C]stor[Am]ies were [D]true
They [G]said old John was born here,
he's lived here all his life
He's [Am]never had a [D]woman,
[C]let alone a [G]wife.

[Verse 5]
And [Am]very soon you'll [D]find
out [Em]as you check around
[Bm]That no on[Am]e named Corey'[F]s
ever [Bb]lived in this [D]town
So [Am]I chided the [D]old man 'bout the
[Em]truth that I had [Bm]heard
He [Am]smiled [F]and said reality [Bb]is only just a [D]word.
[G][Am]

[Interlude 1]
[D]
[C][Am][D][G][Am]
[D][G][Gm]

[Verse 6]
I came by one evening [Gm]but he
did not hear my [D]shout
[F]I looked in [Eb]the window and
[Am]saw the [D]fire was out
[Gm]When he would not [C]wake
up I [Bb]forced in the door
[Am]And foun[F]d that Old John Jose[Bb]ph
would tell [Am]stori[D]es no [G]more.
[Gm]The scen[G]e at the grave

[Verse 7]
[F]yard,
[Bb]thre[Em]e of us were there[D]
[C]Me and the gravedig[Bb]ger
[Am]heard the parson's [D]prayer
He said - We need not
grieve for this man,
For we know that God [G]cares!

[Verse 8]
[G]
They put the cold dirt over him
and left me on my own
And [Am]when at last I [D]looked
up I saw [C]I was not [D]alone[Am]
[D]So I sai[G]d if you're a relative,
he had a peaceful end.
She [Am]said my name is Corey you can
[C]say I'm just a [G]friend.

[Verse 9]
Corey's [G]coming,
no more [Am]sad stories coming
My [D]midnight-moonlight-morning-glory's com[Am]ing
[D]coming [Am]coming [C]coming are[Am]n't you[D] girl?[Am]
[D]And [G]like I told you, when she [Am]holds you
She en[D]folds [Am]you [D]in her[G]
[F]world.[Gsus4]
[G][F][C][D]

[Verse 10]
So [G]that's the old man's story,
I'm glad you came tonight
A [Am]bus ted down old r[D]ailroad yard sure
[C]makes a [Am]lonely [D]sight
You may [G]wonder why a young man
would work out here alone
Well the [Am]job pays [D]enough to
keep some flesh [C]on my [G]bones.
And [Am]I confess I [D]get to missing

[Verse 11]
[Em]
the old man a [Bm]bit
And there's [Am]one other reas[F]on
I [Bb]guess I should ad[D]mit

[Verse 12]
Can't you see my [G]Corey's coming,
no more [Am]sad stories coming
My mid[D]night-moonlight-morning-glory's coming
coming com[C]ing com[Am]ing aren't [D]you girl?
And [G]like he told me, when she [Am]holds me
She [D]en folds [Am]me in h[D]er
[G]world.

[Outro 1]
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