Cassidy

Words & Music:

John Perry Barlow & Bob Weir

 

This is transcribed in the August 2008 issue of Acoustic Guitar.

 

E                                                  A

I have seen where the wolf has slept by the silver stream.

E                                               A

I can tell by the mark he left, you were in his dream.

E5                     Am      E5                     Am

Ah, child of countless trees.  Ah, child of boundless seas.

F#m                                 A

What you are & what you're meant to be.

F#m                                      A               E

Speaks his name, though you were born to me, born to me, Cassidy.

 

Lost now on the country miles in his Cadillac.

I can tell by the way you smile, he is rolling back.

Come wash the nightime clean, come grow the scorched ground green.

Blow the horn, tap the tambourine.

Close the gap of the dark years in between you and me, Cassidy.

 

BRIDGE:

A                 E5           A                  E5

Quick beats in an icy heart, a catch-colt draws a coffin cart.

A                     E5                        B5   F#m(add4)  E5

There he goes and how here she starts, hear her cry.

B5                   F#m(add4)  E5 B5                       F#m(add4) E5

Flight of the seabirds------------ scattered like the lost words.

B5           A5        E

Wheel to the storm and fly.

 

OUTRO:  [1st two lines 2x]

E                                                    A

Faring thee well, now, let your life proceed by it's own design.

           E                                     A

Nothing to tell now, let the words be yours, I'm done with mine.

Flight of the seabirds scattered like the lost words.

Wheel to the storm and fly.

 

[traditionally ends on "fly" or on a jam in E]

 





Back to the Songbook Index.

This page's content is copyrighted ©1977-2008 by Kristin C. Hall. Please drop me a line (via "dink (at) media (dot) mit (dot) edu") if you wish to use it or link to it or correct it! Please send comments, suggestions, fixes and general mischievious mayhem to the web diva via the above email address. (sorry, spambots have forced me to remove my automatic mail link.) Many thanks...and enjoy! tr

Note to lawyers and any other litigious-minded folk:
I am not trying to screw anyone out of royalties, etc. I have posted these only as a helpful resources for teachers, camp counselors and people who like to "sing along with Mitch", if you will. If you do not want your work posted to these pages, please just email me (via "dink (at) media (dot) mit (dot) edu") and I shall remove it.