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Decemberists

Crane Wife Parts 1 2 3

Decemberists

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by  TERR_SCHMITZ

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Crane Wife Parts 1 2 3

Key:  G More
Crane Wife Parts 1 2 3 Key DD
Crane Wife Parts 1 2 3 Key D#D#
Crane Wife Parts 1 2 3 Key EE
Crane Wife Parts 1 2 3 Key FF(one step down)
Crane Wife Parts 1 2 3 Key F#F#(half step down)
Crane Wife Parts 1 2 3 Key GG(original key)
Crane Wife Parts 1 2 3 Key G#G#(half step up)
Crane Wife Parts 1 2 3 Key AA(one step up)
Crane Wife Parts 1 2 3 Key A#A#
Crane Wife Parts 1 2 3 Key BB
Crane Wife Parts 1 2 3 Key CC
Crane Wife Parts 1 2 3 Key C#C# 
	  		Intro 

G 

verse 1 

It was a cold night 
                 Em 
And the snow lay around 
I pulled my coat tight 
                    C 
Against the falling down 
And the sun was all 
                    G     Em 
And the sun was all down 
And the sun was all 
                    C     G 
And the sun was all down 

verse 2 

I am a poor man 
                     Em 
I haven't wealth nor fame 
I have my two hands 
                  C 
And a house to my name 
And the winter's so 
                    G     Em 
And the winter's so long 
And the winter's so 
                    C     D 
And the winter's so long 



tabchorus
And all the stars were crashing 'round 
                           G 
As I laid eyes on what I'd found
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verse 3 

It was a white crane 
                  Em 
It was a helpless thing 
Upon a red stain 
                  C 
With an arrow its wing 
And it called and cried 
                        G     Em 
And it called and cried so 
And it called and cried 
                        C     D 
And it called and cried so 

Chorus 

And all the stars were crashing 'round 
                           G 
As I laid eyes on what I'd found 
                        Em    C 
My crane wife, my crane wife 
                        G 
My crane wife, my crane wife 

verse 4 

Now I helped her 
                  Em 
And I dressed her wounds 
And how I held her 
                   C 
Beneath the rising moon 
And she stood to fly 
                     G     Em 
And she stood to fly away 
And she stood to fly 
                 C     D 
She stood to fly away 

Chorus 

And all the stars were crashing 'round 
                           G 
As I laid eyes on what I'd found 
                        Em    C 
My crane wife, my crane wife 
                        G 
My crane wife, my crane wife 

G            Em              C              G 
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da 
G            Em              C              G 
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da 

D Bm D G D Bm D G D Bm D G D Bb D G D Bm D G D Bb D G  

*Crane Wife 2* 

INTRO 

D 

verse 1 

                 C          G           D 
My crane wife arrived at my door in the moonlight 
    C               G                      D 
All star-bright and tongue tied I took her in 

verse 2 

D                   C          G             D 
We were married and bells rang sweet for our wedding 
        C           G                  D 
And our bedding was ready when we fell in 

Chorus 

Em                  A                       Em 
Sound the keening bell and see it's painted red 
             A                        G 
Soft as fontanel, the feathers in the thread 
                  A      C         G 
When all I ever meant to do was to keep you    
    D              G              D           C D 
My crane wife, my crane wife, my crane wife 

verse 3 

                    C        G      D 
We were poorly, our fortunes fading hourly 
    C       G                           D 
And how she vowed me she could bring it back 

verse 4 

D                        C        G             D 
But I was greedy I was vain and I forced her to weaving 
   C            G                     D 
On cold loom in closed room with down wove 

Chorus 

Em                  A                       Em 
Sound the keening bell and see it's painted red 
             A                        G 
Soft as fontanel, the feathers in the thread 
                  A      C         G 
When all I ever meant to do was to keep you    
    D              G              D           C D 
My crane wife, my crane wife, my crane wife 

OUTRO 

Em                                F 
There's a bend in the wind and it rakes at my heart 
Em                                  F 
There is blood in the thread and it rakes at my heart 

G             C    G   C  G   C  G   C  G   C 
Rakes at my heart, heart, heart, heart, heart 

G C G C 

G      C      G      C      G      C     G      C 
Heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart 

   D 
My crane wife 

*Crane Wife 3* 

INTRO 

(D A G)x2 

verse 1 

D      A              G 
And under the boughs unbound 
D            A           G 
All clothed in a snowy shroud 
D          A            G 
She had no heart so hardened 
D      A              G 
All under the boughs unbound 

(D A G)x2 

verse 2 

D           A            G 
Each feather it fell from skin 
D           A         G 
Till threadbare she grew thin 
D              A         G 
How where my eyes so blinded 
D           A            G 
Each feather it fell from skin 

Chorus 

            D            A            G 
And I will hang my head hang my head low 
            D            A            G 
And I will hang my head hang my head low 

(D A G)x2 

verse 3 

D           A            G 
The gray sky looked bitter stained 
D           A            G 
A rain cloud and crane on wing 
D           A            G 
All out beyond horizons oh 
D         A      G 
A gray sky a bitter stain 

Chorus 

            D            A            G 
(And I will hang my head hang my head low)x7 

OUTRO 

(D A G)x4 
INTRO 

(D A G)x2 

verse 1 

D      A              G 
And under the boughs unbound 
D            A           G 
All clothed in a snowy shroud 
D          A            G 
She had no heart so hardened 
D      A              G 
All under the boughs unbound 

(D A G)x2 

verse 2 

D           A            G 
Each feather it fell from skin 
D           A         G 
Till threadbare she grew thin 
D              A         G 
How where my eyes so blinded 
D           A            G 
Each feather it fell from skin 

Chorus 

            D            A            G 
And I will hang my head hang my head low 
            D            A            G 
And I will hang my head hang my head low 

(D A G)x2 

verse 3 

D           A            G 
The gray sky looked bitter stained 
D           A            G 
A rain cloud and crane on wing 
D           A            G 
All out beyond horizons oh 
D         A      G 
A gray sky a bitter stain 

Chorus 

            D            A            G 
(And I will hang my head hang my head low)x6 

OUTRO 

(D A G)x4
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