Chords with lyrics
Difficulty: Novice
1. The Crane Wife 3
2. The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Feel Not the Drowning
3. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
4. O Valencia!
5. The Perfect Crime #2
6. When the War Came
7.Shankill Butchers
8.Summersong
9. The Crane Wife 1&2
10. Sons & Daughters
BONUS TRACKS
11. After the Bombs
12. Culling of the Fold
13. The Perfect Crime #1
14. The Day I Knew You Wouldn't Ever Come Back
15. Hurdles Even Here
1. The Crane Wife 3
Tabbed originally by: Unregistered
INTRO
(
D MajorD 
A augmentedA 
G+G)x2
VERSE 1
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
And under the boughs unbound
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
All clothed in a snowy shroud
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
She had no heart so hardened
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
All under the boughs unbound
(D MajorD A augmentedA G+G)x2
VERSE 2
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
Each feather it fell from skin
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
Till threadbare she grew thin
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
How where my eyes so blinded
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
Each feather it fell from skin
CHORUS
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
And I will hang my head hang my head low
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
And I will hang my head hang my head low
(D MajorD A augmentedA G+G)x2
VERSE 3
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
The gray sky looked bitter stained
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
A augmentedA rain cloud and crane on wing
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
All out beyond horizons oh
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
A augmentedA gray sky a bitter stain
CHORUS
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
(And I will hang my head hang my head low)x7
OUTRO
(D MajorD A augmentedA G+G)x4
2. The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Feel Not the Drowning
INTRO
E minorEm
VERSE 1
There's an island hidden in the sound
Lapping currents lay your boat aground
G+G
Affix your barb and bayonet
A augmentedA 
Bb majorBb
The curlews carve their arabesques
E minorEm
And sorrow fills the silence all around
Come and see
VERSE 2
There's a harbor lost within the reeds
A augmentedA jetty caught in over-hanging trees
G+G
Among the bones of cormorants
A augmentedA Bb majorBb
No boot-mark here nor fingerprint
E minorEm
The rivers roll down to a soundless sea
Come and see
G+G G/F# E minorEm
Come and see
CHORUS
D MajorD 
C majorC
The tides all come and go witnessed by no waking eye
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
The willows mark the wind
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
And all we know for sure amidst this fading light
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
We'll not go home again
B7B7 C majorC
Come and see
B7B7 C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Come and see
VERSE 3
In the lowlands, nestled in the heath
A augmentedA briar-cradle rocks its babe to sleep
G+G
Its contents watched by Sycorax
A augmentedA Bb majorBb
And Patagon in parallax
E minorEm
A augmentedA foretold rumbling sounds below the deep
Come and see
G+G G/F# E minorEm
Come and see
CHORUS
D MajorD C majorC
The tides all come and go witnessed by no waking eye
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
The willows mark the wind
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
And all we know for sure amidst this fading light
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
We'll not go home again
B7B7 C majorC
Come and see
B7B7 C majorC D MajorD 
A minorAm
Come and see
*The Landlords Daughter*
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD
As I was a-ramble down by the water
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD
I spied in sable the landlord's daughter
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD
I produced my pistol, then my saber
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD
Said, "Make no whistle or thou will be murdered!"
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD
La-Ha-Ha La-Ha
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD
She cursed, she shivered, she cried for mercy
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD
"My gold and silver if thou will release me!"
G+G Bb majorBb 
FF 
G#G# 
Eb MajorEb 
BbmBbm A augmentedA
DmDm Bb majorBb DmDm Bb majorBb
I'll take no gold, miss. I'll take no silver.
DmDm Bb majorBb DmDm Bb majorBb
But I'll take those sweet lips and thou will deliver!
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD
La-Ha-Ha La-Ha
DmDm C majorC FF G+G A minorAm
*You'll Feel Not the Drowning*
INTRO
A minorAm 
Asus2Asus2
VERSE 1
A minorAm C majorC
I will dress your eyelids
A minorAm C majorC
With dimes upon your eyes
A minorAm C majorC
Lay you close to water
A minorAm C majorC
Green your grave will rise
CHORUS
G+G
Go to sleep now, little ugly
A minorAm
Go to sleep now, you little fool
G+G
Forty winking in the belfry
FF G+G
You'll not feel the drowning
FF G+G G#G#+
You'll not feel the drowning
VERSE 2
A minorAm C majorC
Forget you once had sweethearts
A minorAm C majorC
They've forgotten you
A minorAm C majorC
Think you not on parents
A minorAm C majorC
They've forgotten too
CHORUS
G+G
Go to sleep now, little ugly
A minorAm
Go to sleep now, you little fool
G+G
Forty winking in the belfry
FF G+G
You'll not feel the drowning
FF G+G G#G#+
You'll not feel the drowning
VERSE 3/OUTRO
A minorAm C majorC
Hear you now the captain
A minorAm C majorC
Heave his sorrowed cry
A minorAm C majorC
The weight upon your eyelids
A minorAm C majorC
Is dimes laid on your eyes
3. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
Originally tabbed by: Warpstarkirby
INTRO
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
VERSE 1
C majorC A minorAm
Heart-carved tree trunk, Yankee bayonet
C majorC A minorAm
A augmentedA sweetheart left behind
C majorC A minorAm
Far from the hills of the sea-swelled Carolinas
C majorC A minorAm
That's where my true love lies
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah
VERSE 2
C majorC A minorAm
Look for me when the sun-bright swallow
C majorC A minorAm
Sings upon the birch bough high
C majorC A minorAm
But you are in the ground with the voles and the weevils
C majorC A minorAm
All a'chew upon your bones so dry
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
(Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah)x2
CHORUS
A augmentedA 
Cmaj7Cmaj7
But when the sun breaks
A augmentedA Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
To no more bullets in Battle Creek
A augmentedA Cmaj7Cmaj7
Then will you make a grave
A augmentedA FF
For I will be home then
G+G
I will be home then
FF
I will be home then
G+G
I will be home then, then
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
VERSE 3
C majorC A minorAm
When I was a girl how the hills of Oconee
C majorC A minorAm
Made a seam to hem me in
C majorC A minorAm
There at the fair when our eyes caught, careless
C majorC A minorAm
Got my heart right pierced by a pin
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah
VERSE 4
C majorC A minorAm
But oh, did you see all the dead of Manassas
C majorC A minorAm
All the bellies and the bones and the bile
C majorC A minorAm
No, I lingered here with the blankets barren
C majorC A minorAm
And my own belly big with child
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
(Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah) x2
CHORUS
A augmentedA Cmaj7Cmaj7
But when the sun breaks
A augmentedA Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
To no more bullets in Battle Creek
A augmentedA Cmaj7Cmaj7
Then will you make a grave
A augmentedA FF
For I will be home then
G+G
I will be home then
FF
I will be home then
G+G
I will be home then
BRIDGE
FF G+G
Stems and bones and stone walls too
G+G
Could keep me from you
FF E minorEm
Skein of skin is all too few
G+G
To keep me from you
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
VERSE 5
C majorC A minorAm
But oh my love, though our bodies may be parted
C majorC A minorAm
Though our skin may not touch skin
C majorC A minorAm
Look for me with the sun-bright sparrow
C majorC A minorAm
I will come on the breath of the wind
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
(Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah) x2
4. O Valencia!
Originally tabbed by: jebeebus
INTRO
(C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G)x2
VERSE 1
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
You belong to the gang
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
And you say you can't break away
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
But I'm here with my hands on my heart
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
Our families can't agree
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
I’m your brother's sworn enemy
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
But I'll shout out my love to the stars
CHORUS
A minorAm FF DmDm G+G
So wait for the stone on your window, your window
A minorAm FF DmDm G+G
Wait by the car and we’ll go, we’ll go
(C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G)x2
VERSE 2
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
When first we laid eyes
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
I swore to no compromise
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
'Til I felt my caress on your skin
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
Well, how soon we were betrayed
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
Your sister gave us away
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
And your father came all unhinged
CHORUS
A minorAm FF DmDm G+G
So wait for the stone on your window, your window
A minorAm FF DmDm G+G
Wait by the car and we’ll go, we’ll go
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
But Oh, Valencia-ah-ah!
FF C majorC
With your blood still warm on the ground
E minorEm A minorAm
Valencia-ah-ah!
FF
And I swear to the stars
DmDm G+G
I’ll burn this whole city down, oh oh oh
(C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G)x4
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
All I heard was a shout
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
Of your brother calling me out
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
And you ran like a fool to my side
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
Well the shot, it hit hard
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
And your frame went limp in my arms
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
And the lull of love was your dying cry
CHORUS
A minorAm FF DmDm G+G
So wait for the stone on your window, your window
A minorAm FF DmDm G+G
Wait by the car and we’ll, go we’ll go
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
But Oh, Valencia-ah-ah!
FF C majorC
With your blood still warm on the ground
E minorEm A minorAm
Valencia-ah-ah!
FF C majorC
And I’ll burn this whole city down
OUTRO
E minorEm A minorAm
Valencia-ah-ah!
FF C majorC
With your blood gettin' cold on the ground
E minorEm A minorAm
Valencia-ah-ah!
FF
And I swear to the stars
DmDm G+G C majorC
I’ll burn this whole city down, oh oh oh
5. The Perfect Crime #2
INTRO
E minorEm
VERSE 1
Sing muse of the passion of the pistol
Sing muse of the warning by the whistle
A augmentedA night so dark in the waning
A augmentedA dawn obscured by a slate sky raining
VERSE 2
Five and twenty burglars by the reservoir
A augmentedA teenage lookout on the signal tower
The mogul's daughter in hogties
The mogul fingers the wrong guy
CHORUS
C majorC D MajorD
It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C majorC G+G E minorEm
A augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime
C majorC D MajorD
It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C majorC G+G E minorEm
A augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime
It was the perfect crime
VERSE 3
The bagman's quaking in the fingers
The hand off lends a little lingers
A augmentedA well dressed man in the cross hairs
A augmentedA shot rings out from somewhere upstairs
CHORUS
C majorC D MajorD
It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C majorC G+G E minorEm
A augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime
C majorC D MajorD
It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C majorC G+G E minorEm
A augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime
It was the perfect crime
BRIDGE
C majorC 
BB
It was like a ticker-tape parade
C majorC BB
When the plastique on the safe was blown away
C majorC BB
We all gazed from eye to eye
C majorC E minorEm
As we mouthed our silent good-byes
VERSE 4
The valley sleeping with the bastard
It stinks of slumber and disaster
Two words I spoke on the tap-wire
The agent's ploy was a surefire backfire
CHORUS
C majorC D MajorD
It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C majorC G+G E minorEm
A augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime
C majorC D MajorD
It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C majorC G+G E minorEm
A augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime
C majorC D MajorD
A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect
C majorC D MajorD
A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect
C majorC D MajorD
A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect
C majorC D MajorD
A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect
C majorC D MajorD
A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect
C majorC D MajorD
A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect
C majorC D MajorD
A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect A augmentedA perfect
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
A augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime
6. When The War Came
INTRO
Bsus2Bsus2
VERSE 1
With all the grain of Babylon
To cultivate, To make us strong
And hidden here behind the walls
Are shoulders wide and timber on
Asus2Asus2
Till the war came
Bsus2Bsus2
Till the war came
VERSE 2
A augmentedA terrible autonomy
Is grafted onto you and me
A augmentedA trust put in the governments
Who told their lies as heaven sent
Asus2Asus2
Till the war came
Bsus2Bsus2
Till the war came
CHORUS
G+G Asus2Asus2 Bsus2Bsus2
And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul
G+G Asus2Asus2 Bsus2Bsus2
And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball
G+G A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
And they're picking out our eyes by cold and candlelight
G+G
When the war came
Asus2Asus2 Bsus2Bsus2
The war came hard
VERSE 3
We made our oaths to Avalon
We'd not betray the soul lain on
The acres of hysteracy
To our own pangs of starvation
Asus2Asus2
When the war came
Bsus2Bsus2
When the war came
CHORUS
G+G Asus2Asus2 Bsus2Bsus2
And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul
G+G Asus2Asus2 Bsus2Bsus2
And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball
G+G A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
And they're picking out our eyes by cold and candlelight
G+G
When the war came
AsusAsus Bssu2
The war came hard
OUTRO
With all the grain of Babylon
With all the grain of Babylon
7. Shankill Butchers
Originally tabbed by: hojoseph99
CAPO 4
INTRO
(A minorAm Am/B C majorC Am/B) x2
VERSE 1
A minorAm Am/E FF
The shankill butchers run tonight
E MajorE
You better shut your windows tight
A minorAm Am/E FF
They're sharpening their cleavers and their knives
E MajorE
And taking all their whiskey by the pint
CHORUS
A minorAm Am/E FF
And everybody knows if you don't
G+G A minorAm Am/E
Mind your mother's words
A minorAm Am/E FF 
F/CF/C
A augmentedA wicked wind will blow
G+G A minorAm
Your ribbons from your curls
Am/E A minorAm Am/E FF
Everybody moan, everybody shake
E MajorE E/B (A minorAm Am/B Am/B) x2
The Shankill butchers wanna catch you awake
VERSE 2
A minorAm Am/E FF
They used to be just like me and you
E MajorE
They used to be sweet little boys
A minorAm Am/E FF
But something went horribly askew
E MajorE
Now killing is their only source of joy
CHORUS
A minorAm Am/E FF
And everybody knows if you don't
G+G A minorAm Am/E
Mind your mother's words
A minorAm Am/E FF F/CF/C
A augmentedA wicked wind will blow
G+G A minorAm
Your ribbons from your curls
Am/E A minorAm Am/E FF
Everybody moan, everybody shake
E MajorE E/B (A minorAm Am/B Am/B) x2
The Shankill butchers wanna catch you awake
BRIDGE
(A minorAm Am/E FF E MajorE)x2
VERSE 3
A minorAm Am/E FF
The shankill butchers on the rise
E MajorE
They're waiting until the dead of the night
A minorAm Am/E FF
They're picking at their fingers with their knives
E MajorE
And wiping off their cleavers on their thighs
CHORUS
A minorAm Am/E FF
And everybody knows if you don't
G+G A minorAm Am/E
Mind your mother's words
A minorAm Am/E FF F/CF/C
A augmentedA wicked wind will blow
G+G A minorAm
Your ribbons from your curls
Am/E A minorAm Am/E FF
Everybody moan, everybody shake
OUTRO
E MajorE
The shankill butchers wanna catch you
E MajorE
The shankill butchers wanna cut you
E MajorE
The shankill butchers wanna catch you
A minorAm Am/B C majorC Am/B
Awake
A minorAm Am/B C majorC Am/B
Awake
A minorAm Am/B C majorC Am/B
Awake
A minorAm
Awake
8. Summersong
Originally tabbed by: tAKEAWAy
CAPO 4
INTRO
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G
VERSE 1
A minorAm C majorC
Ramblin' where to begin
E minorEm G+G
I taste the summer on your peppery skin
A minorAm C majorC
Been saved the warmer the waves
E minorEm G+G
I felt a slip into a watery grave
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G
Oh ahhh Ah ha haaaa
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G
A augmentedA la di da di da Ahhhhhhh
PRE-CHORUS
A minorAm C majorC
My girl, linen and curls
E minorEm G+G
Lips parting like a flag all unfurled
A minorAm C majorC
She's grand the bend of her hand
E minorEm G+G
Digging deep into the sweep of the sand
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G
Oh ahhh Ah ha haaaa
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G
A augmentedA la di da di da Ahhhhhhh
CHORUS
G+G A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
Summer arrives with a length of lights
E minorEm A minorAm FF
Summer blows away
C majorC G+G A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G
And quietly gets swallowed by a wave
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G
It gets swallowed by a wave
VERSE 2
A minorAm C majorC
Waylay the din of the day
E minorEm G+G
Boats bobbing in the blue of the bay
A minorAm C majorC
In deep far beneath
E minorEm G+G
All the dead sailors slowly slipping to sleep
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G
Oh ahhh Ah ha haaaa
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G
A augmentedA la di da di da Ahhhhhhh
PRE-CHORUS
A minorAm C majorC
My girl, linen and curls
E minorEm G+G
Lips parting like a flag all unfurled
A minorAm C majorC
She's grand the bend of her hand
E minorEm G+G
Digging deep into the sweep of the sand
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G
Oh ahhh Ah ha haaaa
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G
A augmentedA la di da di da Ahhhhhhh
CHORUS
G+G A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
Summer arrives with a length of lights
E minorEm A minorAm FF
Summer blows away
C majorC G+G A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G
And quietly gets swallowed by a wave
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G
It gets swallowed by a wave
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G
It gets swallowed by a wave
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G A minorAm C majorC E minorEm G+G
It gets swallowed by a wave
9. The Crane Wife 1&2
Crane Wife 1 tabbed by: Stormx
Crane Wife 2 tabbed by: heymrrain
INTRO
G+G
VERSE 1
It was a cold night
E minorEm
And the snow lay low
I pulled my coat tight
C majorC
Against the falling down
And the sun was all
G+G E minorEm
And the sun was all down
And the sun was all
C majorC G+G
And the sun was all down
VERSE 2
I am a poor man
E minorEm
I haven't wealth nor fame
I have my two hands
C majorC
And a house to my name
And the winter's so
G+G E minorEm
And the winter's so long
And the winter's so
C majorC D MajorD
And the winter's so long
CHORUS
And all the stars were crashing 'round
G+G
As I laid eyes on what I'd found
VERSE 3
It was a white crane
E minorEm
It was a helpless thing
Upon a red stain
C majorC
With an arrow its wing
And it called and cried
G+G E minorEm
And it called and cried so
And it called and cried
C majorC D MajorD
And it called and cried so
CHORUS
And all the stars were crashing 'round
G+G
As I laid eyes on what I'd found
E minorEm C majorC
My crane wife, my crane wife
G+G
My crane wife, my crane wife
VERSE 4
Now I helped her
E minorEm
And I dressed her wounds
And how I held her
C majorC
Beneath the rising moon
And she stood to fly
G+G E minorEm
And she stood to fly away
And she stood to fly
C majorC D MajorD
She stood to fly away
CHORUS
And all the stars were crashing 'round
G+G
As I laid eyes on what I'd found
E minorEm C majorC
My crane wife, my crane wife
G+G
My crane wife, my crane wife
G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da
G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da
D MajorD 
B minorBm D MajorD G+G D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD G+G D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD G+G D MajorD Bb majorBb D MajorD G+G D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD G+G D MajorD Bb majorBb D MajorD G+G
*Crane Wife 2*
INTRO
D MajorD
VERSE 1
C majorC G+G D MajorD
My crane wife arrived at my door in the moonlight
C majorC G+G D MajorD
All star-bright and tongue tied I took her in
VERSE 2
D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD
We were married and bells rang sweet for our wedding
C majorC G+G D MajorD
And our bedding was ready when we fell in
CHORUS
E minorEm A augmentedA E minorEm
Sound the keening bell and see it's painted red
A augmentedA G+G
Soft as fontanel, the feathers in the thread
A augmentedA C majorC G+G
When all I ever meant to do was to keep you
D MajorD G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
My crane wife, my crane wife, my crane wife
VERSE 3
C majorC G+G D MajorD
We were poorly, our fortunes fading hourly
C majorC G+G D MajorD
And how she vowed me she could bring it back
VERSE 4
D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD
But I was greedy I was vain and I forced her to weaving
C majorC G+G D MajorD
On cold loom in closed room with down wove
CHORUS
E minorEm A augmentedA E minorEm
Sound the keening bell and see it's painted red
A augmentedA G+G
Soft as fontanel, the feathers in the thread
A augmentedA C majorC G+G
When all I ever meant to do was to keep you
D MajorD G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
My crane wife, my crane wife, my crane wife
OUTRO
E minorEm FF
There's a bend in the wind and it rakes at my heart
E minorEm FF
There is blood in the thread and it rakes at my heart
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Rakes at my heart, heart, heart, heart, heart
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart
D MajorD
My crane wife
10. Sons And Daughters
INTRO: D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
VERSE 1/CHORUS
D MajorD G+G
When we arrive, sons and daughters
D MajorD G+G
We'll make our homes on the water
D MajorD G+G
We'll build our walls aluminum
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
VERSE 2
D MajorD G+G
These currents pull us 'cross the border
D MajorD G+G
Steady your boats, arms to shoulder
D MajorD G+G
'till tides are pulled, hold our grounds
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
Making this cold harbor now home
D MajorD G+G
VERSE 3
D MajorD G+G
Take up your arms, sons and daughters
D MajorD G+G
We will arise from the bunkers
D MajorD G+G
By land, by sea, by dirigible
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
We'll leave our tracks untraceable now
BRIDGE
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
CHORUS
D MajorD G+G
When we arrive, sons and daughters
D MajorD G+G
We'll make our homes on the water
D MajorD G+G
We'll build our walls aluminum
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now
D MajorD G+G
CHORUS
D MajorD G+G
When we arrive, sons and daughters
D MajorD G+G
We'll make our homes on the water
D MajorD G+G
We'll build our walls aluminum
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
CHORUS
D MajorD G+G
When we arrive, sons and daughters
D MajorD G+G
We'll make our homes on the water
D MajorD G+G
We'll build our walls aluminum
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
CHORUS
D MajorD G+G
When we arrive, sons and daughters
D MajorD G+G
We'll make our homes on the water
D MajorD G+G
We'll build our walls aluminum
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
OUTRO
D MajorD G+G
(Here all the bombs fade away) X 20
BONUS TRACKS
11. After the Bombs
Originally tabbed by: Unregistered
INTRO
D MajorD BB G+G
VERSE 1
D MajorD B minorBm G+G
After the bombs subside
D MajorD B minorBm
And this long, low campaign
G+G
Calls it good for the night
D MajorD Bb majorBb
We meet in the streets
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
Will we meet in a bar’s cold light?
D MajorD B minorBm
We grip at our hands
G+G
We hold just a little tight
G+G 
F minorFm E minorEm
After the bombs
A augmentedA D MajorD
After the bombs subside
VERSE 2
D MajorD B minorBm G+G
And after the rockets come
D MajorD B minorBm
And the glimmer of fire
G+G
Pretends an early dawn
D MajorD Bb majorBb
We pinch at our skin
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
While we wonder how we escaped harm
D MajorD B minorBm
We forget all our trials
G+G
All there in our baby’s arms
G+G F minorFm E minorEm
After the rockets
E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD
After the rockets come
CHORUS
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Then we’ll go dancing
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Won’t we go dancing?
D MajorD G+G F minorFm E minorEm
Yes, we’ll go dancing
A augmentedA D MajorD
Until it all starts over again
D MajorD B minorBm G+G D MajorD B minorBm G+G D MajorD Bb majorBb B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D MajorD B minorBm G+G F minorFm E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
CHORUS
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Then we’ll go dancing
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Yes, we’ll go dancing
D MajorD G+G F minorFm E minorEm
Won't we go dancing
A augmentedA D MajorD
Until it all starts over again
12. Culling of the Fold
Originally tabbed by: Henner
VERSE 1
C majorC E minorEm
Cut him up boy
C majorC E minorEm
You've got to cut him up boy
C majorC
He's a wicked disgrace
E minorEm
And he said it to your face
C majorC E minorEm
You better cut him up boy
VERSE 2
E minorEm
Take him by the teeth
E minorEm
Get him down on his knees
F#°
With your hands all shaking
C majorC
That'll teach him how to take it
E minorEm C majorC
Gotta cut him up boy
E minorEm
And how
CHORUS
A minorAm
Ply her heart with gold and silver
E minorEm A minorAm
And take your sweetheart down to the river
E minorEm F#°
Dash her on the paving stones
C majorC
It may break your heart
BB
To break her bones
A minorAm C majorC BB E minorEm
But someones got to do, the culling of the fold
VERSE 3
C majorC E minorEm
Cut him up girl
C majorC E minorEm
Really cut him up girl
C majorC E minorEm
He lives by himself in a hole in a wall,
C majorC E minorEm
You've gotta cut him up girl
VERSE 4
E minorEm
You can take him in a stitch
E minorEm
Dump his body in a ditch
F#°
Leave his limbs all naked
C majorC
That'll teach him how to take it
E minorEm C majorC
Better cut him up girl
E minorEm
And how
CHORUS
A minorAm
Ply her heart with gold and silver
E minorEm A minorAm
And take your sweetheart down to the river
E minorEm 
F#dimF#dim
Dash her on the paving stones
C majorC
It may break your heart
BB
To break her bones
A minorAm C majorC BB E minorEm
But someones got to do, the culling of the fold
BRIDGE
C majorC E minorEm
Listen up boy
C majorC E minorEm
And listen up girl
C majorC
It's a shallow little trench
E minorEm
And it's giving off a stench
C majorC E minorEm
It's a shallow little world
E minorEm
Feeling down in the face
E minorEm
Could you use a little space
Dim
When the radio crackles
C majorC
And the in-laws cackle
E minorEm C majorC
You better cut him up boy
E minorEm
And cut him up girl
CHORUS
A minorAm
Ply her heart with gold and silver
E minorEm A minorAm
And take your sweetheart down to the river
E minorEm F#dimF#dim
Dash her on the paving stones
C majorC
It may break your heart
BB
To break her bones
A minorAm C majorC BB E minorEm
But someones got to do, the culling of the fold
13. The Perfect Crime #1
VERSE 1
N.C.
2...3...4!
I got a gun, I got a girl
I got a bullet-proof plan to pull
A augmentedA
The perfect crime
D MajorD
I got the perfect crime
VERSE 2
I got a warehouse down at the docks
I got fifteen precincts of cops bought
A augmentedA
The perfect crime
D MajorD
I got the perfect crime
CHORUS
G+G
You got to get your clock locked
D MajorD
Get your stopwatch synchronized
G+G D MajorD
You got to get it so you can’t put a pin through your alibi
A augmentedA
To pull the perfect crime
D MajorD
To pull the perfect crime
A augmentedA D MajorD
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
VERSE 3
D MajorD
I got a guy bought on the inside
I got a night guard gagged and hog-tied
A augmentedA
The perfect crime
D MajorD
This is the perfect crime
VERSE 4
I got a brain, I got a brawn
I got all the proper papers for the gendarmes
A augmentedA
The perfect crime
D MajorD
C’est ç the perfect crime
CHORUS
G+G
I got the mob boss bought
D MajorD
I got a letter from the DEA
G+G
I got a mock-up of the lockup
D MajorD
Where they stock up on their pocket change
A augmentedA
To pull the perfect crime
D MajorD
This is the perfect crime
A augmentedA D MajorD
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
A augmentedA D MajorD
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
(D MajorD over solo)
VERSE 5
D MajorD
We hit a snag when we tripped the alarm
A augmentedA
Because the dock side spics had been tipped off in time
D MajorD
To this perfect crime
VERSE 6
Called out the dogs, called out the cops
I caught the deputy ops
A augmentedA
In a cold cock. I will do time
D MajorD
For this perfect crime
G+G D MajorD
So we ran around town with the cops snapping on our tails
G+G D MajorD
Because we’d rather brave death then a fist-fuck in county jail
A augmentedA
Just for the perfect crime
For the perfect crime
D MajorD
This is the perfect crime
A augmentedA D MajorD
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
A augmentedA D MajorD
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
D MajorD over long outro
14. The Day I Knew You Wouldn't Ever Come Back
INTRO
B minorBm
VERSE 1
B minorBm
The day I knew you’d not come back
A minorAm B minorBm
I built this castle out of glass
CHORUS
But I could never understand
A minorAm
Where the windows and walls began and end
B minorBm
No, I could never understand
A minorAm
Where the windows and walls began and end
A minorAm and B minorBm over long solo
VERSE 2
B minorBm
I built this colonnade of sand
A minorAm
Stretched out like fingers from my hand
CHORUS
B minorBm
But with the waves coming in
A minorAm
In the morning I had to build again
B minorBm
But with the waves coming in
A minorAm
In the morning I had to build again
A minorAm and B minorBm over long outro
15. Hurdles Even Here
INTRO
C# minorC#m E MajorE 
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
VERSE 1
C# minorC#m E MajorE
So it started in your ovaries
F# minorF#m
A augmentedA stone, A augmentedA seedling
A augmentedA C# minorC#m
Our bones entwined
E MajorE
A augmentedA warning from the orderlies
F# minorF#m
A augmentedA bulge for bleeding
A augmentedA C# minorC#m
This would take its time
E MajorE
Oh oh oh oh
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
Ah ah ahhhh
VERSE 2
C# minorC#m E MajorE
So it all went down the telephone
F# minorF#m
And saw me clearly
A augmentedA C# minorC#m
All of nine years old
E MajorE
Calmly cast in Styrofoam
F# minorF#m
In my Tony Lamas
A augmentedA C# minorC#m
When the shock takes hold
E MajorE
Oh oh oh oh
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
Ah ah ahhhh
CHORUS
A augmentedA C# minorC#m
Mom there are hurdles here
DMaj9Dmaj9 A augmentedA
that I cannot seem to clear
C# minorC#m
Dad there are demons round
G#G#
I know I said that I
I said I'd be alright
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA 
B5B5 
C5C5 C# minorC#m
I lied I lied I lied I liiiiiiiiied
E MajorE F# minorF#m A augmentedA
VERSE 3
C# minorC#m E MajorE
So fix your brood and belly now
F# minorF#m
Get your fingers ringing
A augmentedA C# minorC#m
Get your lungs unstayed
E MajorE
It'll eat you from the inside out
F# minorF#m
Till it comes out screaming
A augmentedA C# minorC#m
Till it all falls away
E MajorE
Oh oh oh oh
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
Ah ah ahhhh
CHORUS
A augmentedA C# minorC#m
Dad there are hurdles here
DMaj9Dmaj9 A augmentedA
that I cannot seem to clear
C# minorC#m
Mom there are demons round
G#G#
I know I said that I
I said I'd be alright
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA B5B5 C5C5 C# minorC#m
I lied I lied I lied I liiiiiiiiied
THE END!
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