Scarecrow chords by Counting Crows

Chords with lyrics

Scarecrow - Counting Crows

Intro
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D MajorD        A minorAm

Verse 1
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D MajorD            A minorAm
Mary steers clear of the men from space
D MajorD            A minorAm
Back alley kid with the American face
C majorC
She wants the wine, he brings a case,
G+G
To carry them on through

Verse 2
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      D MajorD             A minorAm
I said you know what I know about the bedroom boys
   D MajorD         A minorAm
Undercover Russians in a pink Rolls Royce,
C majorC
They bang the drum, she sets the beat,
G+G
They carry Miss America out into the street,
      FF          A minorAm
She sings, scarecrow, snowman, John Doe, buffalo!

Chorus
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D MajorD   A minorAm
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go,
E minorEm        A minorAm
I got the arms to reach you
     C majorC              G+G
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) (Do Do Do Do Do)
D MajorD   A minorAm
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow,
E minorEm         A minorAm
I got the hands to teach you,
     C majorC
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do)
G+G
Snowman sideshow (Do Do Do Do Do)


Verse 3
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D MajorD             A minorAm
I fell out of love in the snow bound days
D MajorD           A minorAm
Riding the subway in a valium haze
C majorC
I need the whites, she gets the blues
G+G
It carries us on through

Verse 4
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D MajorD               A minorAm
All these American boys in the park n' shop
D MajorD              A minorAm
Selling their memories for a dollar a pop
C majorC
Ivan the ancient spaceman race fan
G+G
Corners the market on American tastes
     FF          A minorAm
And says, spaceman, scarecrow, peepshow, freakshow!

Chorus
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D MajorD   A minorAm
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go,
E minorEm        A minorAm
I got the arms to reach you
     C majorC              G+G
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) (Do Do Do Do Do)
D MajorD   A minorAm
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow,
E minorEm         A minorAm
I got the hands to teach you,
     C majorC
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do)
G+G
Punk rock video (Do Do Do Do Do)

Bridge
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A minorAm       G+G

DmDm               A minorAm
All the sudden light inside you dies
       Bb majorBb
Maybe you're going on alone
       FF
Maybe you're going all alone
        C majorC
She dreams of sunlight

Sings of smaller things
       G+G
White sugar bowls and wedding rings
    Bb majorBb
You're going on from me alone
    FF
You're going on, you're on your own

Verse 5
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D MajorD             A minorAm
She was married alive in a Moscow surgery,
D MajorD          A minorAm
Hoping to die in a cold war nursery
C majorC
All of the kids back home believe
G+G
In much more than we do

Verse 6
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D MajorD              A minorAm
It's a memory play where the memory fades
D MajorD             A minorAm
Into pictures we took into records we played
C majorC
Spy versus spy, scarecrow and I
G+G
Out across the darkness where the bomber jets fly
    FF          A minorAm
Singing spaceman, smokeshow, scarecrow, geronimo!

Chorus
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D MajorD   A minorAm
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go,
E minorEm        A minorAm
I got the arms to reach you
     C majorC              G+G
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) (Do Do Do Do Do)
D MajorD   A minorAm
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow,
E minorEm         A minorAm
I got the hands to teach you,
     C majorC
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do)
G+G
Snowman freakshow! (Do Do Do Do Do)

D MajorD   A minorAm
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go,
E minorEm        A minorAm
I got the arms to reach you
     C majorC              G+G
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) (Do Do Do Do Do)
D MajorD   A minorAm
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow,
E minorEm         A minorAm
I got the hands to teach you,
     C majorC
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do)
G+G
Listen on the midnight radio! (Do Do Do Do Do)

Solo / Ending
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