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Crane Wife Album chords by The Decemberists

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

(Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramG+G)x2

VERSE 1

Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramG+G
And under the boughs unbound
Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramA augmentedA           Chord diagramG+G
All clothed in a snowy shroud
Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramG+G
She had no heart so hardened
Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramG+G
All under the boughs unbound

(Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramG+G)x2

VERSE 2

Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramG+G
Each feather it fell from skin
Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramA augmentedA         Chord diagramG+G
Till threadbare she grew thin
Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramA augmentedA         Chord diagramG+G
How where my eyes so blinded
Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramG+G
Each feather it fell from skin

CHORUS

            Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramG+G
And I will hang my head hang my head low
            Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramG+G
And I will hang my head hang my head low

(Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramG+G)x2

VERSE 3

Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramG+G
The gray sky looked bitter stained
Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA rain cloud and crane on wing
Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramG+G
All out beyond horizons oh
Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA gray sky a bitter stain

CHORUS

            Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramG+G
(And I will hang my head hang my head low)x7

OUTRO

(Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramG+G)x4

2. The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Feel Not the Drowning

INTRO

Chord diagramE minorEm

VERSE 1

There's an island hidden in the sound
Lapping currents lay your boat aground
                    Chord diagramG+G
Affix your barb and bayonet
    Chord diagramA augmentedA                   Chord diagramBb majorBb
The curlews carve their arabesques
    Chord diagramE minorEm
And sorrow fills the silence all around
Come and see

VERSE 2

There's a harbor lost within the reeds
Chord diagramA augmentedA jetty caught in over-hanging trees
                 Chord diagramG+G
Among the bones of cormorants
   Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramBb majorBb
No boot-mark here nor fingerprint
    Chord diagramE minorEm
The rivers roll down to a soundless sea
Come and see
         Chord diagramG+G G/F# Chord diagramE minorEm
Come and see

CHORUS

              Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramC majorC
The tides all come and go witnessed by no waking eye
Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramC majorC
The willows mark the wind
    Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramC majorC
And all we know for sure amidst this fading light
Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramC majorC
We'll not go home again
         Chord diagramB7B7    Chord diagramC majorC
Come and see
         Chord diagramB7B7    Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramE minorEm
Come and see

VERSE 3

In the lowlands, nestled in the heath
Chord diagramA augmentedA briar-cradle rocks its babe to sleep
                        Chord diagramG+G
Its contents watched by Sycorax
    Chord diagramA augmentedA         Chord diagramBb majorBb
And Patagon in parallax
  Chord diagramE minorEm
Chord diagramA augmentedA foretold rumbling sounds below the deep
Come and see
         Chord diagramG+G G/F# Chord diagramE minorEm
Come and see

CHORUS

              Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramC majorC
The tides all come and go witnessed by no waking eye
Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramC majorC
The willows mark the wind
Chord diagramE minorEm         Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramC majorC
And all we know for sure amidst this fading light
Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramC majorC
We'll not go home again
         Chord diagramB7B7    Chord diagramC majorC
Come and see
         Chord diagramB7B7    Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramA minorAm
Come and see

*The Landlords Daughter*

Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA minorAm              Chord diagramD MajorD
As I was a-ramble down by the water
Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD
I spied in sable the landlord's daughter
Chord diagramA minorAm                 Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramD MajorD
I produced my pistol, then my saber
Chord diagramA minorAm                   Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramA minorAm                       Chord diagramD MajorD
Said, "Make no whistle or thou will be murdered!"

Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD
La-Ha-Ha      La-Ha
Chord diagramA minorAm                     Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramD MajorD
She cursed, she shivered, she cried for mercy
Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramD MajorD
"My gold and silver if thou will release me!"

Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramBb majorBb Chord diagramFF Chord diagramG#G# Chord diagramEb MajorEb Chord diagramBbmBbm Chord diagramA augmentedA

Chord diagramDmDm                  Chord diagramBb majorBb    Chord diagramDmDm              Chord diagramBb majorBb
I'll take no gold, miss. I'll take no silver.
Chord diagramDmDm                       Chord diagramBb majorBb    Chord diagramDmDm                Chord diagramBb majorBb
But I'll take those sweet lips and thou will deliver!

Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramD MajorD
La-Ha-Ha      La-Ha

Chord diagramDmDm Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramFF Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA minorAm

*You'll Feel Not the Drowning*

INTRO

Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramAsus2Asus2

VERSE 1

Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramC majorC
I will dress your eyelids
     Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramC majorC
With dimes upon your eyes
Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramC majorC
Lay you close to water
Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramC majorC
Green your grave will rise

CHORUS

Chord diagramG+G
Go to sleep now, little ugly
Chord diagramA minorAm
Go to sleep now, you little fool
Chord diagramG+G
Forty winking in the belfry
Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramG+G
You'll not feel the drowning
Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramG#G#+
You'll not feel the drowning

VERSE 2

Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramC majorC
Forget you once had sweethearts
Chord diagramA minorAm          Chord diagramC majorC
They've forgotten you
Chord diagramA minorAm         Chord diagramC majorC
Think you not on parents
Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramC majorC
They've forgotten too

CHORUS

Chord diagramG+G
Go to sleep now, little ugly
Chord diagramA minorAm
Go to sleep now, you little fool
Chord diagramG+G
Forty winking in the belfry
Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramG+G
You'll not feel the drowning
Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramG#G#+
You'll not feel the drowning

VERSE 3/OUTRO

Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramC majorC
Hear you now the captain
Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramC majorC
Heave his sorrowed cry
Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramC majorC
The weight upon your eyelids
Chord diagramA minorAm                          Chord diagramC majorC
Is dimes laid on your eyes


3. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)

Originally tabbed by: Warpstarkirby

INTRO

Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramA minorAm

VERSE 1

Chord diagramC majorC                        Chord diagramA minorAm
Heart-carved tree trunk, Yankee bayonet
Chord diagramC majorC                   Chord diagramA minorAm
Chord diagramA augmentedA sweetheart left behind
Chord diagramC majorC                         Chord diagramA minorAm
Far from the hills of the sea-swelled Carolinas
Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramA minorAm
That's where my true love lies

Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramA minorAm
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah

VERSE 2

Chord diagramC majorC                    Chord diagramA minorAm
Look for me when the sun-bright swallow
Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramA minorAm
Sings upon the birch bough high
Chord diagramC majorC                                  Chord diagramA minorAm
But you are in the ground with the voles and the weevils
Chord diagramC majorC                             Chord diagramA minorAm
All a'chew upon your bones so dry

 Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramA minorAm
(Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah)x2

CHORUS

Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7
But when the sun breaks
Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7      Chord diagramG+G
To no more bullets in Battle Creek
Chord diagramA augmentedA             Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7
Then will you make a grave
Chord diagramA augmentedA             Chord diagramFF
For I will be home then
          Chord diagramG+G
I will be home then
          Chord diagramFF
I will be home then
          Chord diagramG+G
I will be home then, then


Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramA minorAm

VERSE 3

Chord diagramC majorC                         Chord diagramA minorAm
When I was a girl how the hills of Oconee
Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramA minorAm
Made a seam to hem me in
Chord diagramC majorC                          Chord diagramA minorAm
There at the fair when our eyes caught, careless
       Chord diagramC majorC                        Chord diagramA minorAm
Got my heart right pierced by a pin

Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramA minorAm
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah

VERSE 4

    Chord diagramC majorC                       Chord diagramA minorAm
But oh, did you see all the dead of Manassas
        Chord diagramC majorC                             Chord diagramA minorAm
All the bellies and the bones and the bile
    Chord diagramC majorC                        Chord diagramA minorAm
No, I lingered here with the blankets barren
       Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramA minorAm
And my own belly big with child

 Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramA minorAm
(Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah) x2

CHORUS

Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7
But when the sun breaks
Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7      Chord diagramG+G
To no more bullets in Battle Creek
Chord diagramA augmentedA             Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7
Then will you make a grave
Chord diagramA augmentedA             Chord diagramFF
For I will be home then
          Chord diagramG+G
I will be home then
          Chord diagramFF
I will be home then
          Chord diagramG+G
I will be home then


BRIDGE

Chord diagramFF                               Chord diagramG+G
Stems and bones and stone walls too
Chord diagramG+G
Could keep me from you
Chord diagramFF                        Chord diagramE minorEm
Skein of skin is all too few
Chord diagramG+G
To keep me from you

Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramA minorAm

VERSE 5

    Chord diagramC majorC                      Chord diagramA minorAm
But oh my love, though our bodies may be parted
           Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramA minorAm
Though our skin may not touch skin
Chord diagramC majorC                    Chord diagramA minorAm
Look for me with the sun-bright sparrow
       Chord diagramC majorC                         Chord diagramA minorAm
I will come on the breath of the wind

 Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramA 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

(Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramG+G)x2

VERSE 1

      Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7     Chord diagramG+G
You belong to the gang
        Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7              Chord diagramG+G
And you say you can't break away
        Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7      Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7  Chord diagramG+G
But I'm here with my hands on my heart
    Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7        Chord diagramG+G
Our families can't agree
         Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7            Chord diagramG+G
I’m your brother's sworn enemy
         Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7        Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7  Chord diagramG+G
But I'll shout out my love to the stars

CHORUS

   Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramDmDm           Chord diagramG+G
So wait for the stone on your window, your window
Chord diagramA minorAm          Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramDmDm        Chord diagramG+G
Wait by the car and we’ll go, we’ll go

(Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramG+G)x2

VERSE 2

     Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7       Chord diagramG+G
When first we laid eyes
  Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7           Chord diagramG+G
I swore to no compromise
       Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7    Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7  Chord diagramG+G
'Til I felt my caress on your skin
          Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7        Chord diagramG+G
Well, how soon we were betrayed
     Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7         Chord diagramG+G
Your sister gave us away
         Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7     Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7  Chord diagramG+G
And your father came all unhinged

CHORUS

   Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramDmDm           Chord diagramG+G
So wait for the stone on your window, your window
Chord diagramA minorAm          Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramDmDm        Chord diagramG+G
Wait by the car and we’ll go, we’ll go
    Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramA minorAm
But Oh, Valencia-ah-ah!
          Chord diagramFF                       Chord diagramC majorC
With your blood still warm on the ground
  Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramA minorAm
Valencia-ah-ah!
      Chord diagramFF
And I swear to the stars
     Chord diagramDmDm                   Chord diagramG+G
I’ll burn this whole city down, oh oh oh

(Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramG+G)x4

      Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7     Chord diagramG+G
All I heard was a shout
        Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7            Chord diagramG+G
Of your brother calling me out
        Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7    Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7  Chord diagramG+G
And you ran like a fool to my side
         Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7      Chord diagramG+G
Well the shot, it hit hard
         Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7               Chord diagramG+G
And your frame went limp in my arms
        Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7  Chord diagramG+G
And the lull of love was your dying cry

CHORUS

   Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramDmDm           Chord diagramG+G
So wait for the stone on your window, your window
Chord diagramA minorAm          Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramDmDm        Chord diagramG+G
Wait by the car and we’ll, go we’ll go
    Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramA minorAm
But Oh, Valencia-ah-ah!
          Chord diagramFF                       Chord diagramC majorC
With your blood still warm on the ground
  Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramA minorAm
Valencia-ah-ah!
         Chord diagramFF                    Chord diagramC majorC
And I’ll burn this whole city down

OUTRO

  Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramA minorAm
Valencia-ah-ah!
          Chord diagramFF                         Chord diagramC majorC
With your blood gettin' cold on the ground
  Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramA minorAm
Valencia-ah-ah!
      Chord diagramFF
And I swear to the stars
     Chord diagramDmDm                   Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramC majorC
I’ll burn this whole city down, oh oh oh


5. The Perfect Crime #2

INTRO

Chord diagramE minorEm

VERSE 1

Sing muse of the passion of the pistol
Sing muse of the warning by the whistle
Chord diagramA augmentedA night so dark in the waning
Chord diagramA augmentedA dawn obscured by a slate sky raining

VERSE 2

Five and twenty burglars by the reservoir
Chord diagramA augmentedA teenage lookout on the signal tower
The mogul's daughter in hogties
The mogul fingers the wrong guy

CHORUS

           Chord diagramC majorC                       Chord diagramD MajorD
It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramE minorEm
Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime
           Chord diagramC majorC                       Chord diagramD MajorD
It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramE minorEm
Chord diagramA 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
Chord diagramA augmentedA well dressed man in the cross hairs
Chord diagramA augmentedA shot rings out from somewhere upstairs

CHORUS
           Chord diagramC majorC                       Chord diagramD MajorD
It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramE minorEm
Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime
           Chord diagramC majorC                       Chord diagramD MajorD
It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramE minorEm
Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime


It was the perfect crime

BRIDGE

Chord diagramC majorC                         Chord diagramBB
   It was like a ticker-tape parade
            Chord diagramC majorC                               Chord diagramBB
   When the plastique on the safe was blown away
Chord diagramC majorC                        Chord diagramBB
   We all gazed from eye to eye
         Chord diagramC majorC                       Chord diagramE 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

           Chord diagramC majorC                       Chord diagramD MajorD
It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramE minorEm
Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime
           Chord diagramC majorC                       Chord diagramD MajorD
It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramE minorEm
Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime

     Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect
     Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect
     Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect
     Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect
     Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect
     Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect
     Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect
     Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramE minorEm
Chord diagramA augmentedA perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime


6. When The War Came

INTRO

Chord diagramBsus2Bsus2

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
         Chord diagramAsus2Asus2
Till the war came
         Chord diagramBsus2Bsus2
Till the war came

VERSE 2

Chord diagramA augmentedA terrible autonomy
Is grafted onto you and me
Chord diagramA augmentedA trust put in the governments
Who told their lies as heaven sent
         Chord diagramAsus2Asus2
Till the war came
         Chord diagramBsus2Bsus2
Till the war came

CHORUS

        Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramAsus2Asus2                 Chord diagramBsus2Bsus2
And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul
        Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramAsus2Asus2                 Chord diagramBsus2Bsus2
And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball
            Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE minorEm             Chord diagramG+G
And they're picking out our eyes by cold and candlelight
         Chord diagramG+G
When the war came
    Chord diagramAsus2Asus2           Chord diagramBsus2Bsus2
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
          Chord diagramAsus2Asus2
When the war came
          Chord diagramBsus2Bsus2
When the war came

CHORUS

        Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramAsus2Asus2                 Chord diagramBsus2Bsus2
And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul
        Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramAsus2Asus2                 Chord diagramBsus2Bsus2
And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball
            Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE minorEm             Chord diagramG+G
And they're picking out our eyes by cold and candlelight
         Chord diagramG+G
When the war came
    Chord diagramAsusAsus           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

(Chord diagramA minorAm Am/B  Chord diagramC majorC  Am/B) x2

VERSE 1

    Chord diagramA minorAm       Am/E         Chord diagramFF
The shankill butchers run tonight
    Chord diagramE MajorE
You better shut your windows tight
        Chord diagramA minorAm               Am/E               Chord diagramFF
They're sharpening their cleavers and their knives
    Chord diagramE MajorE
And taking all their whiskey by the pint

CHORUS

              Chord diagramA minorAm  Am/E     Chord diagramFF
And everybody knows if you don't
Chord diagramG+G                  Chord diagramA minorAm   Am/E
Mind your mother's words
  Chord diagramA minorAm     Am/E      Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramF/CF/C
Chord diagramA augmentedA wicked wind will blow
     Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramA minorAm
Your ribbons from your curls
Am/E      Chord diagramA minorAm    Am/E      Chord diagramFF
Everybody moan, everybody shake
    Chord diagramE MajorE                             E/B (Chord diagramA minorAm  Am/B Am/B) x2
The Shankill butchers wanna catch you awake


VERSE 2

     Chord diagramA minorAm         Am/E             Chord diagramFF
They used to be just like me and you
     Chord diagramE MajorE
They used to be sweet little boys
    Chord diagramA minorAm             Am/E      Chord diagramFF
But something went horribly askew
    Chord diagramE MajorE
Now killing is their only source of joy

CHORUS

              Chord diagramA minorAm  Am/E     Chord diagramFF
And everybody knows if you don't
Chord diagramG+G                  Chord diagramA minorAm   Am/E
Mind your mother's words
  Chord diagramA minorAm     Am/E      Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramF/CF/C
Chord diagramA augmentedA wicked wind will blow
     Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramA minorAm
Your ribbons from your curls
Am/E      Chord diagramA minorAm    Am/E      Chord diagramFF
Everybody moan, everybody shake
    Chord diagramE MajorE                             E/B (Chord diagramA minorAm  Am/B Am/B) x2
The Shankill butchers wanna catch you awake


BRIDGE

(Chord diagramA minorAm   Am/E   Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramE MajorE)x2

VERSE 3

    Chord diagramA minorAm       Am/E            Chord diagramFF
The shankill butchers on the rise
    Chord diagramE MajorE
They're waiting until the dead of the night
        Chord diagramA minorAm               Am/E               Chord diagramFF
They're picking at their fingers with their knives
    Chord diagramE MajorE
And wiping off their cleavers on their thighs

CHORUS

              Chord diagramA minorAm  Am/E     Chord diagramFF
And everybody knows if you don't
Chord diagramG+G                  Chord diagramA minorAm   Am/E
Mind your mother's words
  Chord diagramA minorAm     Am/E      Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramF/CF/C
Chord diagramA augmentedA wicked wind will blow
     Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramA minorAm
Your ribbons from your curls
Am/E      Chord diagramA minorAm    Am/E      Chord diagramFF
Everybody moan, everybody shake

OUTRO

    Chord diagramE MajorE
The shankill butchers wanna catch you
    Chord diagramE MajorE
The shankill butchers wanna cut you
    Chord diagramE MajorE
The shankill butchers wanna catch you

Chord diagramA minorAm Am/B  Chord diagramC majorC  Am/B
Awake
Chord diagramA minorAm Am/B  Chord diagramC majorC  Am/B
Awake
Chord diagramA minorAm Am/B  Chord diagramC majorC  Am/B
Awake
Chord diagramA minorAm
Awake


8. Summersong

Originally tabbed by: tAKEAWAy

CAPO 4

INTRO

Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramG+G

VERSE 1

Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramC majorC
Ramblin' where to begin
Chord diagramE minorEm                         Chord diagramG+G
I taste the summer on your peppery skin
Chord diagramA minorAm         Chord diagramC majorC
Been saved the warmer the waves
Chord diagramE minorEm                   Chord diagramG+G
I felt a slip into a watery grave

Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramG+G
Oh ahhh  Ah ha haaaa
Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA la di da di da  Ahhhhhhh

PRE-CHORUS

Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramC majorC
My girl, linen and curls
Chord diagramE minorEm                             Chord diagramG+G
Lips parting like a flag all unfurled
Chord diagramA minorAm         Chord diagramC majorC
She's grand the bend of her hand
Chord diagramE minorEm                      Chord diagramG+G
Digging deep into the sweep of the sand
Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramG+G
Oh ahhh  Ah ha haaaa
Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA la di da di da  Ahhhhhhh

CHORUS

Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramE minorEm                Chord diagramA minorAm
Summer arrives with a length of lights
Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramFF
Summer blows away
Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramG+G
And quietly gets swallowed by a wave
Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramG+G
It gets swallowed by a wave

VERSE 2

Chord diagramA minorAm         Chord diagramC majorC
Waylay the din of the day
Chord diagramE minorEm                   Chord diagramG+G
Boats bobbing in the blue of the bay
Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramC majorC
In deep far beneath
Chord diagramE minorEm                          Chord diagramG+G
All the dead sailors slowly slipping to sleep
Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramG+G
Oh ahhh  Ah ha haaaa
Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA la di da di da  Ahhhhhhh

PRE-CHORUS

Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramC majorC
My girl, linen and curls
Chord diagramE minorEm                             Chord diagramG+G
Lips parting like a flag all unfurled
Chord diagramA minorAm         Chord diagramC majorC
She's grand the bend of her hand
Chord diagramE minorEm                      Chord diagramG+G
Digging deep into the sweep of the sand
Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramG+G
Oh ahhh  Ah ha haaaa
Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA la di da di da  Ahhhhhhh

CHORUS

Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramE minorEm                Chord diagramA minorAm
Summer arrives with a length of lights
Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramFF
Summer blows away
Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramG+G
And quietly gets swallowed by a wave
Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramG+G
It gets swallowed by a wave
Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramG+G
It gets swallowed by a wave
Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramG+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

Chord diagramG+G

VERSE 1

It was a cold night
                 Chord diagramE minorEm
And the snow lay low
I pulled my coat tight
                    Chord diagramC majorC
Against the falling down
And the sun was all
                    Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramE minorEm
And the sun was all down
And the sun was all
                    Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G
And the sun was all down

VERSE 2

I am a poor man
                     Chord diagramE minorEm
I haven't wealth nor fame
I have my two hands
                  Chord diagramC majorC
And a house to my name
And the winter's so
                    Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramE minorEm
And the winter's so long
And the winter's so
                    Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramD MajorD
And the winter's so long

CHORUS

And all the stars were crashing 'round
                           Chord diagramG+G
As I laid eyes on what I'd found

VERSE 3

It was a white crane
                  Chord diagramE minorEm
It was a helpless thing
Upon a red stain
                  Chord diagramC majorC
With an arrow its wing
And it called and cried
                        Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramE minorEm
And it called and cried so
And it called and cried
                        Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramD MajorD
And it called and cried so

CHORUS

And all the stars were crashing 'round
                           Chord diagramG+G
As I laid eyes on what I'd found
                        Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramC majorC
My crane wife, my crane wife
                        Chord diagramG+G
My crane wife, my crane wife

VERSE 4

Now I helped her
                  Chord diagramE minorEm
And I dressed her wounds
And how I held her
                   Chord diagramC majorC
Beneath the rising moon
And she stood to fly
                     Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramE minorEm
And she stood to fly away
And she stood to fly
                 Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramD MajorD
She stood to fly away

CHORUS

And all the stars were crashing 'round
                           Chord diagramG+G
As I laid eyes on what I'd found
                        Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramC majorC
My crane wife, my crane wife
                        Chord diagramG+G
My crane wife, my crane wife

Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramE minorEm              Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramG+G
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da
Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramE minorEm              Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramG+G
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da

Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramBb majorBb Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramBb majorBb Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G

*Crane Wife 2*

INTRO

Chord diagramD MajorD

VERSE 1

                 Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD MajorD
My crane wife arrived at my door in the moonlight
    Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramG+G                      Chord diagramD MajorD
All star-bright and tongue tied I took her in

VERSE 2

Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD MajorD
We were married and bells rang sweet for our wedding
        Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G                  Chord diagramD MajorD
And our bedding was ready when we fell in

CHORUS

Chord diagramE minorEm                  Chord diagramA augmentedA                       Chord diagramE minorEm
Sound the keening bell and see it's painted red
             Chord diagramA augmentedA                        Chord diagramG+G
Soft as fontanel, the feathers in the thread
                  Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G
When all I ever meant to do was to keep you
    Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD
My crane wife, my crane wife, my crane wife

VERSE 3

                    Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD
We were poorly, our fortunes fading hourly
    Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G                           Chord diagramD MajorD
And how she vowed me she could bring it back

VERSE 4

Chord diagramD MajorD                        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD MajorD
But I was greedy I was vain and I forced her to weaving
   Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramD MajorD
On cold loom in closed room with down wove

CHORUS

Chord diagramE minorEm                  Chord diagramA augmentedA                       Chord diagramE minorEm
Sound the keening bell and see it's painted red
             Chord diagramA augmentedA                        Chord diagramG+G
Soft as fontanel, the feathers in the thread
                  Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G
When all I ever meant to do was to keep you
    Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD
My crane wife, my crane wife, my crane wife

OUTRO

Chord diagramE minorEm                                Chord diagramFF
There's a bend in the wind and it rakes at my heart
Chord diagramE minorEm                                  Chord diagramFF
There is blood in the thread and it rakes at my heart

Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC
Rakes at my heart, heart, heart, heart, heart

Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC majorC

Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC
Heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart

   Chord diagramD MajorD
My crane wife


10. Sons And Daughters

INTRO: Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G

VERSE 1/CHORUS

Chord diagramD MajorD                                 Chord diagramG+G
When we arrive, sons and daughters
Chord diagramD MajorD                            Chord diagramG+G
We'll make our homes on the water
Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramG+G
We'll build our walls aluminum
Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramG+G
We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now

Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G

VERSE 2

Chord diagramD MajorD                           Chord diagramG+G
These currents pull us 'cross the border
Chord diagramD MajorD                        Chord diagramG+G
Steady your boats, arms to shoulder
 Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramG+G
'till tides are pulled, hold our grounds
Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramG+G
Making this cold harbor now home

Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G

VERSE 3

Chord diagramD MajorD                            Chord diagramG+G
Take up your arms, sons and daughters
 Chord diagramD MajorD                     Chord diagramG+G
We will arise from the bunkers
Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramG+G
By land, by sea, by dirigible
Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramG+G
We'll leave our tracks untraceable now

BRIDGE

Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G

CHORUS

Chord diagramD MajorD                                 Chord diagramG+G
When we arrive, sons and daughters
Chord diagramD MajorD                            Chord diagramG+G
We'll make our homes on the water
Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramG+G
We'll build our walls aluminum
Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramG+G
We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now

Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G

CHORUS

Chord diagramD MajorD                                 Chord diagramG+G
When we arrive, sons and daughters
Chord diagramD MajorD                            Chord diagramG+G
We'll make our homes on the water
Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramG+G
We'll build our walls aluminum
Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramG+G
We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now

Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G

CHORUS

Chord diagramD MajorD                                 Chord diagramG+G
When we arrive, sons and daughters
Chord diagramD MajorD                            Chord diagramG+G
We'll make our homes on the water
Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramG+G
We'll build our walls aluminum
Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramG+G
We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now

Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G

CHORUS

Chord diagramD MajorD                                 Chord diagramG+G
When we arrive, sons and daughters
Chord diagramD MajorD                            Chord diagramG+G
We'll make our homes on the water
Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramG+G
We'll build our walls aluminum
Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramG+G
We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now

Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G

OUTRO

 Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramG+G
(Here all the bombs fade away) X 20


BONUS TRACKS

11. After the Bombs

Originally tabbed by: Unregistered

INTRO

Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramBB Chord diagramG+G

VERSE 1

Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramG+G
After the bombs subside
Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramB minorBm
And this long, low campaign
    Chord diagramG+G
Calls it good for the night
Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramBb majorBb
We meet in the streets
Chord diagramB minorBm               Chord diagramA augmentedA           Chord diagramG+G
Will we meet in a bar’s cold light?
Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramB minorBm
We grip at our hands
 Chord diagramG+G
We hold just a little tight
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramF minorFm       Chord diagramE minorEm
After the bombs
          Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramD MajorD
After the bombs subside

VERSE 2
Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramG+G
And after the rockets come
Chord diagramD MajorD                    Chord diagramB minorBm
And the glimmer of fire
     Chord diagramG+G
Pretends an early dawn
Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramBb majorBb
We pinch at our skin
Chord diagramB minorBm                    Chord diagramA augmentedA           Chord diagramG+G
While we wonder how we escaped harm
Chord diagramD MajorD                     Chord diagramB minorBm
We forget all our trials
Chord diagramG+G
All there in our baby’s arms
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramF minorFm         Chord diagramE minorEm
After the rockets
Chord diagramE MajorE         Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramD MajorD
After the rockets come

CHORUS

Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD
Then we’ll go dancing
Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD
Won’t we go dancing?
Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramF minorFm   Chord diagramE minorEm
Yes, we’ll go dancing
     Chord diagramA augmentedA                    Chord diagramD MajorD
Until it all starts over again

Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramBb majorBb Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramF minorFm Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD

CHORUS

Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD
Then we’ll go dancing
Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD
Yes, we’ll go dancing
Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramF minorFm   Chord diagramE minorEm
Won't we go dancing
     Chord diagramA augmentedA                    Chord diagramD MajorD
Until it all starts over again



12. Culling of the Fold

Originally tabbed by: Henner

VERSE 1

Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramE minorEm
Cut him up boy
              Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramE minorEm
You've got to cut him up boy
Chord diagramC majorC
He's a wicked disgrace
Chord diagramE minorEm
And he said it to your face
           Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramE minorEm
You better cut him up boy

VERSE 2

Chord diagramE minorEm
Take him by the teeth
Chord diagramE minorEm
Get him down on his knees
F#°
With your hands all shaking
Chord diagramC majorC
That'll teach him how to take it
      Chord diagramE minorEm         Chord diagramC majorC
Gotta cut him up boy
Chord diagramE minorEm
And how

CHORUS

                   Chord diagramA minorAm
Ply her heart with gold and silver
Chord diagramE minorEm                       Chord diagramA minorAm
And take your sweetheart down to the river
Chord diagramE minorEm              F#°
Dash her on the paving stones
Chord diagramC majorC
It may break your heart
Chord diagramBB
To break her bones
Chord diagramA minorAm                  Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramBB              Chord diagramE minorEm
But someones got to do, the culling of the fold

VERSE 3

Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramE minorEm
Cut him up girl
       Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramE minorEm
Really cut him up girl
Chord diagramC majorC                       Chord diagramE minorEm
He lives by himself in a hole in a wall,
             Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramE minorEm
You've gotta cut him up girl

VERSE 4

Chord diagramE minorEm
You can take him in a stitch
Chord diagramE minorEm
Dump his body in a ditch
F#°
Leave his limbs all naked
Chord diagramC majorC
That'll teach him how to take it
       Chord diagramE minorEm         Chord diagramC majorC
Better cut him up girl
Chord diagramE minorEm
And how

CHORUS

                   Chord diagramA minorAm
Ply her heart with gold and silver
Chord diagramE minorEm                       Chord diagramA minorAm
And take your sweetheart down to the river
Chord diagramE minorEm              Chord diagramF#dimF#dim
Dash her on the paving stones
Chord diagramC majorC
It may break your heart
Chord diagramBB
To break her bones
Chord diagramA minorAm                  Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramBB              Chord diagramE minorEm
But someones got to do, the culling of the fold

BRIDGE

Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramE minorEm
Listen up boy
Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramE minorEm
And listen up girl
Chord diagramC majorC
It's a shallow little trench
Chord diagramE minorEm
And it's giving off a stench
       Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramE minorEm
It's a shallow little world
Chord diagramE minorEm
Feeling down in the face
Chord diagramE minorEm
Could you use a little space
Dim
When the radio crackles
Chord diagramC majorC
And the in-laws cackle
           Chord diagramE minorEm         Chord diagramC majorC
You better cut him up boy
               Chord diagramE minorEm
And cut him up girl

CHORUS

                   Chord diagramA minorAm
Ply her heart with gold and silver
Chord diagramE minorEm                       Chord diagramA minorAm
And take your sweetheart down to the river
Chord diagramE minorEm              Chord diagramF#dimF#dim
Dash her on the paving stones
Chord diagramC majorC
It may break your heart
Chord diagramBB
To break her bones
Chord diagramA minorAm                  Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramBB              Chord diagramE 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
              Chord diagramA augmentedA
The perfect crime
                      Chord diagramD MajorD
I got the perfect crime

VERSE 2

I got a warehouse down at the docks
I got fifteen precincts of cops bought
              Chord diagramA augmentedA
The perfect crime
                   Chord diagramD MajorD
I got the perfect crime

CHORUS

Chord diagramG+G
You got to get your clock locked
                          Chord diagramD MajorD
Get your stopwatch synchronized
             Chord diagramG+G                                         Chord diagramD MajorD
You got to get it so you can’t put a pin through your alibi
                  Chord diagramA augmentedA
To pull the perfect crime
                          Chord diagramD MajorD
To pull the perfect crime

                                          Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramD MajorD
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba  ba ba ba ba ba ba


VERSE 3

Chord diagramD MajorD
I got a guy bought on the inside
I got a night guard gagged and hog-tied
           Chord diagramA augmentedA
The perfect crime
                          Chord diagramD 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
              Chord diagramA augmentedA
The perfect crime
                        Chord diagramD MajorD
C’est ç the perfect crime

CHORUS

Chord diagramG+G
I got the mob boss bought
                         Chord diagramD MajorD
I got a letter from the DEA
             Chord diagramG+G
I got a mock-up of the lockup
                                       Chord diagramD MajorD
Where they stock up on their pocket change
                       Chord diagramA augmentedA
To pull the perfect crime
                         Chord diagramD MajorD
This is the perfect crime

                                          Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramD MajorD
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba  ba ba ba ba ba ba

                                          Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramD MajorD
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba  ba ba ba ba ba ba

(Chord diagramD MajorD over solo)

VERSE 5

Chord diagramD MajorD
We hit a snag when we tripped the alarm
                                                       Chord diagramA augmentedA
Because the dock side spics had been tipped off in time
                     Chord diagramD MajorD
To this perfect crime

VERSE 6

Called out the dogs, called out the cops
I caught the deputy ops
                              Chord diagramA augmentedA
In a cold cock.  I will do time
                      Chord diagramD MajorD
For this perfect crime
 Chord diagramG+G                                                      Chord diagramD MajorD
So we ran around town with the cops snapping on our tails
Chord diagramG+G                                                            Chord diagramD MajorD
Because we’d rather brave death then a fist-fuck in county jail
                         Chord diagramA augmentedA
Just for the perfect crime
For the perfect crime
                        Chord diagramD MajorD
This is the perfect crime
                                          Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramD MajorD
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba  ba ba ba ba ba ba
                                          Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramD MajorD
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba  ba ba ba ba ba ba

Chord diagramD MajorD over long outro


14. The Day I Knew You Wouldn't Ever Come Back

INTRO

Chord diagramB minorBm

VERSE 1

Chord diagramB minorBm
The day I knew you’d not come back
Chord diagramA minorAm                              Chord diagramB minorBm
I built this castle out of glass

CHORUS

But I could never understand
                         Chord diagramA minorAm
Where the windows and walls began and end
Chord diagramB minorBm
No, I could never understand
                         Chord diagramA minorAm
Where the windows and walls began and end

Chord diagramA minorAm and Chord diagramB minorBm over long solo

VERSE 2

Chord diagramB minorBm
I built this colonnade of sand
                        Chord diagramA minorAm
Stretched out like fingers from my hand

CHORUS

              Chord diagramB minorBm
But with the waves coming in
                 Chord diagramA minorAm
In the morning I had to build again
              Chord diagramB minorBm
But with the waves coming in
                 Chord diagramA minorAm
In the morning I had to build again

Chord diagramA minorAm and Chord diagramB minorBm over long outro


15. Hurdles Even Here

INTRO

Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramA augmentedA

VERSE 1

Chord diagramC# minorC#m                       Chord diagramE MajorE
    So it started in your ovaries
  Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Chord diagramA augmentedA stone, Chord diagramA augmentedA seedling
    Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Our bones entwined
                   Chord diagramE MajorE
Chord diagramA augmentedA warning from the orderlies
  Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Chord diagramA augmentedA bulge for bleeding
           Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramC# minorC#m
This would take its time
      Chord diagramE MajorE
Oh oh oh oh
      Chord diagramF# minorF#m   Chord diagramA augmentedA
Ah ah ahhhh

VERSE 2
Chord diagramC# minorC#m                       Chord diagramE MajorE
So it all went down the telephone
  Chord diagramF# minorF#m
And saw me clearly
    Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramC# minorC#m
All of nine years old
                   Chord diagramE MajorE
Calmly cast in Styrofoam
  Chord diagramF# minorF#m
In my Tony Lamas
           Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramC# minorC#m
When the shock takes hold
      Chord diagramE MajorE
Oh oh oh oh
      Chord diagramF# minorF#m   Chord diagramA augmentedA
Ah ah ahhhh

CHORUS

Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramC# minorC#m
  Mom there are hurdles here
       Chord diagramDMaj9Dmaj9          Chord diagramA augmentedA
that I cannot seem to clear
              Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Dad there are demons round
Chord diagramG#G#
    I know I said that I

I said I'd be alright
  Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramB5B5 Chord diagramC5C5 Chord diagramC# minorC#m
I lied I lied I lied I liiiiiiiiied
Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramA augmentedA

VERSE 3

Chord diagramC# minorC#m                       Chord diagramE MajorE
So fix your brood and belly now
  Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Get your fingers ringing
    Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Get your lungs unstayed
                   Chord diagramE MajorE
It'll eat you from the inside out
  Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Till it comes out screaming
           Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Till it all falls away
      Chord diagramE MajorE
Oh oh oh oh
      Chord diagramF# minorF#m   Chord diagramA augmentedA
Ah ah ahhhh

CHORUS

Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramC# minorC#m
  Dad there are hurdles here
       Chord diagramDMaj9Dmaj9          Chord diagramA augmentedA
that I cannot seem to clear
              Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Mom there are demons round
Chord diagramG#G#
    I know I said that I

I said I'd be alright
  Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramB5B5 Chord diagramC5C5 Chord diagramC# minorC#m
I lied I lied I lied I liiiiiiiiied

THE END!

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Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Crane wife 3 by The Decemberists

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