The Fox The Crow And The Cookie chords by MewithoutYou

The Fox, the Crow, and the Cookie
It's All Crazy, It's All False, It's All A Dream, It's Alright
mewithoutYou

Tabbed by Matt Giesmann

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Notes:
Arron's phrasing is hard to keep up with. The chords are over the right words,
but it might be necessary to listen to how he is singing each line.

Verses:   Bm F#m D E
Choruses : A E D E     (twice as long on each chord, strumming opens up)
Interlude: Bm F#m x3 D A
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Verse 1
Bm       F#m
Through mostly vacant streets
D        E         Bm
A baker from the outskirts of his town
      F#m       D
Earned his living peddling sweets
       E         Bm
From a ragged cart he dragged around
      F#m        D
The clever fox crept close behind
    E       Bm
Kept an ever watchful eye
        F#m      D
For a chance to steal a ginger spice cake
   E      Bm F#m D E
Or a boysenberry pie


Verse 2
Bm   F#m         D
Looking down was the hungry crow:
     E          Bm
"When the time is right, I'll strike
     F#m         D
And condescend to the earth below
       E       Bm
And take whichever treat I'd like"
        F#m      D
The moment the baker turned around
      E        Bm
To shoo the fox off from his cart
         F#m         D
The crow swooped down and snatched a shortbread cookie
   E         A
And a German chocolate tart


Chorus 1
           E
Using most unfriendly words
                   D
That the village children had not yet heard
               E
The baker shouted threats by canzonette
          A
To curse the crafty bird
             E
"You rotten wooden mixing spoon
             D
Why, you midnight-winged raccoon
                E
You better bring those pastries back
               Bm F#m D E  Bm F#m D E
You no-good burned-black macaroon"


Verse 3
Bm       F#m
The fox approached the tree
     D         E       Bm
Where the bird was perched delighted in his nest
        F#m          D
"Brother Crow, don't you remember me?
           E          Bm
It's your old friend Fox with a humble request
       F#m         D
If you could share just a modest piece
        E         Bm
Seeing as I distracted that awful man"
         F#m         D
This failed to persuade the crow in the least
       E
So the fox rethought his plan


Verse 4
Bm          F#m         D
"Then if your lovely song would grace my ears
   E        Bm
Or to even to hear you speak
       F#m
Would ease my pains and fears!"
  D             E      Bm
The crow looked down with the candy in his beak
        F#m       D
"Your poems of wisdom, my good crow
    E       Bm
What a paradise they bring!"
       F#m
This flattery pleased the proud bird
D        E         A
So he opened his mouth and began to sing:


Chorus 2
              E
"Your subtle acclamation's true
                  D
Best to give praise where praise is due
              E
Every rook and jay in the Corvidae's
           A
Been ravin' about me too
            E
They admire me, one and all
             D
Must be the passion in my caw
                   E
My slender bill known throughout the escadrille
           Bm F#m
My fierce commanding claw!"


Interlude
Bm F#m Bm F#m D E


Chorus 3
A           E
I got a walnut brownie brain
          D
And molasses in my veins

Crushed graham cracker crust
  E               A
My powdered sugared funnel cake cocaine
            E
Let the crescent cookie rise
              D
These carob-colored almond eyes
               E
Would rest to see my cashewed princess
            A
In the swirling marble sky
          E
Would rest upon the knee
                 D
Where all of the visions cease to be
              E
A root-beer float in our banana boat
          A
Across the tapioca sea
               E
When letting all attachments go
           D
Is the only prayer we know

May it be so
     E
May it be so

May it be so
  A