Crowing chords by Toad The Wet Sprocket

Crowing
by Toad the Wet Sprocket
from the 1994 release _Dulcinea_

contributed by Ryan Houlette
<rhoulett@depauw.edu>

Capo this on the second fret.


[intro]

G  D  Am  Em  Am  Bm  C  (2x)

[verse1]
     G      D   Am  Em
Been waiting ...
Am                   D
you could've been ...
        G      D    Am  Em
If he'd make up ...
           Am            Bm               C
You'd give yourself to ...


[chorus]
           C       D         Em
And it was never ...
       Am     Bm   C
He was ...
               C        D
You'd give him love ...
    Em           D            C
But you couldn't ...

[verse2]
     G  D      Am  Em
Get over  ...
               Am                              D
While you were sleeping with the ...
         G     D              Am  Em
And the more skin   ...
                  Am                  Bm
The more that the air in your ...
         C
when you call him ...


[chorus]
           C       D         Em
And it was ...
       Am     Bm   C
He was crowing ...
               C        D
You'd give him ...
    Em           D            C
But you couldn't ...


[bridge]
Em           F
Staring at a ...
        C                D
Reading fault lines in ...
         Em            F
You were waiting for a ...
C
Wouldn't you ...
C
No answer ...


[chorus2]
           C       D         Em
And it was ...
         Am      Bm   C
You were ...
               C        D
You'd give him ...
    Em           D            C
But you couldn't ...


(End-of-Chorus Riff:    -------------------------------
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                        -6^7^6--4----------------------
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THis is how I play it........ so if it's wrong... it's wrong:)


A*  Fret the 5th
E
Bm
F#m
A

Verse form:

          A*    E       Bm  F#m
Been waitin ...

           Bm           A            E
You could of been ...

(repeat same format)
If he'd make up, his mind
You'd give yourself to anybody who would cross that line

CHORUS

                 A            E          F#m
And it was never a ...

              Bm         A        E
He was ...

                       A            E
You'd give him ...

        Bm            F#m               A (Asus4) A
But you couldn't ...

(back to verse form)

Get over,  regret...

CHORUS

BRIDGE:

         F#m      Bm                           A
Staring,  at a cold little ...

        E
Of a shell ...

               F#m            Bm
You were waiting  for a ...

                     A                           A
Wouldn't you know it   No answer ...


CHORUS


Toad the Wet Sprocket
Dulcinea
Crowing
Transcribed by Dustin   :)  (had to get my little moment of fame)