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Crane Wife 1 Tab

by Decemberists


Very nice song to play on an accoustic. Listen to the song to get the strumming right, it isn't too tricky!

The other tab is a bit off. It is incomplete and incorrect. That's why I'm submitting this version

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It was a cold night
                 
And the snow lay low
I pulled my coat tight
                    
Against the falling down
And the sun was all
                         
And the sun was all down
And the sun was all
                         
And the sun was all down



I am a poor man
                     
I haven't wealth nor fame
I have my two hands
                  
And a house to my name
And the winter's so
                         
And the winter's so long
And the winter's so
                         
And the winter's so long



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



It was a white crane
                  
It was a helpless thing
Upon a red stain
                  
With an arrow its wing
And it called and cried
                             
And it called and cried so
And it called and cried
                             
And it called and cried so



And all the stars were crashing 'round
                           
As I laid eyes on what I'd found
                            
My crane wife, my crane wife
                        
My crane wife, my crane wife



Now I helped her
                  
And I dressed her wounds
And how I held her
                   
Beneath the rising moon
And she stood to fly
                          
And she stood to fly away
And she stood to fly
                      
She stood to fly away



And all the stars were crashing 'round
                           
As I laid eyes on what I'd found
                            
My crane wife, my crane wife
                        
My crane wife, my crane wife