The Crane Wife 3
BAND: The Decemberists
ALBUM: The Crane Wife
YEAR: 2006
TRACK: 1
TUNING: GDAE (standard)
And under the boughs unbowed
All clothed in the snowy shroud
She had no heart so hardened
All under the boughs unbowed
(0:48) (That's two 11s, not four 1s.)
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(0:57)
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A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------3/-3----|
(1:05) (1:29)
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Each feather, it fell from skin
'Til threadbare, as she grew thin
How were my eyes so blinded?
Each feather, it fell from skin
(1:37) (This time, a little more active: not just straight strumming, put some rhythm into it)
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E|----------5>----3>----|
And I will hang my head, hang my head low
And I will hang my head, hang my head low
(1:54)
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(2:02)
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A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------3/-3----|
(2:10)
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A gray sky, a bitter sting
A raincloud, a crane on wing
All out beyond horizon
A gray sky, a bitter sting
(2:42)
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And I will hang my head, hang my head low
And I will hang my head, hang my head low
And I will hang my head, hang my head low
And I will hang my head, hang my head low
(3:30)
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D|---------------------------------------5>--77-99----|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
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(3:38)
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D|---------------------------------------555--------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------3/-3----|
(3:46) (Skip the A, only the guitar plays that.)
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A|----5~----------------| ?2
E|----------------3~----
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