Counting Crows – Scarecrow (Guitar)

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[Intro] D Am [Verse 1]
D                       Am
Mary steers clear of the men from space

D                       Am
Back alley kid with the American face

C                       
She wants the wine, he brings a case,

G
To carry them on through
[Verse 2]
           D                          Am
I said you know what I know about the bedroom boys

      D                  Am                  
Undercover Russians in a pink Rolls Royce,

C
They bang the drum, she sets the beat,

G
They carry Miss America out into the street,

           F                   Am
She sings, scarecrow, snowman, John Doe, buffalo!
[Chorus 1]
D     Am
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go,

Em                Am
I got the arms to reach you

         C                           G
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) (Do Do Do Do Do)

D     Am
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow,

Em                 Am
I got the hands to teach you,

         C
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do)

G
Snowman sideshow (Do Do Do Do Do)
[Verse 3]
D                          Am
I fell out of love in the snow bound days

D                      Am
Riding the subway in a valium haze

C
I need the whites, she gets the blues

G
It carries us on through
[Verse 4]
D                              Am
All these American boys in the park n' shop

D                            Am
Selling their memories for a dollar a pop

C
Ivan the ancient spaceman race fan

G
Corners the market on American tastes

          F                    Am
And says, spaceman, scarecrow, peepshow, freakshow!
[Chorus 2]
D     Am
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go,

Em                Am
I got the arms to reach you

         C                           G
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) (Do Do Do Do Do)

D     Am
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow,

Em                 Am
I got the hands to teach you,

         C
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do)

G
Punk rock video (Do Do Do Do Do)
[Bridge] Am G
Dm                              Am
All the sudden light inside you dies

              Bb
Maybe you're going on alone

              F
Maybe you're going all alone

               C
She dreams of sunlight
Sings of smaller things
             G
White sugar bowls and wedding rings

       Bb
You're going on from me alone

       F
You're going on, you're on your own
[Verse 5]
D                          Am
She was married alive in a Moscow surgery,

D                   Am
Hoping to die in a cold war nursery

C
All of the kids back home believe 

G
In much more than we do
[Verse 6]
D                            Am
It's a memory play where the memory fades

D                          Am
Into pictures we took into records we played

C
Spy versus spy, scarecrow and I

G
Out across the darkness where the bomber jets fly

        F                    Am
Singing spaceman, smokeshow, scarecrow, geronimo!
[Chorus 3]
D     Am
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go,

Em                Am
I got the arms to reach you

         C                           G
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) (Do Do Do Do Do)

D     Am
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow,

Em                 Am
I got the hands to teach you,

         C
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do)

G
Snowman freakshow! (Do Do Do Do Do)

D     Am
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go,

Em                Am
I got the arms to reach you

         C                           G
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) (Do Do Do Do Do)

D     Am
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow,

Em                 Am
I got the hands to teach you,

         C
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do)

G
Listen on the midnight radio! (Do Do Do Do Do)
[Solo] D Am - repeat to end