Mary Black – The Crow On The Cradle (Guitar)

Em
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn

C          G          D           Em
Now is the time for a child to be born

                                                Bm7
You'll laugh at the moon and you'll cry for the sun

    C         G          D       Em
And if it's a boy, he'll carry a gun

    Am          D       Em
Sang the crow___ on the cradle

Em
And if it should be that this baby's a girl

C         G           D            Em
Never you mind if her hair doesn't curl

                                           Bm7
With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes

  C       G            D        Em
A shadow above her wherever she goes

    Am          D       Em
Sang the crow___ on the cradle

Em
The crow on the cradle, the black on the white

C          G       D          Em
Somebody's baby is born for a fight

                                         Bm7
The crow on the cradle, the white on the black

C          G       D          Em
Somebody's baby is not coming back

    Am          D       Em
Sang the crow___ on the cradle

Em
Bring me my gun and I'll shoot that bird dead

C                G          D               Em
That's what your mother and father once said

                                  Bm7
A crow on the cradle, what can we do?

C           G            D           Em
This is the thing I must leave up to you

    Am          D       Em
Sang the crow___ on the cradle

    Am          D       Em
Sang the crow___ on the cradle