The Decemberists – The Crane Wife 1 (Guitar)

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Very nice song to play on an acoustic. 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. ---- [Verses]

G
It was a cold night

                 Em
And the snow lay low

I pulled my coat tight

                    C
Against the falling down

And the sun was all

                    G     Em
And the sun was all down

And the sun was all

                    C     G
And the sun was all down

I am a poor man

                     Em
I haven't wealth nor fame

I have my two hands

                  C
And a house to my name

And the winter's so

                    G     Em
And the winter's so long

And the winter's so

                    C     D
And the winter's so long

And all the stars were crashing 'round

                           G
As I laid eyes on what I'd found

It was a white crane

                  Em
It was a helpless thing

Upon a red stain

                  C
With an arrow its wing

And it called and cried

                        G     Em
And it called and cried so

And it called and cried

                        C     D
And it called and cried so

And all the stars were crashing 'round

                           G
As I laid eyes on what I'd found

                        Em    C
My crane wife, my crane wife

                        G
My crane wife, my crane wife

Now I helped her

                  Em
And I dressed her wounds

And how I held her

                   C
Beneath the rising moon

And she stood to fly

                     G     Em
And she stood to fly away

And she stood to fly

                 C     D
She stood to fly away

And all the stars were crashing 'round

                           G
As I laid eyes on what I'd found

                        Em    C
My crane wife, my crane wife

                        G
My crane wife, my crane wife

G Em C G G Em C G G