The Crane Wife 3 by Decemberists SONG: 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.) G|----777--999--1111--666--777--99--444------------| D|---------------------------------------5>--77----| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| (0:57) G|----777--999--1111--666--777--99--444-------------| D|---------------------------------------555--------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------3/-3----| (1:05) (1:29) G|----------------------| |--------------------------------| D|----------------------| |--------------------------------| A|----5~----------------| ×3 |----5~--------------------------| E|----------5~----3~----| |----------5~----3~---/7~~\3~----| 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) G|----------------------| D|----------------------| A|----5>----------------| ×2 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) G|----777--999--1111--666--777--99--444---------------| D|---------------------------------------5>--77-99----| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| (2:02) G|----777--999--1111--666--777--99--444-------------| D|---------------------------------------555--------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------3/-3----| (2:10) G|----------------------| D|----------------------| A|----5~----------------| ×4 E|----------5~----3~----| A gray sky, a bitter sting A raincloud, a crane on wing All out beyond horizon A gray sky, a bitter sting (2:42) G|----------------------| D|----------------------| A|----5>----------------| ×6 E|----------5>----3>----| 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) G|----777--999--1111--666--777--99--444---------------| D|---------------------------------------5>--77-99----| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| (3:38) G|----777--999--1111--666--777--99--444-------------| D|---------------------------------------555--------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------3/-3----| (3:46) (Skip the A, only the guitar plays that.) G|----------------------| D|----------------------| A|----5~----------------| ×2 E|----------------3~----| www.TAB6.com