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The Crane Wife 3
Decemberists
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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~----|