The Crowing Chords & Tabs
I watched a video of Claudio playing this live over and over with clear sight of
his guitar and figured it all out. This is Claudio's part only and it is the acoustic version
from when the song was known as 'Watch over me'.
Standard Tuning
Intro/ Verse
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|-55-55-55-55-44-44-44-44-44-44-44-44-55-55----------------
|-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-77-55-55-55-55-33-33--3-2-0---------
|---------------------------------------------------3-2-0--
Chorus
"But you...you were my favourite..."
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|-------0--------0-----------0-4^------0-4^--- Played twice
|-----4--------4-----------5---------5--------
|---2--------2------5----3---------3----------
|-0--------0----------------------------------
"And I walk through the door...."
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|-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12-14^--
|-8--8--8--8---8--8--8--8--0--8--0--8-----10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10---
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|-------------------------------------------------- Played twice
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|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-15-15-15-15--
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--
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|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11-13-13-13-13--
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/coheed_and_cambria/the_crowing_tab.html ]
"Pray you're not the only one..."
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|------------------------------- |----------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
|------------------------------- |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
|-10-10-9--9--7--7--7--7--5--5-- |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-0-0-0--
|-8--8--7--7--5--5--5--5--3--2-- |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
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|--------------------0h5^-------------------------------|
|---------------0h5h7--------------------5~-------------|
|---------0h5h7-------------------0h5h78---5------------|
|-00-0h5h7-------------------5h7h8-----------3----------|
"If I form mistakes..."
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|------2-0-------2-0-------2-0-------2-0---2-2-2-2--
|-4-4--2-0--4-4--2-0--4-4--2-0--4-4--2-0---2-2-2-2--
|-2-2--0-0--2-2--0-0--2-2--0-0--2-2--0-0---0-0-0-0--
"But would they be..."
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|------------------ Played five times
|-----8--------12--
|---6-------10-----
|-4-------8--------
"Did you ever really know before"
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|-9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--
|-7-7--0-0--7-7--0-0--7-7--0-0--7-7--0-0--
"My name, sung to these"
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|-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--
|-3-3--0-0--3-3--0-0--3-3--0-0--3-3--0-0--
"Dear Ambelina..."
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|--------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------
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|---------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-4-0--
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-2-0--
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--