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Crow Jane - Skip James
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: prime-prine@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
E B7 A
Crow Janie, Crow Janie, Crow Jane, don't you hold your head high,
E B7 E
Someday, Baby, you know you got to die.
B7 E B7 E
You got to lay down and, you got to die, you got to
E B7 A
And I want to buy me a pistol, wolf me forty rounds of ball,
E B7 E
Shoot Crow Jane just to see her fall.
B7 E B7 E
She got to fall, she got to, she got to fall, she got to
Chorus:
E B7 A
You know I begged Crow Jane, not to hold her head too high,
E B7 E
Someday, Baby, you know you got to die.
B7 E B7 E
You got to lay down, and, you got to die, you got to
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E B7 A
And I dug her a grave, with a silver spade,
E B7 E
Ain't nobody going to take my Crow Jane's place.
B7 E B7 E
no you can't take her, no you can't take her
(Repeat Chorus)
E B7 A
You know I let her down, with a golden chain,
E B7 E
And every link I would call my Crow Jane's name.
B7 E B7 E
Crow Jane, Crow, Crow Jane, Crow
E B7 A
You know I never missin' my water, til my well ran dry,
E B7 E
Didn't miss Crow jane until the day she died.
B7 E B7 E
til the day, she, til the day, she
(Repeat Chorus)
E B7 A
You know I dug her grave, eight feet in the ground,
E B7 E
Didn't feel sorry til they let her down.
B7 E B7 E
they had to, let her down, they had, to let her down,
(Repeat Chorus)
