The Crane Wife 1 & 2

[Intro] G

[Verse] 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

[Verse] G 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

[Chorus] And all the stars were crashing 'round G As I laid eyes on what I'd found

[Verse] 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

[Chorus] 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

[Verse] 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

[Chorus] 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 Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da G Em C G Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da D Bm D G D Bm D G D Bm D G D Bb D G D Bm D G D Bb D G ---------------------------------------------------

[Intro] D

[Verse] C G D My crane wife arrived at my door in the moonlight C G D All star-bright and tongue tied I took her in

[Verse] D C G D We were married and bells rang sweet for our wedding C G D And our bedding was ready when we fell in

[Chorus] Em A Em Sound the keening bell and see it's painted red A G Soft as fontanel, the feathers in the thread A C G When all I ever meant to do was to keep you D G D C D My crane wife, my crane wife, my crane wife

[Verse] C G D We were poorly, our fortunes fading hourly C G D And how she vowed me she could bring it back

[Verse] D C G D But I was greedy I was vain and I forced her to weaving C G D On cold loom in closed room with down wove

[Chorus] Em A Em Sound the keening bell and see it's painted red A G Soft as fontanel, the feathers in the thread A C G When all I ever meant to do was to keep you D G D C D My crane wife, my crane wife, my crane wife

[Outro] Em F There's a bend in the wind and it rakes at my heart Em F There is blood in the thread and it rakes at my heart G C G C G C G C G C Rakes at my heart, heart, heart, heart, heart G C G C G C G C G C G C Heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart D My crane wife