[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
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[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