Songbook

The Crane Wife 3

By The Decemberists

Key of D

[Intro]
D A G G
D A G G

[Verse]
D      A              G
And under the boughs unbound
D            A           G
All clothed in a snowy shroud
D          A            G
She had no heart so hardened
D      A              G
All under the boughs unbound

D A G G
D A G G

[Verse]
D           A            G
Each feather it fell from skin
D           A         G
Till threadbare she grew thin
D              A         G
How where my eyes so blinded
D           A            G
Each feather it fell from skin

[Chorus]
            D            A            G
And I will hang my head hang my head low
            D            A            G
And I will hang my head hang my head low

D A G G
D A G G

[Verse]
D           A            G
The gray sky looked bitter stained
D           A            G
A rain cloud and crane on wing
D           A            G
All out beyond horizons oh
D         A      G
A gray sky a bitter stain

[Chorus]
           D            A            G
And I will hang my head hang my head low
           D            A            G
And I will hang my head hang my head low
           D            A            G
And I will hang my head hang my head low
           D            A            G
And I will hang my head hang my head low

           D            A            G
And I will hang my head hang my head low
           D            A            G
And I will hang my head hang my head low
           D            A            G
And I will hang my head hang my head low
           D            A            G
And I will hang my head hang my head low

D A G G
D A G G
D A G G
D A G G