Crow Jane

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                       Crow Jane - Skip James
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Tabbed by: Dave S.

Tuning: Standard



     E                       B7    
Crow Janie, Crow Janie, Crow Jane, 
A
don't you hold your head high,
E                  B7             
Someday, Baby, you know you got to 
 E
die.
           B7            E        
You got to lay down and,   you got
    B7              E
 to die, you got to


E                      B7      A
And I want to buy me a pistol, wolf 
me forty rounds of ball,
E               B7              
Shoot Crow Jane just to see her 
E
fall.
           B7                E    
She got to fall, she got to,   she
        B7                E
 got to fall, she got to



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Chorus:

    E                  B7    A
You know I begged Crow Jane, not to 
hold her head too high,
E              B7                 
Someday, Baby, you know you got to 
 E
die.
           B7             E       
You got to lay down, and,   you 
     B7              E
got to die, you got to




      E         B7     A
And I dug her a grave, with a silver
 spade,
E                     B7         
Ain't nobody going to take my 
         E
Crow Jane's place.
   B7                  E        
no you can't take her,   no you 
B7             E
can't take her



(Repeat Chorus)


    E              B7    A
You know I let her down, with a 
golden chain,
    E                  B7         
And every link I would call my 
         E
Crow Jane's name.
     B7          E      B7         E
Crow Jane, Crow,   Crow Jane, Crow


         E                  B7     
You know I never missin' my water, 
A
til my well ran dry,
       E              B7          
Didn't miss Crow jane until the 
      E
day she died.
        B7        E         B7   
til the day, she,   til the day, 
    E
she



(Repeat Chorus)


    E              B7     A
You know I dug her grave, eight feet
 in the ground,
E                 B7              
Didn't feel sorry til they let her 
 E
down.
     B7      E                    
they had to,   let her down, they 
B7              E
had, to let her down,