• Song:

    Scarecrow

  • Artist:

    June Tabor

  • Album:

    Definitive Collection

JuneTabor.co.uk

Haunting, sinister, heartfelt. A lesson in understatement.

Standard tuning capo 2

Chords
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F132200 (133211@1)Cmaj7x32000 (x32000@1)Am(2)	x07550
Amx02210 (x02210@1)Em075000 (022000@1)
Introduction
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Cmaj7 (x32000@1) F (133211@1) Am(2)   Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) 
Cmaj7 (x32000@1) F (133211@1) Am(2)  Em (022000@1) F (133211@1)Verse 1
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Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                      FAs (133211@1)I walked out one summer's morn
      Am(2)               Em (022000@1)      FSaw (133211@1)a scarecrow tied to a pole in a field of corn
    Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                         FHis (133211@1)coat was black and his head was bare
         Am(2)              Em (022000@1)                   FWhen (133211@1)the wind shook him the crows took up into the air

Refrain 1
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Am (x02210@1)           G (320003@1)    /F#      EmAh, (022000@1)would you lay me down and love me
Am (x02210@1)          G (320003@1)    /F#      Em (022000@1)           FAh, (133211@1)would you lay me down and love me if you could
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                                   FBut (133211@1)you're only a bag of rags in an over-all
         Am(2)              Em (022000@1)                   FThat (133211@1)the wind sways and the crows fly away and the corn grows tall

Verse 2
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Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                       FAs (133211@1)I walked out on a winter's day
       Am(2)            Em (022000@1)             FSaw (133211@1)an old man hanging from a pole in a field of clay
    Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                         FHis (133211@1)coat was gone and his head hung low
         Am(2)         Em (022000@1)                  FTill (133211@1)the wind flung it up to look, wrung his neck and let it go

Refrain 2
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Am (x02210@1)           G (320003@1)    /F#      EmHow (022000@1)could you lay me down and love me
Am (x02210@1)          G (320003@1)    /F#      Em (022000@1)    FHow (133211@1)could you lay me down and love me now
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                                   FFor (133211@1)you're only a bag of bones in an overall
         Am(2)              Em (022000@1)                     FThat (133211@1)the wind blows and the kids throw stones at the thing on the pole

Verse 3
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Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                         FAs (133211@1)I walked out one fine spring day
    Am(2)                          Em (022000@1)                    FSaw (133211@1)twelve jolly guards sticked out in the blue and the gold so gay
   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                         FOnto (133211@1)a stake they tied a child new-born
         Am(2)                   Em (022000@1)                     FThen (133211@1)the bells were rung and the songs were sung and they sold their corn

Refrain 3
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Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)    /F#      EmNow (022000@1)you can lay me down and love me
Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)    /F#      Em (022000@1)           FNow (133211@1)you can lay me down and love me if you will
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                                   FBut (133211@1)you're only a bag of rags in an over-all
        Am(2)             Em (022000@1)                 FBut (133211@1)the wind blew and the sun shone to and the corn grew tall

= inst =

Cmaj7 (x32000@1) F (133211@1) Am(2)   Em (022000@1) F (133211@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7   F (133211@1) Am(2)   Em (022000@1) F (133211@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am   G (320003@1) /F#   Em (022000@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am   G (320003@1) /F#   Em (022000@1) F (133211@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7   F (133211@1) Am(2)   Em (022000@1) F (133211@1)

End
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Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                      FAs (133211@1)I walked out one summer's morn
      Am(2)                  Em (022000@1)               FSaw (133211@1)a scarecrow tied to a pole in a field of corn

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I hope I've done it justice!

Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
October 2011

watfordkev@gmail.com




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