*Crane Wife 1* INTRO G VERSE 1 It was a cold night Em And the snow lay around 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 2 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 3 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 4 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 *Crane Wife 2* INTRO D VERSE 1 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 2 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 3 C G D We were poorly, our fortunes fading hourly C G D And how she vowed me she could bring it back VERSE 4 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 *Crane Wife 3* INTRO (D A G)x2 VERSE 1 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)x2 VERSE 2 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)x2 VERSE 3 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)x7 OUTRO (D A G)x4 INTRO (D A G)x2 VERSE 1 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)x2 VERSE 2 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)x2 VERSE 3 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)x6 OUTRO (D A G)x4
