• Song:

    Yon Two Crows

  • Artist:

    Mark Knopfler

Yon Two Crows by Mark Knopfler from Privateering album
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AmMaj7 = [x02110]
Am6 = [5x4555]

Time: 4/4
Key: D Minor
Capo: 5 fret

| Am| (x02210@1)% | % | % |

Am (x02210@1)                    AmMaj7
Pennies from heaven
                     Am7Don't (x02010@1)make me laugh
Here all you'll get 
        Am6Is (x02212@1)the pattering rain
    F (133211@1)             C/GOr (3x555x@1)yon two crows up over the hill
         GLooking (320003@1)for winterkill

AmAlways (x02210@1)at your boots
     AmMaj7              Am7The (x02010@1)mud behind the byre 
           Am6With (x02212@1)its clammy hold 
       FWould (133211@1)mock you up a grave
     C/G (3x555x@1)              G (320003@1)Here in the mire of a wrecked sheepfold

C/G (3x555x@1)And all you'll bring to this 
    F (133211@1)             C/GIs (3x555x@1)muscle and grit
                     F (133211@1)           C/GPersistence, (3x555x@1)that's just about it
What made you think
              FThere'd (133211@1)be a living in sheep?
 C/E (x3111x@5)F (133211@1)  C/E (x3111x@5)           F (133211@1)     
Eat, work, eat, work and sleep

Am (x02210@1)Duck under the eaves
        AmMaj7 
Of the bothy
    Am7 (x02010@1)              Am6 (x02212@1)FTo (133211@1)sit here, caged by rain
Somewhere to go conjure
   CA (x32010@1)next move
                 GWhen (320003@1)I have to think again

Am (x02210@1)                  AmMaj7        Am7The (x02010@1)dog lifts his gaze to plead
                           Am6 (x02212@1)       FBelieves (133211@1)the wizard has a magic stick
                     CLeans (x32010@1)his weight into my tweed
                  GI (320003@1)give an unholy hand to lick

CI (x32010@1)take a swig of sheep dip 
  F (133211@1)          CFrom (x32010@1)my flask
           F (133211@1)        CAnd (x32010@1)once again I ask
What made you think
              FThere'd (133211@1)be a living in sheep?
 C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)          FEat, (133211@1)work, eat, work and sleep

| Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C | G| (320003@1)% | Em| (022000@1)| Am| (x02210@1)Em| (022000@1)- G| (320003@1)Am| (x02210@1)| Am| (x02210@1)% | % |

Am (x02210@1)They were at this game 
             AmMaj7    Am7Two (x02010@1)hundred years ago
Had thirty ways
          Am6 (x02212@1)             FOf (133211@1)dying young, poor souls
                       C/GLaid (3x555x@1)to rest in their soggy rows
               GRain (320003@1)on their holy books

Am (x02210@1)                 AmMaj7
Blood and whisky 
               Am7On (x02010@1)the tongue
                         Am6 (x02212@1)   FAnd (133211@1)no-one watching over anyone
                       CNo-one (x32010@1)left but your stubborn one
          GAnd (320003@1)the crows and rooks

C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)         CAh, (x32010@1)the dying young 
     F (133211@1)           C/GWell (3x555x@1)I'm not done
                 FYou (133211@1)watch me and I'll watch thee 
        CI (x32010@1)can still work for two men
      F (133211@1)            CAnd (x32010@1)drink for three
And I raise my flask
         F (133211@1)           C/G (3x555x@1)To the clearing skies
To you, sweepers 
     F (133211@1)           C/GYou (3x555x@1)carrion spies
            F (133211@1)          C/GTo (3x555x@1)scavenge and survive
                  FIf (133211@1)you can do it     so can I

| Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C | G| (320003@1)% | Em| (022000@1)| Am | Em | - G | Am | repeat

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