SONG:   THE SHADOW OF A BLACK CROW
ARTIST: MELISSA ETHERIDGE
ALBUM:  4th STREET FEELING
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL:  GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM

THE SHADOW OF A BLACK CROW
                MELISSA ETHERIDGE

RIFF 1                        RIFF 2   
E -----------------------|  E --------------------------| 
B -----------------------|  B --------------------------|
G -----------------------|  G --------------------------|
D -----------------------|  D --------------------------|
A -----------------------|  A --5-7--5-7--5-7--7-7-5-2--|
E --5-7--5-7--5-7-3-2-0--|  E --------------------------|
 
         RIFF 3         RIFF 4
E ----------------|  E ---------|
B ----------------|  B ---------|
G ----------------|  G ---------|
D ----------------|  D ---------|
A -------5-7-7/9--|  A ---------|
E --5-7-----------|  E --3-2-0--|

INTRO: RIFF 1 - 2x's

VERSE:
RIFF 1          
I am levitating 
RIFF 1
Somewhere down the road 
RIFF 2
With a price on my head 
RIFF 1
And the shadow of a black crow
RIFF 1 
He's been on my tail 
RIFF 1
For close to three days 
RIFF 2
Just a little souvenir 
RIFF 3
Of my wicked ways

CHORUS:
         Em (022000@1)                    AI (x02220@1)would rather die fast than to ever live slow
 D (xx0232@1)                       BmFather (x24432@1)forgive me what my mother don't know 
      Em (022000@1)               AThe (x02220@1)scratch marks on my soul 
           Bm (x24432@1)             Em (022000@1) RIFF 4
From the shadow of a black crow

VERSE:
RIFF 1
I've got a box of reds 
RIFF 1
And a bottle of the blues 
RIFF 2
Comes a time in your life 
RIFF 1
Honey you've gotta choose 
RIFF 1
My belly's on fire 
RIFF 1
From the acid of the truth 
RIFF 2
All the untold lies
RIFF 3 
Of my misspent youth

CHORUS:
         Em (022000@1)                    AI (x02220@1)would rather die fast than to ever live slow
 D (xx0232@1)                       BmFather (x24432@1)forgive me what my mother don't know 
      Em (022000@1)               AThe (x02220@1)scratch marks on my soul 
           Bm (x24432@1)             EmFrom (022000@1)the shadow of a black crow

BREAK:
Bm (x24432@1)It's pretty when you're young 
Em (022000@1)Just a pity when you're old, yeah
Bm (x24432@1) Am I running away 
Em (022000@1)                   RIFF 4
Or am I closer to home

VERSE:
RIFF 1
The lines and the signs
RIFF 1 
The miles go by 
RIFF 2
No one ever bothered 
RIFF 1
To even ask me why 
RIFF 1 (partial)
So I am disappearing 
RIFF 1
Into this road 
RIFF 2
With a six pack of sorrow
RIFF 3
And the shadow of a black crow

CHORUS:
         Em (022000@1)                    AI (x02220@1)would rather die fast than to ever live slow
 D (xx0232@1)                       BmFather (x24432@1)forgive me what my mother don't know 
      Em (022000@1)               AThe (x02220@1)scratch marks on my soul

CHORUS:
         Em (022000@1)                    AI (x02220@1)would rather die fast than to ever live slow
 D (xx0232@1)                       BmFather (x24432@1)forgive me what my mother don't know 
      Em (022000@1)               AThe (x02220@1)scratch marks on my soul 
           Bm (x24432@1)             EmFrom (022000@1)the shadow of a black crow