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                             CROOKED ROAD AND THE BRIAR - Calexico 
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Tabbed by:Fruitloof
E-mail:tnorthrot@gmail.com

This sounds fine tuned normal but you can play it open D if you want it to sound 
exactly like the song.



Dm Bb Dm

DmDown (xx0231@1)the crooked road a ways
  Bb (x1333x@1)                           DmA (xx0231@1)child's shadow hiding in the Briar

F (133211@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1)    DmTending (xx0231@1)to a twisted heart
  Bb (x1333x@1)            Gmthat's (355333@1)bent and broken
  Bb (x1333x@1)        Gmwounded (355333@1)and abandoned
 A7 (x02020@1)                    Dmleft (xx0231@1)amongst the rotted root to rot

Dm Bb Dm

DmMoon, (xx0231@1)crimson moon
 Bb (x1333x@1)                                  DmRose (xx0231@1)Marie's walking down the crooked road a ways

F (133211@1)    DmF                DmAll (xx0231@1)aglow, her fair white skin
 Bb (x1333x@1)         Gm (355333@1) Bb (x1333x@1)       GmPortrait (355333@1)of beauty, angel to many
 F (133211@1)       DmF                  DmHears (xx0231@1)the hush crying from the briar
 Bb (x1333x@1)           GmBb                  GmReaches (355333@1)in her hand to see what's the matter
         C (x32010@1)                Gmand (355333@1)is dragged through the darkness
   C (x32010@1)              Gmbeneath (355333@1)the lonely cypress
     Bb (x1333x@1)           GmThe (355333@1)town's beloved daughter
 Bb (x1333x@1)                               Gmcarried (355333@1)to her death in the turbid waters
     A7 (x02020@1)             Dmand (xx0231@1)set afloat downstream

Dm Bb Dm

F (133211@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)F (133211@1)             DmWhole (xx0231@1)town erupts, bursts into flame
 Bb (x1333x@1)         Gm (355333@1)                Bb (x1333x@1)          GmParties (355333@1)go a-searching down the crooked road a ways
 F (133211@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)         F (133211@1)        DmFind (xx0231@1)old Rufus there drunk and asleep
 Bb (x1333x@1)           Gm (355333@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)               GmFishing (355333@1)by the water must have killed our beloved daughter
 F (133211@1)              DmF         DmCan't (xx0231@1)hold back these waves of anger
       Bb (x1333x@1)            GmTie (355333@1)a rope around his neck
Bb (x1333x@1)             GmSee (355333@1)if he still hollers
  A7 (x02020@1)                                DmAnother (xx0231@1)innocent soul hangs over the briar

Dm  Dm  Dm