TAB BY: DON CZARSKI


            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(b9)- |   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:
         E5                      A5
I would rather die fast than to ever live slow
 D5                         B5
Father forgive me what my mother don't know 
      E5                 A5
The scratch marks on my soul 
           B5               E5   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:
         E5                      A5
I would rather die fast than to ever live slow
 D5                         B5
Father forgive me what my mother don't know 
      E5                 A5
The scratch marks on my soul 
           B5               E5
From the shadow of a black crow 


BREAK:
B5
 It's pretty when you're young 
E5
 Just a pity when you're old, yeah
B5 
 Am I running away 
Em                     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:
         E5                      A5
I would rather die fast than to ever live slow
 D5                         B5
Father forgive me what my mother don't know 
      E5                 A5
The scratch marks on my soul 
 

CHORUS:
         E5                      A5
I would rather die fast than to ever live slow
 D5                         B5
Father forgive me what my mother don't know 
      E5                 A5
The scratch marks on my soul 
           B5               E5
From the shadow of a black crow