Crooked Road and the Briar chords by Calexico

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Down the crooked road a ways
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A child's shadow hiding
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in the bri  ar
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Tending to a twisted heart
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that's bent and broken
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Wounded and abandoned left amongst
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the rotted root to rot

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Interlude 1

Verse 2
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Moon, crimson moon
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Rose marie's walking down
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the crooked road a ways
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All aglow, her fair white skin
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Portrait of beauty, angel to many
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Hears the hush

Verse 3
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crying from the briar
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Reaches in her hand to see
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what's the matter
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And is dragged through the darkness
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Beneath the lonely cypress
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Verse 4
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The town's beloved daughter
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Carried to her death in the turbid waters
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And set afloat downstream
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Whole town erupts, bursts
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into flame

Verse 5
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Parties go a-searching down
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down the crooked road a ways
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Find old rufus there drunk and asleep
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Fishing by the water must have
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killed our beloved daughter
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Can't hold back these
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waves of anger