The Crow On The Cradle chords by
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Key: C# minor

Verse 1
Am Am 
 
Em Em 
 
The sheep's in the meadow,
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
the cow's in the corn
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
Am Am 
 
Now is the time for
Em Em 
 
Am Am 
 
Dm Dm 
 
a child to be born
F F 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
Em Em 
 
You'll laugh at the moon,
Am Am 
 
you'll cry for the sun
C C 
 
F F 
 
Am Am 
 
Em Em 
 
Am Am 
 
And if it's a boy, he'll carry a gun
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
Signed the Crow of
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Clayton
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
An d if  it should be,
this baby's a girl
C C 
 
F F 
 
Am Am 
 
Never you mind if her
Em Em 
 
Am Am 
 
hair doesn't curl
With rings on her fingers
and bells on her toes
F#dim F#dim 
 
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
A        shadow above her
E E 
 
Am Am 
 
wherever she goes
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
Am Am 
 
Sang the Crow on  the Cradle
The Crow on the Cradle,
the Black on the White
F F 
 
Am Am 
 
Somebody's baby
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
is born for a fight
The crow on the cradle,
F#dim F#dim 
 
the white    on the black,
F F 
 
Am Am 
 
Esus4 Esus4 
 
somebody's baby is not
E E 
 
Am Am 
 
coming back.
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
Sang the crow on  the cradle.
Bbm Bbm 
 
Bring me my gun,
I'll shoot that bird dead,
F# F# 
 
That's what your mother
F F 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
and father once said.
The crow on the cradle,
Gdim Gdim 
 
what can we do?
F# F# 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
This is  the thing I must leave up to you
G# G# 
 
Fm Fm 
 
C# C# 
 
Sang the crow on
Fm Fm 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
G# G# 
 
the cradle
Fm Fm 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Sandcrawl on the cradle

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