Key: Bb minor
Intro 1
Am
F
C
E
Am
Verse 1
meadow,
the cow's in the corn
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C
E
Am
Now is the time for a child to be born
Reach for the moon and
E
Em
laugh at the sun
C
Am
E
Am
If he's a boy, he'll carry a gun
D
Am
Sang the crow on the cradle
If it should be that the baby's a girl
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C
E
Am
Never you mind if her hair doesn't curl
Rings on her fingers and
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Em
bells on her toes
C
Am
And a bomber above her
E
Am
wherever she goes
D
Am
sang the crow on the cradle
Rock -a -bye baby, the black and the white
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C
E
Am
Somebody's baby was born for a fight
Em
Am
C
Am
E
Am
Somebody's baby is not coming back.
D
Am
Sang the crow on the cradle
Now your mammy and pappy,
they scrape and they save
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E
Am
an d they dig you a grave
Hush -a -bye, little one,
C
Am
Cause we've got a toy
E
Am
that can put you to sleep.
D
Am
Sang the crow on the cradle.
Bring me a gun,
and I'll shoot that bird dead
F
C
Yes, that's what your mammy
E
Am
and your pappy once said
Crow on the cradle,
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Am
E
Am
That is a thing I leave up to you
D
Am
Sang the crow on the cradle
D
Am
Sing the crow on the cradle.
Sing
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