Crooked Road and the Briar Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][E][Am][E][Em][E][Bb][Am]
[G][F#][G][F#][Am][G][E]
[B][E][B][E]
[Am]
[F][Gsus4][Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Down the crooked road a ways
[F]A child's shadow hiding
in [Gsus4]the bri a[Am]r[C]
Tending [Am]to a[C] twisted hea[Am]rt
that's [F]bent and [Dm]broken[F]
Wounded and [Dm]abandoned left [E]amongst
the rotted [Am]root to rot

[Interlude 1]
[Am][F][Am]

[Verse 2]
[Am]Moon, crimson moon
[F]Rose marie's walking down
[Gsus4]the crooked [Am]road [C]a ways
All [Am]aglow, [C]her fair white [Am]skin[F]
Portrait of [Dm]beauty, [F]angel to man[Dm]y[C]
Hears [Am]the hush

[Verse 3]
[C]crying from the[Am] briar
[F]Reaches in her han[Dm]d to [F]see
what's [Dm]the matter
[Gsus4]And is dr[G]agged through the darkn[Dm]ess
[G]Beneath the lonely cypress
[Dm]

[Verse 4]
[F]The town's beloved dau[Dm]ghter
[F]Carried to her death in the tur[Dm]bid waters
[E]And set afloat dow[Am]nstream
[F][Gsus4][Am][C]
Whole [Am]town [C]erupts, bursts
into [Am]flame

[Verse 5]
[F]Parties go [Dm]a-searching down
down the [F]crooked road [Dm]a ways
[C]Find old rufus the[Am]re dru[C]nk and asleep[Am]
[F]Fishing by the water[Dm] must have
[F]killed our beloved [Dm]daughter
[C]Can't hold bac[Am]k these
[C]waves of an [Am]ger

[Verse 6]
[F]Tie a rope around his [Dm]neck
[F]See if he still [Dm]hollers
[E]An other innocent soul
hangs over the bri[Am]er

[Outro 1]
[Am]