The Crow Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]That old c[C]row [G]came back [C]today
Sit[F]ting in my [C]window like [G]a prophet
[C]Out on the fire escape, to say
[Am]Anger is just [F]love, [Am]left out,[C]
gone to vinegar
You [F]wake up a stranger
to yourself
And then you learn to live with [G]her
Sit in her [C]clothing 'til you
fill out her fig[G]ure
You know [Am]life's [C]no bella
telenovela, the tightrope
[G]Bows with your [C]weight in the center
The slide show [F]don't put all
the pictures togeth[C]er
You try to do it [G]right though,
[C]right though
Until you let the [G]kite go
[Am]Death and romance,
the [F]riddles of our [C]lifetimes
[G]Tryna get a [C]slow dance,
middle of a [G]knife [F]fight
You get up [C]and you, you give [G]blood
[C]Ah, eve[G]n on a good night

[Verse 2]
[Am]
[C][Am][G][C]
Ah, even on a good [F]night [G]out[C][Am]
You send signal, you listen for an echo
[G]At the first splinters you run to
tell Geppetto
[F]And in the worst winters
the whole thing feels untenable
Crow [G]took me by the shoulder and he told me, "Honey,

[Verse 3]
don't let go"
[Am]Nobo[C]dy fears the h[G]eight,
you all just [C]fear the fall
[F]Go to the edge sometime
[G]And pro[C]ve your bod[G]y wro[Am]ng
[F]You land [G]badly, [C]but you crash sta[G]nd in[F]g
You land [C]badly, but you [G]crash

[Verse 4]
[Am]He took me to the [C]workshop
Showed me where they built the bod[G]ies
[C]A blacksmith, a mason, a carpenter
[F]And in the dar[C]kroom,
where the whole assembly star[G]ted
All the clothesline [C]where the
hearts [G]hung to harden
[Am]You [C]come as fragile, soft machines
[G]And[C] you're bound to fast,
you're [G]bound to grieve
[F]But you're built to bal[C]ance on two feet
[G]So why you[C] living this last year fro[G]m your
knees
[C][G][C][Am]

[Verse 5]
(Oh, please put me)
Please, put me [G]down [F]again
(Oh please [G]put [Am]me)
Please, put me [G]down [F]again
(Oh please put me)
Please, put me [G]down[E]

[Verse 6]
Please put me down
[Am]I know you lost a bet
G'head and catch your breath
[G]But when the worst relents
You learn to live on [F]less
You learn to live on less
You learn to [G]live on less
You learn to live on less
[Am]You duck some, you take [G]some square
[Am]Your luck [G]runs out,
you're there in midair
And when the [F]big one comes,
you'll know by the snare roll
You [G]can be too careful,

[Verse 7]
ignore all the scarecrows
[Am]Time flies like the crow does
[G]No regard for the grid
[F]I can't ask you to show [G]love

[Verse 8]
But would it kill you if you did
[Am]Time flies like the crow does
[G]No regard for the grid
[F]I can't ask you to show l[G]ove

[Verse 9]
But would it kill you if you did
[Am]Nobo[C]dy fears the height,
you all just fear the fall
Go to the edge sometime
And prove your body wrong
You land badly, but you crash standing
You land badly, but you crash