Yon Two Crows by Mark Knopfler from Privateering album For any questions mail me to [email protected] AmMaj7 = [x02110] Am6 = [5x4555] Time: 4/4 Key: D Minor Capo: 5 fret | Am | % | % | % | Am AmMaj7 Pennies from heaven Am7 Don’t make me laugh Here all you’ll get Am6 Is the pattering rain F C/G Or yon two crows up over the hill G Looking for winterkill Am Always at your boots AmMaj7 Am7 The mud behind the byre Am6 With its clammy hold F Would mock you up a grave C/G G Here in the mire of a wrecked sheepfold C/G And all you’ll bring to this F C/G Is muscle and grit F C/G Persistence, that’s just about it What made you think F There’d be a living in sheep? C/E F C/E F Eat, work, eat, work and sleep Am Duck under the eaves AmMaj7 Of the bothy Am7 Am6 F To sit here, caged by rain Somewhere to go conjure C A next move G When I have to think again Am AmMaj7 Am7 The dog lifts his gaze to plead Am6 F Believes the wizard has a magic stick C Leans his weight into my tweed G I give an unholy hand to lick C I take a swig of sheep dip F C From my flask F C And once again I ask What made you think F There’d be a living in sheep? C F C F Eat, work, eat, work and sleep | Am C | G | % | Em | | Am | Em | - G | Am | | Am | % | % | Am They were at this game AmMaj7 Am7 Two hundred years ago Had thirty ways Am6 F Of dying young, poor souls C/G Laid to rest in their soggy rows G Rain on their holy books Am AmMaj7 Blood and whisky Am7 On the tongue Am6 F And no-one watching over anyone C No-one left but your stubborn one G And the crows and rooks C F C Ah, the dying young F C/G Well I’m not done F You watch me and I’ll watch thee C I can still work for two men F C And drink for three And I raise my flask F C/G To the clearing skies To you, sweepers F C/G You carrion spies F C/G To scavenge and survive F If you can do it so can I | Am C | G | % | Em | | Am | Em | - G | Am | repeat | Dsus2 |
