Crow Jane

Crow Jane - Skip James  
Tuned open G (DGDGBD)

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Crow Janie, Crow Janie, Crow Jane, don't you hold your head high,
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Someday, Baby, you know you got to die.
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You got to lay down and, you got to die, you got to

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And I want to buy me a pistol, wolf me forty rounds of ball,
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Shoot Crow Jane just to see her fall.
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She got to fall, she got to,   she got to fall, she got to


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You know I begged Crow Jane, not to hold her head too high,
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Someday, Baby, you know you got to die.
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You got to lay down, and,   you got to die, you got to

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And I dug her a grave, with a silver spade,
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Ain't nobody going to take my Crow Jane's place.
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no you can't take her, no you can't take her

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You know I let her down, with a golden chain,
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And every link I would call my Crow Jane's name.
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Crow Jane, Crow,   Crow Jane, Crow Jane

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You know I never missin' my water, til my well ran dry,
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Didn't miss Crow jane until the day she died.
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til the day, she, died til the day, she died


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You know I dug her grave, eight feet in the ground,
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Didn't feel sorry til they let her down.
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they had to,  let her down, they had, to let her down,