Black Crow Blues Chords by Townes Van Zandt

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_ _ Oh _ _ _ _ _ _ babe don't [Bb] lie _ lonesome after I'm _ [Cm] gone _ Don't _ _ _ [Bb] mourn your young life away
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Just _ [Fm] lower me down with [Bb] a prayer and a [Cm] song Just _ [Bb] _
_ for the break in a [Cm] day
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Just for the break in [Cm] a day _ _ Well _ _ _ _ it's a life [Bb] worth a living but we all
gotta [Cm] die _ All your crying [Eb]
[Bb] came to me no [Cm] good _
_ _ [Fm] Just lower me down with [Bb] a quick said [Cm] goodbye _ _ _ [Bb] Pour _ in the black Texas [Cm] mud
_ _ Pour [Bb] _
_ in the black Texas [Cm] mud _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ It's a hard [Bb] road you're traveling you can't
walk it alone [Cm] _ _ _
Find a big [Bb] man to stand beside [Cm] you _ _
_ Take him [Fm] down to the river, _ [Bb] show him my [Cm] _ bones _ [Bb] Tell him there lies a friend I once [Cm] knew
_ There _ [Bb] _
_ lies a friend I once [Cm] knew _ Well [Bb] _
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_ [C] the black [Bb] crows are screaming, the yellow
sun's [Cm] warm _ And the grass [Bb] tumbles tall down the [Cm] hill
But _ _ _ [F] there's a cold wind building, [Fm] _ [Bb] it's bringing a [Cm] storm
_ When _
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they [Bb] call the black crow goes [Cm] still _ _ When [Bb] they call the black crow [Cm] goes still _ _ _
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