Chords for Crow Jane (Skip James) - By JR

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_ _ Crow Jane, [D] Crow Jane, [G]
don't you hold your head high.
[D] _ Someday, baby, you know you gotta die.
You gotta [C#] lay [D] down.
You gotta [Em] die.
[D] You gotta.
And I wanna [C] buy me [D] a pistol.
[G] Once before they runs a ball.
[D] Shoot Crow Jane, [A] just [D] to see her fall.
She [A] got it, [G] _ [D] she [A] got it, [D] she got it.
That's the reason [Dm] I beg [A] Crow Jane, [G] don't you hold your head so high.
[D] You know someday, [C#] baby, you know you [D] gotta die.
You [A] gotta lay down.
[D] You [A] gotta die.
[G] _ [D] _ And I [G] wanna take [D] her grave [G] with a silver spade.
[D] I ain't gonna let [C#] nobody [C] take [D] her place.
[C#] No, you can't take her [D] place.
[A] No, you can't take [D] her.
[C] [D] That's the reason [Dm] I beg [D] Crow Jane, [G] don't you hold your head so high.
[D] Someday, [C#] baby, [G] you know [D] you gotta die.
[C#] You gotta lay down.
[D] You [C#] gotta die.
[D] You gotta.
You know I [C] never missed a [D] mile of water [Em] until my well went dry.
[D] Didn't miss [A] Crow Jane [G] until the day [D] she died.
[C#] Until the day [D] she, [A] until the day [D] she.
That's the reason [G] I beg [A] Crow [D] Jane, [G] don't you hold your head so high.
[D] _ [C#] Someday, baby, you know you [D] gotta die.
You [A] gotta lay down.
[D] You [A] gotta die.
You [D] gotta.
[G] And [D] I dug [G] that [D] woman's grave, [G] her feet in the ground.
[D] Didn't feel sorry [C#] [G] until I laid [D] her down.
You [C#] had to lay her down.
You [D] had to.
You [C#] had to lay her down.
[D] _ That's the reason [C] I beg [D] Crow Jane, [G] don't you hold your head so [Dm] high.
[D] _ [C#] Someday, baby, [D] you know you gotta die.
You [A] gotta lay down.
You [D] gotta.
You [C#] gotta die.
[G] You [D] gotta.
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