Key: G
Introduction:
G
verse 1
It was a cold night
Em
And the snow lay around
I pulled my coat tight
C
Against the falling down
And the sun was all
G Em
And the sun was all down
And the sun was all
C G
And the sun was all down
verse 2
Em
I haven't wealth nor fame
I have my two hands
C
And a house to my name
And the winter's so
G Em
And the winter's so long
And the winter's so
C D
And the winter's so long
And all the stars were crashing 'round
G
As I laid eyes on what I'd found
verse 3
Em
It was a helpless thing
Upon a red stain
C
With an arrow its wing
And it called and cried
G Em
And it called and cried so
And it called and cried
C D
And it called and cried so
Chorus
G
As I laid eyes on what I'd found
Em C
My crane wife, my crane wife
G
My crane wife, my crane wife
verse 4
Em
And I dressed her wounds
And how I held her
C
Beneath the rising moon
And she stood to fly
G Em
And she stood to fly away
And she stood to fly
C D
She stood to fly away
Chorus
G
As I laid eyes on what I'd found
Em C
My crane wife, my crane wife
G
My crane wife, my crane wife
G Em C G
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da
G Em C G
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da
D Bm D G D Bm D G D Bm D G D Bb D G D Bm D G D Bb D G
*Crane Wife 2 *
INTRO
D
verse 1
C G D
My crane wife arrived at my door in the moonlight
C G D
All star-bright and tongue tied I took her in
verse 2
D C G D
We were married and bells rang sweet for our wedding
C G D
And our bedding was ready when we fell in
Chorus
Em A Em
Sound the keening bell and see it's painted red
A G
Soft as fontanel, the feathers in the thread
A C G
When all I ever meant to do was to keep you
D G D C D
My crane wife, my crane wife, my crane wife
verse 3
C G D
We were poorly, our fortunes fading hourly
C G D
And how she vowed me she could bring it back
verse 4
D C G D
But I was greedy I was vain and I forced her to weaving
C G D
On cold loom in closed room with down wove
Chorus
Em A Em
Sound the keening bell and see it's painted red
A G
Soft as fontanel, the feathers in the thread
A C G
When all I ever meant to do was to keep you
D G D C D
My crane wife, my crane wife, my crane wife
OUTRO
Em F
There's a bend in the wind and it rakes at my heart
Em F
There is blood in the thread and it rakes at my heart
G C G C G C G C G C
Rakes at my heart, heart, heart, heart, heart
G C G C G C G C
Heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart
D
My crane wife
*Crane Wife 3 *
D A G
And under the boughs unbound
D A G
All clothed in a snowy shroud
D A G
She had no heart so hardened
D A G
All under the boughs unbound
(D A G)x2
D A G
Each feather it fell from skin
D A G
Till threadbare she grew thin
D A G
How where my eyes so blinded
D A G
Each feather it fell from skin
Chorus
D A G
And I will hang my head hang my head low
D A G
And I will hang my head hang my head low
(D A G)x2
D A G
The gray sky looked bitter stained
D A G
A rain cloud and crane on wing
D A G
All out beyond horizons oh
D A G
A gray sky a bitter stain
Chorus
D A G
(And I will hang my head hang my head low)x7
OUTRO
D A G
And under the boughs unbound
D A G
All clothed in a snowy shroud
D A G
She had no heart so hardened
D A G
All under the boughs unbound
(D A G)x2
D A G
Each feather it fell from skin
D A G
Till threadbare she grew thin
D A G
How where my eyes so blinded
D A G
Each feather it fell from skin
Chorus
D A G
And I will hang my head hang my head low
D A G
And I will hang my head hang my head low
(D A G)x2
D A G
The gray sky looked bitter stained
D A G
A rain cloud and crane on wing
D A G
All out beyond horizons oh
D A G
A gray sky a bitter stain
Chorus
D A G
(And I will hang my head hang my head low)x6
OUTRO