Crane Wife 2 Tab

song      : the crane wife 2
artist    : the decemberists
tabbed by : oneshotnothing


standard tuning


at the part i call "outro" it gets hard to hear what the guitar
is playing, so it could be what's written here, or some strumming
thing, but i guess you'll just have to figure that out yourself.

INTRO

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                                                                        my
VERSE

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    crane    wife                   a - rrived  at   my  door     in   the
    marr    -     ied               and bells    rang     sweet    for  our

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    moon        light               all
    wed    -    ding           and  our

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    star  bright                and tongue tied         i took her in
    bed   -   ding              was rea - dy            and we fell in

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                               v                                   we   were
              second time through, go here
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CHORUS

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                   sound the keening bell           see it's painted

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    red             soft as fontanelle          the feathers in the

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    thread      when all i ever meant                           to

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    do                      was to  keep you                  my

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    crane    wife


BRIDGE

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              there's a...          rakes at my heart

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              there is...           rakes at my heart

OUTRO

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    heart


ENDING

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    crane    wife


song structure

intro
verse
verse
intro
verse
verse
intro
bridge
outro x10
ending