Yon Two Crows
Mark KnopflerVersion1
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Pennies from heaven
Dont make me laugh
Here all youll get
Is the pattering rain
Or yon two crows up over the hill
Looking for winterkill
Always at your boots
The mud behind the byre
With its clammy hold
Would mock you up a grave
Here in the mire of a wrecked sheepfold
And all youll bring to this
Is muscle and grit
Persistence, thats just about it
What made you think
Thered be a living in sheep?
Eat, work, eat, work and sleep
Duck under the eaves
Of the bothy
To sit here, caged by rain
Somewhere to go conjure
A next move
When I have to think again
The dog lifts his gaze to plead
Believes the wizard has a magic stick
Leans his weight into my tweed
I give an unholy hand to lick
I take a swig of sheep dip
From my flask
And once again I ask
What made you think
Thered be a living in sheep?
Eat, work, eat, work and sleep
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They were at this game
Two hundred years ago
Had thirty ways
Of dying young, poor souls
Laid to rest in their soggy rows
Rain on their holy books
Blood and whisky
On the tongue
And no-one watching over anyone
No-one left but your stubborn one
And the crows and rooks
Ah, the dying young
Well Im not done
You watch me and Ill watch thee
I can still work for two men
And drink for three
And I raise my flask
To the clearing skies
To you, sweepers
You carrion spies
To scavenge and survive
If you can do it so can I
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Readable chord sheet for Yon Two Crows by Mark Knopfler
[Am6] = [5x4555] | [Am] | % | % | % | [Am]Pennies from heaven [AmMaj7] Dont make me laugh [Am7] Here all youll get Is the p[Am6]attering rain Or y[F]on two crows up [C/G]over the hill Looking f[G]or winterkill [Am]Always at your boots The m[AmMaj7]ud behind the byre [Am7] With its cl[Am6]ammy hold Would m[F]ock you up a grave Here [C/G]in the mire of a wr[G]ecked sheepfold [C/G] And all youll bring to this Is m[F]uscle and grit [C/G] Persistence, thats j[F]ust about it [C/G] What made you think Thered be a l[F]iving in sheep? E[C/E]at, w[F]ork, [C/E]eat, work and sl[F]eep [Am] Duck under the eaves Of the b[AmMaj7]othy To s[Am7]it here, caged by r[Am6]ain [F] Somewhere to go conjure A n[C]ext move When I have to th[G]ink again [Am] The dog lifts his g[AmMaj7]aze to plead [Am7] Believes the wizard has a m[Am6]agic stick [F] Leans his weight into[C] my tweed I give an unholy h[G]and to lick I t[C]ake a swig of sheep dip Fr[F]om my flask [C] And once ag[F]ain I ask [C] What made you think Thered be a l[F]iving in sheep? E[C]at, w[F]ork, [C]eat, work and[F] sleep | [Am] [C] | [G] | % | [Em] | [Am] [Em] [G] [Am] | [Am] | % | % | [Am] They were at this game Two hundred y[AmMaj7]ears ago [Am7] Had thirty ways Of dying y[Am6]oung, poor souls [F] Laid to rest in their s[C/G]oggy rows Rain on their h[G]oly books [Am]Blood and whisky [AmMaj7] On the tongue [Am7] And no-one watching over [Am6]anyone [F] No-one left but your st[C]ubborn one And the cr[G]ows and rooks [C] Ah, the d[F]ying young [C] Well [F]Im not done [C/G] You watch me and [F]Ill watch thee I can st[C]ill work for two men And dr[F]ink for three [C] And I raise my flask To the cl[F]earing skies [C/G] To you, sweepers You c[F]arrion spies [C/G] To scavenge [F]and survive [C/G] If you can do it [F] so can I | [Am] [C] | [G] | % | [Em] | | [Am] | [Em] | - [G] | [Am] | repeat [Dsus2]