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Crow Jane

Skip James
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 Crow Janie,  Crow Janie, Crow Jane, don't  you hold your head high,
Someday,  Baby, you know  you got to die.
 You got to lay  down and,  you got to die,  you got to
And  I want to buy me a pistol, wolf  me forty rounds of ball,
Shoot  Crow Jane just  to see her fall.
 She got to fall,  she got to,  she got to fall,  she got to
 You know  I begged Crow Jane, not  to hold her head too high,
Someday,  Baby, you  know you got to die.
 You got to lay  down, and,  you got to die,  you got to
 And I dug  her a grave, with  a silver spade,
Ain't  nobody going to take  my Crow Jane's place.
 no you  can't take her,  no you can't  take her
 (Repeat Chorus)
 You know  I let her down, with  a golden chain,
 And every  link I would call  my Crow Jane's name.
 Crow Jane,  Crow,  Crow Jane,  Crow
 You know I  never missin' my water, til  my well ran dry,
 Didn't miss  Crow jane until  the day she died.
 til the day,  she,  til the day,  she
 (Repeat Chorus)
 You know  I dug her grave, eight  feet in the ground,
Didn't  feel sorry til  they let her down.
 they had  to,  let her down, they had,  to let her down,
 (Repeat Chorus)

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Readable chord sheet for Crow Jane by Skip James

Crow [E]Janie, Crow Janie, Crow [B7]Jane, [A]don't you hold your head high,
[E]Someday, Baby, you [B7]know you got to [E]die.
You got to [B7]lay down and, [E]  you got to [B7]die, you got to [E]

[E]And I want to buy me a [B7]pistol, [A]wolf me forty rounds of ball,
[E]Shoot Crow Jane [B7]just to see her [E]fall.
She got to [B7]fall, she got to, [E]  she got to [B7]fall, she got to  [E]

You [E]know I begged Crow [B7]Jane, [A]not to hold her head too high,
[E]Someday, Baby, [B7]you know you got to [E]die.
You got to [B7]lay down, and, [E]  you got to [B7]die, you got to [E]

And I [E]dug her a [B7]grave, [A]with a silver spade,
[E]Ain't nobody going to [B7]take my Crow Jane's [E]place.
no [B7]you can't take her, [E]  no you [B7]can't take her [E]

(Repeat Chorus)

You [E]know I let her [B7]down, [A]with a golden chain,
And [E]every link I would [B7]call my Crow Jane's [E]name.
Crow [B7]Jane, Crow, [E]  Crow [B7]Jane, Crow [E]

You know [E]I never missin' my [B7]water, [A]til my well ran dry,
Didn't [E]miss Crow jane [B7]until the day she [E]died.
til the [B7]day, she, [E]  til the [B7]day, she [E]

(Repeat Chorus)

You [E]know I dug her [B7]grave, [A]eight feet in the ground,
[E]Didn't feel sorry [B7]til they let her [E]down.
they [B7]had to, [E]  let her down, they [B7]had, to let her [E]down,

(Repeat Chorus)

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