Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow

by darren kirby

intro :

intro is just a repeating D – ; C chord pattern with picked embellishments , not super important how
they are played but the D chord generally features a hammer – on 0 – ; 2 on the G string , and the C
chord features a hammer – on 0 – ; 2 on the D string .

verse 1 :

D C D
when they come_________ from the over the mountain
C D C D
yeah , we’ll run______ , we’ll run right around them
C D C D
we’ve got no guns_____ , no , we don’t have any weapons
C D C D
just our corn_______ and the children
C

chorus : ( strum harder and let the notes ring . . . )
D C G D
the dust runs________________
C G D
the dark clouds_______________
C G D
but not us__________________
C G D
but not us___________________

rest of the song is the same . . . .

verse 2 :
while we pay for mistakes with no meaning
all your gifts and all your peace is deceiving
and still our pain dissolves with believing

chorus 2 :
that peace comes , their peace comes
that peace comes , their peace comes

verse 3 :
now that our bones lay buried below us
just like stones pressed into the earth
well , we ain’t known by no one before us
and we begin with this one little birth

chorus 3 :
that grows on , that grows on ,
that grows on , that moves on

verse 4 :
crippled crow , say something for grieving
where do we go once we start leaving?
well , close that wound , or else keep on bleeding
and change your tune , it’s got no meaning