Black Crow Blues Chords & Tabs

by Townes Van Zandt

[Verse 1]
   Am              G                    Am
Oh babe, don't lie lonesome after I'm gone
Am               G           Am 
Don't mourn your young life away
     Dm                   G             Am 
Just lower me down with a prayer and a song
G                          Am 
Just 'fore the breaking of day
G                          Am 
Just 'fore the breaking of day

[Verse 2]
             Am             G                       Am 
Well, it's a life worth the living but we all gotta die
         Am           G        Am  
All your crying can't do me no good
     Dm                   G              Am
Just lower me down with a quick sad goodbye
G                        Am
Pour in the black Texas mud
G                        Am
Pour in the black Texas mud

[Verse 3]
       Am               G                              Am 
It's a hard road you're travelin', you can't walk it alone
       Am         G            Am 
Find a big man to stand beside you
         Dm                    G           Am   
Take him down to the river and show him my bones
         G                           Am 
Tell him there lies a friend I once knew
G                           Am 
There lies a friend I once knew

[Verse 4]
          Am             G                            Am 
Well, the black crow's a-screaming, the yellow sun's warm
        Am            G             Am  
And the grass tumbles tall down the hill
              Dm                       G            Am 
But there's a cold wind building, it's bringin' a storm
         G                           Am   
When the call of the black crow goes still
         G                           Am   
When the call of the black crow goes still