Crooked Road And The Briar chords by Calexico

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               CROOKED ROAD AND THE BRIAR - Calexico
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Tabbed by:Fruitloof
E-mail:tnorthrot@gmail.com

This sounds fine tuned normal but you can play it open D if you want it to sound
exactly like the song.



Dm Bb Dm

Dm
Down the crooked road a ways
 Bb               Dm
A child's shadow hiding in the Briar

F    Dm  F   Dm
Tending to a twisted heart
 Bb       Gm
that's bent and broken
 Bb     Gm
wounded and abandoned
 A7           Dm
left amongst the rotted root to rot

Dm Bb Dm

Dm
Moon, crimson moon
 Bb                  Dm
Rose Marie's walking down the crooked road a ways

F   Dm F        Dm
All aglow, her fair white skin
 Bb      Gm  Bb     Gm
Portrait of beauty, angel to many
 F     Dm F         Dm
Hears the hush crying from the briar
 Bb       Gm Bb         Gm
Reaches in her hand to see what's the matter
     C         Gm
and is dragged through the darkness
  C        Gm
beneath the lonely cypress
   Bb       Gm
The town's beloved daughter
 Bb                 Gm
carried to her death in the turbid waters
   A7        Dm
and set afloat downstream

Dm Bb Dm

F      Dm F        Dm
Whole town erupts, bursts into flame
 Bb      Gm         Bb      Gm
Parties go a-searching down the crooked road a ways
 F    Dm      F     Dm
Find old Rufus there drunk and asleep
 Bb       Gm       Bb         Gm
Fishing by the water must have killed our beloved daughter
 F        Dm F     Dm
Can't hold back these waves of anger
    Bb       Gm
Tie a rope around his neck
Bb        Gm
See if he still hollers
 A7                 Dm
Another innocent soul hangs over the briar

Dm Dm Dm