Black Crow Blues chords by Townes Van Zandt

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Novice

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, 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
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