{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2825201,"song":"Jonathan Crow","artist":"Archie Moen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11641117-jonathan-crow-chords-by-archie-moen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2825201?type=chord","rating":0.07883,"votes":0,"content":"Jonathan Crow by Archie Moen\r\nSimple tune in 4/4  Standard Tuning\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nJonathan Crow lived a long time ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nin his cabin, way down in the valley[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe welled his own water and his favorite daughter\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwas known as 'Jonathan's Sally.'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHer teeth were as white as the moonlight at night,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand her hair like ripe wheat on the hills.[/tab]\r\n\r\nBlue were her eyes as the midsummer skies,\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand her voice like the poor whippoorwill's.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nJonathan Crow, he allowed he would go[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo the city, to purchase provisions,[/tab]\r\n\r\nSo he hitched up his horse, to his wagon of course\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nas soon as he made his decision[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo he clucked to his mare and depared from there[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the road that led down through the valley.[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd he promised his daughter, for he never forgot her,\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nto bring something back to his Sally.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow a week had gone by when Sally's bright eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDiscovered her pappy returning,[/tab]\r\n\r\nand with him on the seat, with his hair parted neat,\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nsat a young man who set her heart yearning.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe was tall, broad and strong, his hair curly and long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nin a style that was new to the valley.[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd this handsome young stranger represented a danger\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nto poor little innocent Sally![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nEvery night for a week they met down by the creek,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwith frequent and fervent embraces,[/tab]\r\n\r\n'Til the young man appears, bringing Sally in tears\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSame and shagrin on their faces[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Mr. Crow\" he announced, \"like a hawk I have pounced[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn this innocent dove here beside me;[/tab]\r\n\r\nPlease believe me, however, it's just 'cause I never\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhad no ddear mother to guide me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've been quite a rover, I've traveled all over,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the sweetest gal I ever saw[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs Sally, I love her, as I've just discovered,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo please let us both call you Paw!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, they aired out the bedding, and announced a big wedding[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat folks came from miles to attend,[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd the young man and Sally settled down in the valley,\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd lived happily on to the end.[/tab]","plain_text":"Jonathan Crow by Archie Moen\nSimple tune in 4/4  Standard Tuning\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nHe welled his own water and his favorite daughter\n\n\n\n\n\nBlue were her eyes as the midsummer skies,\n\n\n\n\n\nSo he hitched up his horse, to his wagon of course\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd he promised his daughter, for he never forgot her,\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nand with him on the seat, with his hair parted neat,\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd this handsome young stranger represented a danger\n\n\n\n\n\n'Til the young man appears, bringing Sally in tears\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease believe me, however, it's just 'cause I never\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd the young man and Sally settled down in the valley,","chords":["C","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}