{"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":1725740,"song":"Cover Up The Sun","artist":"Counting Crows","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1725740-cover-up-the-sun-chords-by-counting-crows/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1725740?type=chord","rating":4.79669,"votes":25,"content":"CHORDS\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   | 032010\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  | 022000\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   | 133211\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   | 320033\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  | 002210\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  | xx0231\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nColorado passes by like writing on a wall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHeaded eastward down to New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDippin' into Texas as the stars are fading out[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's still a lot of country in between[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I left California I was 29 years old[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the world just spun me around[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow I watched Louisiana scroll across the window pane[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I face in the direction I am bound[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCo-ver up the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLet the river run[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMake that water come [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWash me away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMe, Clifton, and the king of cats, we sat down in the road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPedro said, \"Boys, we're three of a kind,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe said \"I sat with river rats and hung my hat with diplomats[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHad four brothers once upon a time\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said they toured the country far away from the Rio Grande[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the road just wore them down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo they bought a house beside a lake, outside of New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they stared in the direction of the escalating sound[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCover up the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLet the river run[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTake this good man's son[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd wash him away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell Sister Indecipherable is talkin to a wall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBack in New York city, she's a queen (New York she's a queen)[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, resurrect or genuflect, she saves the one she can't protect[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKeeps the chapel Pris- if not Sis-tine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe drinks Absinthe mixed with Kerosene to keep herself upright[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the world still brings her down[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf you can't keep your shit together when God is on your side[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhat chance do you have when he's not around?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCover up the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMake that water run[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLet the river come[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo wash me away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPeople of the Mardi Gras, in their Tuesday best[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWaiting for the South to rise again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nChildren of Geronimo grieving for the West[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFeather-dressed and marching their refrain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh in the dark of Armstrong Park the marching bands attend[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut they never make a sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust a quiet prayer for Congo Square, a silent conversation there[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith the night to rest our eyes in we just look to the horizon for the change[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCover up the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLet the river run[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI pray the waters come to wash me away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nColour in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMake that diesel fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, just lay me down to die and just take me away.[/tab]","plain_text":"CHORDS\nC   | 032010\nEm  | 022000\nF   | 133211\nG   | 320033\nAm  | 002210\nDm  | 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