{"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":75918,"song":"Legend Of Andrew Mccrew","artist":"Don McLean","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/75918-legend-of-andrew-mccrew-chords-by-don-mclean/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/75918?type=chord","rating":4.69245,"votes":6,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\nFrom: Juergen Wuest <wuest@informatik.uni-kl.de>\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Legend of Andrew McCrew - by Don McLean\r\n  as performed on his live album \"Solo\"\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere was a mummy at the fair, all crumpled in a folding chair.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe people passed, but didn't care that the mummy was a man,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nso tell me if you can[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C7[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWho are you?    Who are you?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWhere have you been, where are you   going to?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]F7[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nWell, Andrew McCrew must have lost his way[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C7[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C7[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C7[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'Cause though he died long ago he was buried today.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C7[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C7[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nDown on nightmare alley,    where the shady people sway[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C7[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C7[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]Csus2[/ch]  [ch]C7[/ch]\r\na hobo came a-hikin'    on a salty summer day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C7[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWell he hopped a freight in Dallas,    and he rode out of sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]F7[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nBut on a turn he slipped, and he lost his grip[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C7[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nand he fell in-to the night.[/tab]\r\n\r\nRepeat Chorus\r\n\r\nVerse 2: (same chords as first throughout all other verses)\r\nWell, Andrew had one leg of wood, the other leg was small.\r\nAnd when he fell off the train that night he found he had no legs at all.\r\nWell they found him in the thicket, and the undertaker came.\r\nAnd they mummified his body for a relative to claim.\r\n\r\nRepeat Chorus\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\nBut no one came to claim him, until the carnival passed through.\r\nThe carnies took him to their tent and they decided what to do.\r\nWell they dressed him in a worn-out tugs and they put him on a stand.\r\nAnd millions saw the legend called the `famous mummy man'.\r\n\r\nRepeat Chorus\r\n\r\nVerse 4:\r\nWell, what a way to live a life and what a way to die.\r\nLeft to live a living death with noone left to cry.\r\nPetrified amazement, and wonder beyond words,\r\nA man who found more life in death than life gave him at birth.\r\n\r\nRepeat Chorus\r\n\r\nVerse 5:\r\nBut what about the ones who live and wish that they could go.\r\nWhose lives are lost to living and performing for the show.\r\nWell at least you got the best of life until it got the best of you,\r\nSo from all of us to what's left of you\r\nFarewell, Andrew McCrew.\r\n\r\n       eadgbe        eadgbe\r\n[ch]Csus2[/ch]: x32030   [ch]Bbm[/ch]: xx3321\r\n\r\nNice to know:\r\nThe song is based on an authentic case. Andrew McCrew toured with\r\nthe carnival, posthumously, for about 35 years. He was buried in 1973.\r\nThat was when Don McLean read an article about him and wrote the song.\r\nWhen the song came out, someone stepped forward and donated a headstone\r\non McCrew's previously unmarked grave. The fourth verse of the song is\r\ncarved on the headstone. (Anyway, that's what Don McLean tells on the\r\nlive album.)","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\nFrom: Juergen Wuest \n\n\nThe Legend of Andrew McCrew - by Don McLean\n  as performed on his live album \"Solo\"\n\nIntro:\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRepeat Chorus\n\nVerse 2: (same chords as first throughout all other verses)\nWell, Andrew had one leg of wood, the other leg was small.\nAnd when he fell off the train that night he found he had no legs at all.\nWell they found him in the thicket, and the undertaker came.\nAnd they mummified his body for a relative to claim.\n\nRepeat Chorus\n\nVerse 3:\nBut no one came to claim him, until the carnival passed through.\nThe carnies took him to their tent and they decided what to do.\nWell they dressed him in a worn-out tugs and they put him on a stand.\nAnd millions saw the legend called the `famous mummy man'.\n\nRepeat Chorus\n\nVerse 4:\nWell, what a way to live a life and what a way to die.\nLeft to live a living death with noone left to cry.\nPetrified amazement, and wonder beyond words,\nA man who found more life in death than life gave him at birth.\n\nRepeat Chorus\n\nVerse 5:\nBut what about the ones who live and wish that they could go.\nWhose lives are lost to living and performing for the show.\nWell at least you got the best of life until it got the best of you,\nSo from all of us to what's left of you\nFarewell, Andrew McCrew.\n\n       eadgbe        eadgbe\nCsus2: x32030   Bbm: xx3321\n\nNice to know:\nThe song is based on an authentic case. Andrew McCrew toured with\nthe carnival, posthumously, for about 35 years. He was buried in 1973.\nThat was when Don McLean read an article about him and wrote the song.\nWhen the song came out, someone stepped forward and donated a headstone\non McCrew's previously unmarked grave. The fourth verse of the song is\ncarved on the headstone. (Anyway, that's what Don McLean tells on the\nlive album.)","chords":["F","Am","Dm","G","C","G7","C7","F7","Bb","Bbm","Csus2","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}