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By Darren Kirby
Intro:
Intro is just a repeating D -; C chord pattern with picked embellishments, not super important how 
they are played but the D chord generally features a hammer-on 0 -; 2 on the G string, and the C 
chord features a hammer-on 0 -; 2 on the D string.  
Verse 1:
When they Dcome_________ Cfrom the over the Dmountain
      CYeah, Dwe'll run______C, we'll run right Daround them
      CWe've got no Dguns_____,   Cno, we don't have any Dweapons
      CJust our Dcorn_______ Cand the cDhildren
C
Chorus: (strum harder and let the notes ring...)
   DThe dust Cruns_G_____D__________ 
   the dark CcloudGs____D___________ 
   but not uCs____G_____D_________
   but not uCs____G_____D__________
Rest of the song is the same....
Verse 2:
While we pay for mistakes with no meaning
All your gifts and all your peace is deceiving
And still our pain dissolves with believing
Chorus 2:
That peace comes, their peace comes
That peace comes, their peace comes
Verse 3:
Now that our bones lay buried below us
Just like stones pressed into the earth
Well, we ain't known by no one before us
And we begin with this one little birth
Chorus 3:
That grows on, that grows on, 
that grows on, that moves on
Verse 4:
Crippled crow, say something for grieving
Where do we go once we start leaving?
Well, close that wound, or else keep on bleeding
And change your tune, it's got no meaning

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Cripple Crow

by Devendra Banhart

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

By Darren Kirby

Intro:

Intro is just a repeating D -; C chord pattern with picked embellishments, not super important how

they are played but the D chord generally features a hammer-on 0 -; 2 on the G string, and the C

chord features a hammer-on 0 -; 2 on the D string.

Verse 1:

D C D

When they come_________ from the over the mountain

C D C D

Yeah, we'll run______, we'll run right around them

C D C D

We've got no guns_____, no, we don't have any weapons

C D C D

Just our corn_______ and the children

Chorus: (strum harder and let the notes ring...)

D C G D

The dust runs________________

C G D

the dark clouds_______________

C G D

but not us__________________

C G D

but not us___________________

Rest of the song is the same....

Verse 2:

While we pay for mistakes with no meaning

All your gifts and all your peace is deceiving

And still our pain dissolves with believing

Chorus 2:

That peace comes, their peace comes

Verse 3:

Now that our bones lay buried below us

Just like stones pressed into the earth

Well, we ain't known by no one before us

And we begin with this one little birth

Chorus 3:

That grows on, that grows on,

that grows on, that moves on

Verse 4:

Crippled crow, say something for grieving

Where do we go once we start leaving?

Well, close that wound, or else keep on bleeding

And change your tune, it's got no meaning

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