Crow Mother

Transpose

Year: 2021
Album: Song of Co-Aklan

INTRO

Dm6

Ab

Gm

Ab

VERSE 1

We

Cm

buried the goat in the

Gm

churchyard

While

Cm

slumber lay thick on the

Gm

town

Bbm

Makes three

F#m6

this

month

G7

Take that,

F#m7

you

cunts

We

Cm

buried the goat in the

Gm

churchyard

With

Cm

Christian procedures and

Gm

prayers

Bbm

Three sheep,

B7b5

six

cats

C#7/F

Deceased in combat

Ebm

Let all that

C#m

sacred

soil

E

Dissolve as

Bb7

oceans

boil

Abm

Small

G

ailments can

Cm

soothe the soul

F#

Tend to those

E

tiny

things

Fdim

Loose fences,

Bb7

film-star

chins

Abm

Crow

G

Mother will

Ddim7

fly you

F#

home

Ddim7

F#

VERSE 2

We’re

Cm

building a house so it

Gm

falls

down

Of

Cm

cardboard and stucco and

Gm

tin

Bbm

You might

F#m6

ask

why

G7

But watch

F#m7

lead

fly

They’re

Cm

glowering now in the

Gm

churchyard

Their

Cm

minister bids them to

Gm

dig

Bbm

Good spade,

F-5/B

pick-axe

Fdim

Watch out for bear traps

Ebm

Oh such a

C#m

snooze we had

E

Until it

Bb7

all went bad

Abm

One

G

ballot sees the

Cm

cover

blown

F#

Punch-drunk

Cau

E

casian

sheikh

Fdim

Owns all af

Bb7

fairs of state

Abm

Crow

G

Mother will

Ddim7

fly you

F#

home

Ddim7

F#

INTERLUDE

Am

Here comes the

G

civic

mob

Bb

Aw shucks, what

Am

were the odds

Bb7/G#

Fear,

Eb/G

anger – to

Fm

each their

F#dim

own

Gm

Foot soldiers

Fm

of

despair

Ebsus4

Revenge on

Gm

saboteurs

Absus2

Crow

Gm

Mother,

be

Fm

hold your

F#dim

former

home

VERSE 3

We’ve

Cm

given it back to the

Gm

ocean

The

Cm

area code and the

Gm

soil

Bbm

Fish swim,

B7b5

kelp

thrives

C#7/F

No further turmoil

Ebm

Where backyards

C#m

sanctified

E

Dissolved in

Bb7

floods

denied

Abm

One

G

ballot built a

Cm

butcher’s

throne

F#

Caucasian

E

sultan

clown

Fdim

Sent rage skyward,

Bb7

don’t look down

Abm

Crow

G

Mother will

Ddim7

fly you

F#

home

Ddim7

Fly

F#

you

Abm

home