Tuning: G C E A

------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CROOKED ROAD AND THE BRIAR - Calexico ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by:Fruitloof E-mail:tnorthrot@gmail.com This sounds fine tuned normal but you can play it open D if you want it to sound exactly like the song. Dm Bb Dm

D^Dmown the crooked road a ways A ^Bbchild's shadow hiding in the Br^Dmiar

^FTending t^Dmo a tw^Fisted h^Dmeart th^Bbat's bent and br^Gmoken wo^Bbunded and ab^Gmandoned l^A7eft amongst the rotted r^Dmoot to rot

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M^Dmoon, crimson moon R^Bbose Marie's walking down the crooked r^Dmoad a ways

^FAll agl^Dmow,^F her fair white s^Dmkin P^Bbortrait of be^Gmauty,^Bb angel to m^Gmany H^Fears the h^Dmush^F crying from the br^Dmiar R^Bbeaches in her h^Gmand^Bb to see what's the m^Gmatter and is dr^Cagged through the d^Gmarkness ben^Ceath the lonely c^Gmypress The t^Bbown's beloved d^Gmaughter c^Bbarried to her death in the turbid w^Gmaters and s^A7et afloat downstr^Dmeam

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^FWhole town er^Dmupts^F, bursts into fl^Dmame P^Bbarties go a-s^Gmearching down the cr^Bbooked road a w^Gmays F^Find old R^Dmufus there dr^Funk and asl^Dmeep F^Bbishing by the w^Gmater must have k^Bbilled our beloved d^Gmaughter C^Fan't hold back th^Dmese^F waves of ^Dmanger Tie a r^Bbope around his n^Gmeck ^BbSee if he still h^Gmollers An^A7other innocent soul hangs over the b^Dmriar

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Calexico - Crooked road and the briar