Crow Jane Chords by Skip James

[Intro]

[Verse]
E                                 B A                           
■ Crow Janie Crow Janie Crow Jane ■ don't you hold you head high
E       B7                          
Someday baby you know you got to die
E              Gbm7 E    
You got to lay down ■ and
           A             
You got to die you got to
                                           B             
And I wanna buy me a pistol wants me forty rounds of ball
A                                   
Shoot Crow Jane just to see her fall
                E           
She got to fall ■ she got to
        E                 
She got to fall she got to
           B7              E                                 Gbm7 E
That's the reason I begged Crow Jane not to hold her head so high ■
Gbm7 E                                     
■    ■ Someday baby you know you got to die
E                      
You got to lay down and
              B     A                  
And I dug her grave with s silver spade
                        E                 
Ain't nobody gonna take my Crow Jane place
                            B7                
You can't take her place no you can't take her
E                                                                 
That's the reason I begged Crow Jane not to hold her head too high
                              B     
Someday baby you know you got to die
               B       
You got to lay down and
A                                          
You know I let her down with a golden chain
          E                           B          
And every ■ link I would call my Crow Jane's name
Gbm7                E    Gbm7 E B7   Gbm7
Crow Jane Crow Crow Jane ■    ■ Crow ■   
E                       B        A                    
You know I never missed my water till my well went dry
E                B                      E   
Didn't miss Crow Jane until the day she died
B7       E      
Till the day she
                           G    A    D                    A        E
That's the reason I begged Crow Jane not to hold her head too high ■
Gbm7                                
Someday baby you know you got to die
    E               Gbm7                      B  Gbm7 E
You got to lay down andyou got to die you got to ■    ■


[Chorus]
                         A                         
You know I dug her grave ■ eight feet in the ground
  E           B                    E       
I didn't feel sorry until they let her down
     B7 E B7                      E       Gbm7               
They ■  ■ had to let her down let herthey had to let her down
A                   B      Gbm7                           A       
That's the reason I begged Crow Jane not to hold her head too high
B7                                  
Someday baby you know you got to die
E   B7                  E7
You got to lay down and ■ 


[Outro]