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CROOKED ROAD AND THE BRIAR - Calexico
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This sounds fine tuned normal but you can play it open D if you want it to sound
exactly like the song.
Dm A# Dm
Dm
Down the crooked road a ways
A# Dm
A child's shadow hiding in the Briar
F Dm F Dm
Tending to a twisted heart
A# Gm
that's bent and broken
A# Gm
wounded and abandoned
A7 Dm
left amongst the rotted root to rot
Dm A# Dm
Dm
Moon, crimson moon
A# Dm
Rose Marie's walking down the crooked road a ways
F Dm F Dm
All aglow, her fair white skin
A# Gm A# Gm
Portrait of beauty, angel to many
F Dm F Dm
Hears the hush crying from the briar
A# Gm A# Gm
Reaches in her hand to see what's the matter
C Gm
and is dragged through the darkness
C Gm
beneath the lonely cypress
A# Gm
The town's beloved daughter
A# Gm
carried to her death in the turbid waters
A7 Dm
and set afloat downstream
Dm A# Dm
F Dm F Dm
Whole town erupts, bursts into flame
A# Gm A# Gm
Parties go a-searching down the crooked road a ways
F Dm F Dm
Find old Rufus there drunk and asleep
A# Gm A# Gm
Fishing by the water must have killed our beloved daughter
F Dm F Dm
Can't hold back these waves of anger
A# Gm
Tie a rope around his neck
A# Gm
See if he still hollers
A7 Dm
Another innocent soul hangs over the briar
Dm Dm Dm