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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 G if you want it to sound
exactly like the song.
Gm Eb Gm
Gm
Down the crooked road a ways
Eb Gm
D child's shadow hiding in the Briar
A# Gm A# Gm
Tending to a twisted heart
Eb Cm
that's bent and broken
Eb Cm
wounded and abandoned
D7 Gm
left amongst the rotted root to rot
Gm Eb Gm
Gm
Moon, crimson moon
Eb Gm
Rose Marie's walking down the crooked road a ways
A# Gm A# Gm
All aglow, her fair white skin
Eb Cm Eb Cm
Portrait of beauty, angel to many
A# Gm A# Gm
Hears the hush crying from the briar
Eb Cm Eb Cm
Reaches in her hand to see what's the matter
F Cm
and is dragged through the darkness
F Cm
beneath the lonely cypress
Eb Cm
The town's beloved daughter
Eb Cm
carried to her death in the turbid waters
D7 Gm
and set afloat downstream
Gm Eb Gm
A# Gm A# Gm
Whole town erupts, bursts into flame
Eb Cm Eb Cm
Parties go a-searching down the crooked road a ways
A# Gm A# Gm
Find old Rufus there drunk and asleep
Eb Cm Eb Cm
Fishing by the water must have killed our beloved daughter
A# Gm A# Gm
Can't hold back these waves of anger
Eb Cm
Tie a rope around his neck
Eb Cm
See if he still hollers
D7 Gm
Another innocent soul hangs over the briar
Gm Gm Dm