Cripple Crow Chords

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Cripple Crow by Devendra Banhart is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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  			By Darren Kirby 

Intro: 

Intro is just a repeating D -; C chord pattern with picked embellishments, not super important how  
they are played but the D chord generally features a hammer-on 0 -; 2 on the G string, and the C  
chord features a hammer-on 0 -; 2 on the D string.   


verse 1: 

          D             C                 D  
When they come_________ from the over the mountain 
C           D              C                 D 
      Yeah, we'll run______, we'll run right around them 
C                  D          C                       D 
      We've got no guns_____,   no, we don't have any weapons 
C              D           C        D 
      Just our corn_______ and the children 
C 


(strum harder and let the notes ring...) 
D           C    G    D          
   The dust runs________________  
            C    G    D 
   the dark clouds_______________  
            C    G    D          
   but not us__________________ 
            C    G    D 
   but not us___________________ 


Rest of the song is the same.... 

verse 2: 
While we pay for mistakes with no meaning 
All your gifts and all your peace is deceiving 
And still our pain dissolves with believing 

Chorus 2: 
That peace comes, their peace comes 
That peace comes, their peace comes 

verse 3: 
Now that our bones lay buried below us 
Just like stones pressed into the earth 
Well, we ain't known by no one before us 
And we begin with this one little birth 

Chorus 3: 
That grows on, that grows on,  
that grows on, that moves on 

verse 4: 
Crippled crow, say something for grieving 
Where do we go once we start leaving? 
Well, close that wound, or else keep on bleeding 
And change your tune, it's got no meaning 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante