The Black Crow Knows Chords

KeyD Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays507

The Black Crow Knows by Robyn Hitchcock is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords A, D, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			 


A                    D       C                       A 
In the middle of the winter,   in the middle of a wood 
A                D            C               A 
Standing in a clearing with a   tiny leather hood 

       D            A        D             A 
So you want to know   so you want to know 
        G                     D 
If you want to know what the future holds 
    D     D    A 
The Black Crow knows 

A              D               C                 A 
Telephones and viruses and the    passion of it all 
A              D            C                  A 
Ground up in a porridge and   written on the wall 

       D            A        D             A 
So you want to know   so you want to know 
        G                     D 
If you want to know what the future holds 
    D     D    A 
The Black Crow knows 

solo 

A            D              C                      A 
Hovering above you like the   speck in someone's eye 
A              D               C                A 
Measuring the distance between now and when you die 

A               D       C                         A 
Everything that happens   makes sense to someone else 
A            D        C                             A 
So far away above you   you'll never know yourself 

       D            A        D             A 
So you want to know   so you want to know 
        G                     D 
If you want to know what the future holds 
    D     D    A 
The Black Crow knows 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante