Craw Song Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays451

Craw Song by Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, A, G, D, Am and Amaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
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16
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  			Intro: Em A x4 

G            D 
Martha wants Jackie 

D            Em 
Jackie wants William 

Em                A 
But William wants Leroy 

Em           A 
But Leroy is straight 

G              D          D        Em 
He couldn't commit to the mental jujitsu 

Em               A 
Of switchin' his hittin' 

Em             A 
From ladies to men 

G            D 
Jackie out I love so well 

    Am               Em 
The narrows draw you out 

G                   D 
I kiss and tell and make life hell 

Am                 Em     A 
You know what it's about, here. 

Em           A 
So something near 

G           D 
William was shattered 

D           Em 
Not that it mattered 

Em         A 
Message to Jackie 

Em              A 
I'll see 'ya at 8 
  
G               D 
He cooked her a dinner  

D              Em 
And boy it's a winner 

Em               A 
It's better than chocolate 

    Em       A 
And pink champagne 

G    A 
They want 

G  A 
To stay 

G  A            G   A           G    A 
Confined within the fortress of this day 

A 
Stick that it your craw 

G            D 
Jackie out I love so well 

    Am               Em 
The narrow draws you out 

G                     D 
You kiss and tell and make life hell 

Am                 Em 
You know what it's about 

G 
The memory's fine  

D 
A heart is like wine 

Am                 Em 
A lover that is so sublime  

G 
Memory's fine 

D 
A heart is like red wine 

Am                 Em       A 
A lover that is so sublime, here. 

    Em            A 
The chills won't shake on the farm 

    Em            A 
The chills won't shake on the farm 

               Amaj7 
Everybody Every-Oh 
    	

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