The song is fingerpicked, but doesn't sound too bad played with just chords - especially
like me, you're rubbish at fingerpicking!
D
D C G D
My crane wife arrived at my door in the moonlight
C G D
All star-bright and tongue tied I took her in
D C G D
We were married and bells rang sweet for our wedding
C G D
And our bedding was ready when we fell in
Chorus:
Em A Em
Sound the keening bell and see it's painted red
A G
Soft as fontanel, the feathers in the thread
A C G
When all I ever meant to do was to keep you
D G D C
D
My crane wife, my crane wife, my crane wife
D C G D
We were poorly, our fortunes fading hourly
C G D
And how she vowed me she could bring it back
D C G D
But I was greedy I was vain and I forced her to weaving
C G D
On cold loom in closed room with down wove
Em A Em
Sound the keening bell and see it's painted red
A G
Soft as fontanel, the feathers in the thread
A C G
When all I ever meant to do was to keep you
D G D C
D
My crane wife, my crane wife, my crane wife
Em F
There's a bend in the wind and it rakes at my heart
Em F
There is blood in the thread and it rakes at my heart
G C G C G C
C
Rakes at my heart, heart, heart, heart
G G C C (x2)
G C G C G C G C
Heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart
D
My crane wife
Taken from the fantastic album The Crane Wife.
Lyrics by Colin Meloy.