Crow Jane

by Big Bill Broonzy, Skip James, Brownie McGee · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

CROW JANE
Big Bill Broonzy, Skip James,
Brownie McGee
Key: E
   
      E           B7
 7*   7*    7*   -6*
Crow Jane, Crow Jane,
        A7   
  -8   -8   -7    7   6  -3
Don’t hold your head so high
         E7           B7
   6     7  77* -4 -4
‘Cause some-day ba-by,
                          E   
-4  -4  -4  7    6   5*  6
you got to lay down and die


I dug her grave, with a silver spade
Ain’t nobody gonna take
My Crow Jane’s place

You know I let her down,
With a golden chain
And every link I would call
My Crow Jane’s name

I never missed my water,
Till my well runs dry
Didn’t miss Crow Jane
Until the day she died

Crow Jane, Crow Jane
What makes you hold your head so high
Someday, baby, you’re gonna
Lay down and die.

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound