Crow Jane

skip james playing guitar artSkip James
  • Tuning: Standard - DGCFAD
  • Date transcribed:
    September 28, 2023
  • Reference audio: YouTube

i. Sheet music / tablature

Transcribed by Blahnok

ii. Slow-downer / pitch shifter

iii. Notes

Recorded at the American Folk and Blues Festival in 1967

Lyrics

<p id="">Crow Janie, Crow Janie, Crow Jane, don't you hold you head high<br>Someday, baby, you know you got to die<br>You got to lay down and...<br>You got to die, you got to...</p><p id="">And I wanna buy me a pistol, wants me forty rounds of ball<br>Shoot Crow Jane, just to see her fall<br>She got to fall, she got to...<br>She got to fall, she got to...</p><p id="">That's the reason I begged Crow Jane not to hold her head so high<br>Someday, baby, you know you got to die<br>You got to lay down and...</p><p id="">And I dug her grave with s silver spade<br>Ain't nobody gonna take my Crow Jane place<br>You can't take her place no, you can't take her...</p><p id="">That's the reason I begged Crow Jane not to hold her head too high<br>Someday, baby, you know you got to die<br>You got to lay down and...</p><p id="">You know, I let her down with a golden chain<br>And every link I would call my Crow Jane's name<br>Crow Jane, Crow... Crow Jane, Crow...</p><p id="">You know I never missed my water till my well went dry<br>Didn't miss Crow Jane until the day she died<br>Till the day she...</p><p id="">That's the reason I begged Crow Jane not to hold her head too high<br>Someday, baby, you know you got to die<br>You got to lay down and...you got to die, you got to...</p><p id="">You know, I dug her grave eight feet in the ground<br>I didn't feel sorry until they let her down<br>They had to let her down, let her...they had to let her down...</p><p id="">That's the reason I begged Crow Jane not to hold her head too high<br>Someday, baby, you know you got to die<br>You got to lay down and...</p>