Scarecrow

	  		Scarecrow - Counting Crows 

Intro 
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D               Am 

verse 1 
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D                       Am 
Mary steers clear of the men from space 
D                       Am 
Back alley kid with the American face 
C                        
She wants the wine, he brings a case, 
G 
To carry them on through 

verse 2 
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           D                          Am 
I said you know what I know about the bedroom boys 
      D                  Am                   
Undercover Russians in a pink Rolls Royce, 
C 
They bang the drum, she sets the beat, 
G 
They carry Miss America out into the street, 
           F                   Am 
She sings, scarecrow, snowman, John Doe, buffalo! 

Chorus 
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D     Am 
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go, 
Em                Am 
I got the arms to reach you 
         C                           G 
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) (Do Do Do Do Do) 
D     Am 
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow, 
Em                 Am 
I got the hands to teach you, 
         C 
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) 
G 
Snowman sideshow (Do Do Do Do Do) 


verse 3 
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D                          Am 
I fell out of love in the snow bound days 
D                      Am 
Riding the subway in a valium haze 
C 
I need the whites, she gets the blues 
G 
It carries us on through 

verse 4 
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D                              Am 
All these American boys in the park n' shop 
D                            Am 
Selling their memories for a dollar a pop 
C 
Ivan the ancient spaceman race fan 
G 
Corners the market on American tastes 
          F                    Am 
And says, spaceman, scarecrow, peepshow, freakshow! 

Chorus 
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D     Am 
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go, 
Em                Am 
I got the arms to reach you 
         C                           G 
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) (Do Do Do Do Do) 
D     Am 
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow, 
Em                 Am 
I got the hands to teach you, 
         C 
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) 
G 
Punk rock video (Do Do Do Do Do) 

Bridge 
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Am              G 

Dm                              Am 
All the sudden light inside you dies 
              Bb 
Maybe you're going on alone 
              F 
Maybe you're going all alone 
               C 
She dreams of sunlight 

Sings of smaller things 
             G 
White sugar bowls and wedding rings 
       Bb 
You're going on from me alone 
       F 
You're going on, you're on your own 

Verse 5 
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D                          Am 
She was married alive in a Moscow surgery, 
D                   Am 
Hoping to die in a cold war nursery 
C 
All of the kids back home believe  
G 
In much more than we do 

Verse 6 
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D                            Am 
It's a memory play where the memory fades 
D                          Am 
Into pictures we took into records we played 
C 
Spy versus spy, scarecrow and I 
G 
Out across the darkness where the bomber jets fly 
        F                    Am 
Singing spaceman, smokeshow, scarecrow, geronimo! 


Chorus 
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D     Am 
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go, 
Em                Am 
I got the arms to reach you 
         C                           G 
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) (Do Do Do Do Do) 
D     Am 
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow, 
Em                 Am 
I got the hands to teach you, 
         C 
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) 
G 
Snowman freakshow! (Do Do Do Do Do) 

D     Am 
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go, 
Em                Am 
I got the arms to reach you 
         C                           G 
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) (Do Do Do Do Do) 
D     Am 
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow, 
Em                 Am 
I got the hands to teach you, 
         C 
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) 
G 
Listen on the midnight radio! (Do Do Do Do Do) 

Solo / Ending 
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D               Am              - repeat to end