Crow Jane on 3 string hubcap guitar & harp

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Great blues by (I believe) Skip James. Check it out on youtube and also the version by iplaybanjonow.Done here on the Olds hubcap git - tuned up to AEa and with straight (A) harp.Crow JaneCrow [I] , Jane, Crow [V] Jane, Crow Jane Don't you [IV] hold your head too [I] high.Someday, baby, you [V] know you got to [I] die You got to [V] lay down and die.[I] I want to buy me a [V] pistol and [IV] forty rounds of [I] ball.Shoot Crow Jane [V] just to see her [I] fall. She got to [V] fall, she got to [I] fall.And I wanta dig her [V] grave [IV] with a silver [I] spade.I ain't gonna let no [V] body take her [I] place. No you [V] can't take her placeYou know I [I] never missed my [V] water [IV] til my well went [I] dry.I didn't miss Crow Jane [V] until she [I] ….. ‘Til the [V] day she died.That’s [I] why I begged Crow [V] Jane , not to [IV] hold her head too [I] high.Cause’ someday, baby, you [V] know you got to [I] die. You got to [V] lay down and die, ya got to [V] die.And I [I] dug that woman’s [V] grave.. [IV] eight feet in the[I] ground.I didn’t feel sorry un- [V] til they laid her [I] down.That’s [I] why I begged Crow [V] Jane , not to [IV] hold her head too [I] high.Cause’ someday, baby, you [V] know you got to [I] die. You got to [V] lay down and die, ya got to [V] die

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  • Thanks Rich.  I love this old song.  Thought I sang it good in places and not so good in others.  Really liking the hubcap git with a covered bass mag pup (from Gitty).  Had the amp down low. 

  • Missed this un ,, really good !!!!   Best singing as yet ,,

  • Thanks Anders and RTZ.  

    RTZ, yes 'hilly' is good to describe her voice.  She sure can play and sing.

  •  Hey John, That girl at Iplaybanjonow on youtube looks miserable when she play but she is good nice hilly voice.

  • Thanks Letha.  I will take it as a compliment.  I like the old 33rpm blues.   And I'm glad if I have some of that sound.  

    Hey, check out this song on youtube by Skip James and a great modern day female blues player iplaybanjonow. 

  • John, every time I listen to your voice, I think how timeless and unique it is. When I close my eyes, it is like I am listening to a 33 rpm record...You know the RCA victor label with the big megaphone record player and dog? Hope you know I'm a complimenting lol. Thank you for sharing.

  • Thanks James and Maddog!

  • Nicely done John, sorry to hear of the situation with Linda's friend.

  • all dressed for church, and you do look sharp , or at least i think you do cant really tell in that light, and you decide to stay home and play a song, great stuff , song sounds great !!!

  • Thanks RTZ.   (RTZ is referring to Linda's best home town friend who is in hospice and dying of cancer a not quite 58 years of age).

    Thanks Jason and Wes.  

    Thanks Owl.  I guess I like murder songs too.  This one,  Frankie and Albert, The Long Black Veil, Knoxville Girl and....................

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