Return of the Grievous Angel — Counting Crows
Chords and lyrics for Return of the Grievous Angel by Counting Crows (key of D).
Verse 1
Counting Crows cover of a Gram Parsons song, from Underwater Sunshine
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Won't you [D]scratch my itch sweet [G]Annie [D]Rich
And [D]welcome me [A]back to [D]town
[D]Come out on your porch (or I'll) [G]step into your [D]parlor
And (I'll) [E]tell you how it all went [A]down.
[D]Out with the truckers and the [Dsus4]kickers and the cowboy [G]angels
And a [D]good saloon in [Dsus4]every single [G]town
Oh, and [G]I remember [A]something you once [D]told me
And [G]I'll be damned if [A]it did not come [D]true
[G]Twenty thousand [A]roads I went [D]down, [F#m]down, [D]down
And [G]they all lead me [A]straight back home to [D]you.
So I [F#m]headed west to [G]grow up [A]with the [D]country
Out [F#m]across those praries [G]with those [A]waves of [D]grain
And I [F#m]saw my devil and I [G]saw my [A]deep blue [D]sea
And I [G]thought about a calico [A]bonnet from [G]Cheyenne to [A]Tennessee.[D]
Hey, [D]we flew straight across that [G]river [D]bridge
[D]Last night at [A]half past [D]two
[D]The switchman waved his lantern [G]goodbye and good [D]luck
As [E]we went rolling [A]through.
[D]Billboards and truckstops [Dsus4]pass by the grievous [G]angel
And [D]now I know just [A]what I have to do[D]
The [F#m]man on the radio [G]won't [A]leave me [D]alone
He [F#m]wants to take my money for [G]something that I've [A]never been [D]shown
And I [F#m]saw my devil and I [G]saw my [A]deep blue [D]sea
And I [G]thought about a calico [A]bonnet from [G]Cheyenne to [A]Tennessee.[D]
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[D] [A] [D]
[D] [G] [D]
[E] [A]
[D] [Dsus4] [G]
[D] [A] [D]
The [D]news I could bring I met [G]up with the [D]king
On his [D]head an [A]amphetamine [D]crown
He [D]talked about unbuckling that [G]old bible [D]belt
And [E]lit out for some desert [A]town.
[D]Out with the truckers and the [Dsus4]kickers and the cowboy [G]angels
And a [D]good saloon in [Dsus4]every single [G]town
Oh, and [G]I remember [A]something you once [D]told me
And [G]I'll be damned if [A]it did not come [D]true
[G]Twenty thousand [A]roads I went [D]down, [F#m]down, [D]down
And [G]they all lead me [A]straight back home to [D]you.
[G]Twenty thousand [A]roads I went [D]down, [F#m]down, [D]down
And [G]they all lead me [A]straight back home to [D]you.
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