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[Verse 1]
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 I think of you much more than
                  D                        A
I would like to admit that I do before strangers
              E
But there you are
                       Bm
Whistling through the trees again
                    D
Rustling trough the leaves my friend
                A                               E     Bm Dmaj7 A
A feather on my pillow lets me know that you're near


[Verse 2]
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 I remember the night that you arrived
                D
December maybe '95
                   A                               E
Your hair and your breath smelled of John Player Specials
                 Bm
A stranger who I learned to love
                     D
A friend when really no one was
                A
My Daedalus, my wings to fly
                E           Bm Dmaj7 A
Why'd you leave me behind?


[Chorus]
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 My beautiful crow
                    D                           A
And all those black feathers perched deep in my soul
                      E    Bm Dmaj7 A
Won't let me, let you go


[Verse 3]
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 I never really thanked you for all the light
                    A
You brought into my mother's eyes
              E
So many others tried
                      Bm
Her sadness since the day you left
                 D
She will not get out of bed
                   A                               E   Bm Dmaj7 A
She stares out the window, smokes a black pack of JPS


[Verse 4]
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 I was out on St. Paul's when I heard about your fall
             A                               E
Walking with Caroline, she burns smokes from time to time
               Bm
I walked home alone that night
                        D
I could feel you when I closed my eyes
              A                                            E             Bm Dmaj7 A
I looked up into the night and watched black feathers fall from the sky


[Pre-Chorus]
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 I think of you much more than I'm allowed to admit
        A         E
But I do, I still do


[Chorus]
             Bm
My beautiful crow
                      D                         A
And all those black feathers perched deep in my soul
                      E   Bm Dmaj7 A
Won't let me, let you go


[Bridge]
E               Bm
I have tried to push you down
                Dmaj7
I have tried to cut you out
                     A
You're rattling your cage
                E
I'm rattling my cage
                Bm
I have tried to drown you out
                   Dmaj7
Drink till I don't hear the sound
                     A
The song's still the same
                     E
The song's still the same


[Chorus]
             Bm                         D
My beautiful crow, and all those black feathers
                   A
Perched deep in my soul
                      E    Bm Dmaj7 A
Won't let me, let you go


[Outro]
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