Counting Crows - A Murder Of One: Guitar Chords

Learn to play 'A Murder Of One' on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn A Murder Of One Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Counting Crows

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform 'A Murder Of One' smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

      C#
Blue morning blue morning
              B
wrapped in strands of fist and bone
C#
Curiosity, kitten,
                 B
Doesn't have to mean you're on your own
         C#
You can look outside your window
    B
He doesn't have to know
        C#
We can talk awhile, baby
        B
We can take it nice and slow

Chorus:
         F#                             B
All your life is such a shame, shame, shame
         F#                             B
All your love is just a dream, dream, dream

Well, are you happy where you're sleeping?
Does he keep you safe and warm?
Does he tell you when you're sorry?
Does he tell you when you're wrong?

Well, I've been watching you for hours
It's been years since we were born
We were perfect when we started
I've been wondering where we've gone

Chorus

Well, I dreamt I saw you walking
Up a hillside in the snow
Casting shadows on the winter sky
As you stood there counting crows

         C#/F
One for sorrow, two for joy
           G#m
Three for girls, and four for boys
         A#m
Five for silver, six for gold
             B
Seven for a secret never to be told

But there's a bird that nests inside you
Sleeping underneath your skin
Yeah, when you open up your wings to speak
I wish you'd let me in

Chorus

              F#
Open up your eyes
                                 B
You can see the flames, flames flames
                F#
of your wasted life
                 B
You should be ashamed

Yeah, you don't want to waste your life, baby
You don't wanna waste your life now, darling
You don't wanna waste your life, baby
You don't wanna waste your life now, darling

Oh, you don't wanna waste your life now, babe
I said, you don't wanna waste your life now, darling
Oh, you don't wanna waste your life now, baby
Oh, you don't wanna
You don't wanna waste your life now, darling

Change, change, change - x3

F#
I walk along these hillsides
B
In the summer 'neath the sunshine
I am feathered by the moonlight falling down on me
I said, I walk along these hillsides
In the summer 'neath the sunshine
I am feathered by the moonlight falling down on me

I said, I will walk along these hillsides
In the summer 'neath the sunshine
I am feathered by the moonlight falling down on me
I said, I will walk along these hillsides
In the summer 'neath the sunshine
I am feathered by the moonlight

Change, change, change
Change, change, change
Change, change, change

Oh, change, change, change
Oh, change, change, change
Change, change, change change
Change, change, change, change, change


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

C#

Guitar chord C#

F

Guitar chord F

F#

Guitar chord F#

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play 'A Murder Of One' on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for 'A Murder Of One' by Counting Crows.