Sparrow

	  		
Intro 
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   Am     C/G      F       G         C      Am       E 
e|-----0-------0-------1-------3---|-----0-------0-------0-----| 
B|-----1-------1-------1-------0---|-----1-------1-------0-----| 
G|---2---2---0---0---2---2---0---0-|---0---0---2---2---1---1---| 
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------| 
A|-0-------------------------------|-3-------0-------2---------| 
E|---------3-------1-------3-------|-------------------------0-| 

Pick the verses and the outro in this pattern.  
The Chorus is picked as a straight arpeggio.  


verse 1 

            Am           C/G                F                      G 
Come Sunday morning everyone will leave the house, dressed for the Sunday service 
     C           Am                E        Am    E           C   
And through the streets I used to know they go to meet their friends 
             A               Dm 
And so they take the family seat 
        A              Dm              G 
Father prays so earnestly, forgetting all around him 
C        E                 Am                 D 
When Eleanor sings in the choir, it's like a lark in summer 


G           D                   G 
The sparrow sings, the sparrow flies 
            D 
With mighty wings he reaches 
C          G    D     C 
As high as any other bird 
           G     D       G 
He shall inherit all the Earth 

G           D                   G 
The sparrow sings, the sparrow flies 
            D 
With mighty wings he reaches 
C          G    D     C 
As high as any other bird 
           G     D       G 
He shall inherit all the Earth 



Verse 2 

            Am           C/G              F               G 
A wealth of silence will descend upon the town, in colors of the evening 
C               Am          E          Am      E         C   
The thought has troubled me before, I know how long I'll need  
            A 
A sound to fill each moment 
Dm        A             Dm                  G 
I had to find it out my way, they couldn't stop me leaving 
C               E                   Am               D 
As though they knew they could not stay, they let me go believing . . .  

 

G           D                   G 
The sparrow sings, the sparrow flies 
            D 
With mighty wings he reaches 
C          G    D     C 
As high as any other bird 
           G     D       G 
He shall inherit all the Earth 
G           D                   G 
The sparrow sings, the sparrow flies 
            D 
With mighty wings he reaches 
C          G    D     C 
As high as any other bird 
           G     D       G 
He shall inherit all the Earth 



Outro 

            Am             C/G            F           G 
Through the blue and hazy drifts of after two, a saxophone is moaning 
C           Am           E           Am    C/G    F   E   Am 
I rise and step into the cold night air