Sparrow chords by Big Thief

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Intro:
G+G C majorC E minorEm
FF C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
G+G C majorC E minorEm
FF C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7


🎸 Verse 1:
G+G             C majorC  E minorEm
Wrapped in the wings of a sparrow
FF           C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
Beak is as sharp as an arrow
G+G           C majorC  E minorEm
Sings in a whispering whistle
FF           C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7
Sleeps in the ivy and thistle
G+G           C majorC  E minorEm
Owls out swooping and howling
FF           C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7
Deep in the midnight a-prowling
G+G            C majorC E minorEm
Mama, the scream of the eagle
FF               C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
Threading my heart through the needle
G+G                C majorC E minorEm
Threading the blood through the apple
FF             C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
Sucking the juice from the apple
G+G            C majorC E minorEm
Eating the seeds of the apple
FF            C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
Bearing the tree of the apple
G+G              C majorC  E minorEm
Trapped in the weeds like a scarecrow
FF           C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
Stuck to the wind like Velcro
G+G           C majorC  E minorEm
Distantly hearing the bell toll
FF             C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
Warbling chime through the meadow

🎸 Verse 2:
G+G            C majorC E minorEm
Mama, the scream of the eagle
FF               C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
Threading my heart through the needle
G+G                C majorC E minorEm
Threading the blood through the apple
FF               C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
Eve sucked the juice from the apple
G+G         C majorC  E minorEm
Nakedly running, I saw her
FF           C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7
Boy chasing after to stall her
 G+G            C majorC  E minorEm
I wish I'd have spoken to call her
 FF            C majorC   Cmaj7Cmaj7
Before she found fabric to shawl her
G+G                C majorC E minorEm
Breasts bound and burdened with fiber
FF           C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7
Adam came trembling beside her
    Cmaj7Cmaj7
And he said, and he said
   G+G          C majorC  E minorEm
That she has the poison inside her
FF              C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7
She talks to snakes and they guide her
G+G          C majorC  E minorEm
She has the poison inside her
FF              C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7
She talks to snakes and they guide her
G+G          C majorC  E minorEm
She has the poison inside her
FF              C majorC   Cmaj7Cmaj7
She talks to snakes and they guide her
G+G          C majorC  E minorEm
She has the poison inside her
FF              C majorC   Cmaj7Cmaj7
She talks to snakes and they guide her

🎸 Outro:
G+G C majorC E minorEm
FF C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
G+G C majorC E minorEm
FF C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7