Sparrow chords by Mary Hopkin

Chords with lyrics

[Intro]

  A minorAm   C/GC/G   FF    G+G     C majorC   A minorAm    E MajorE
e|-----0-------0-------1-------3---|-----0-------0-------0-----|
BB|-----1-------1-------1-------0---|-----1-------1-------0-----|
G+G|---2---2---0---0---2---2---0---0-|---0---0---2---2---1---1---|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0-------------------------------|-3-------0-------2---------|
E MajorE|---------3-------1-------3-------|-------------------------0-|

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


[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus]

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

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


[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus]

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


[Outro]

      A minorAm       C/GC/G      FF      G+G
Through the blue and hazy drifts of after two, a saxophone is moaning
C majorC      A minorAm      E MajorE      A minorAm  C/GC/G  FF  E MajorE  A minorAm