♫ Intro: B ♫ Verse 1: B There's a sparrow lives in the O of the Dollar General sign B B She's just tryin to make a home, she's just tryin to get by C Pickin up the pieces everyone else leaves behind B B There's a sparrow lives in the O of the Dollar General sign ♫ Verse 2: B There's a boy sits at the corner of the Dollar General store B B Mama works all day, he don't see his dad no more C Smokin shorties off the sidewalk everyone else leaves behind B B On the street where the sparrows lives in the Dollar General sign
♫ Chorus: C B B Sun comes up, moon goes down C B B The whole town's in and out until the moon comes back around Gm C Everybody gettin by, and if they ain't they're tryin B B While the sparrow sits and watches from the Dollar General sign ♫ Interlude: C B B Gm C B B ♫ Verse 3: B I wanted to be a singer, write songs and make it big B B But the belly on my sweetheart is the only thing that did C So I wheel a cart of Mountain Dew into the store B B Under the sparrow livin in the O above the Dollar General door ♫ Interlude: B B ♫ Verse 4: B There's an old man sits in a foldin chair across the street B B Countin cars and passin hours in the afternoon heat C And he wonders if that sparrow ever found a proper tree B B As he stares at the lot where the Dollar General used to be ♫ Chorus: C B B Sun comes up, moon goes down C B B The whole town's in and out until the moon comes back around Gm C Everybody gettin by, and if they ain't they're tryin B B While the sparrow sits and watches from the Dollar General sign B (While the) C B B Sun comes up, moon goes down C B B The whole town's in and out until the moon comes back around Gm C Everybody gettin by, and if they ain't they're tryin B B While the sparrow sits and watches from the Dollar General sign B B While the sparrow raises youngens from the Dollar General sign
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