Sparrow Tab by Paul Simon

Sparrow tab by Paul Simon

Guitar Tab

Sparrow (Paul Simon)

	              From the Wednesday Morning 3AM album.




Transcribed by Jean-Marc Orliaguet
(jmo@fy.chalmers.se, http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo)



Notes : The fingerstyle pattern is the same all the way through :
        alternated bass (thumb) and arpeggios (i - m - r).

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

        The notes are performed in a rapid succession as to imitate
        the hesitating flight of a bird.

	Capo 3


Intro :


    Em/C#       Em/D           Em/G        Em/C#
     >  .  .  .  >  .  .  .     >  .  .  .  >  .  .  .
e-|----------0-----------0---|-------0--------------0---|
B-|--------0-----------0-----|-----0--------------0-----|
G-|------0-----------0-------|--0---------------0-------|
D-|--------------0-----------|--------------------------|
A-|--4-----------------------|--------------4-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
     T   i m r   T   i m r      T  m r      T   i m r  ...


    Em/D        Em/G           Em/C#       Em/D
e-|----------0---------0-----|----------0-----------0---|
B-|--------0---------0-------|--------0-----------0-----|
G-|------0-------0-----------|------0-----------0-------|
D-|--0-----------------------|--------------0-----------|
A-|--------------------------|--4-----------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|


    Em/G        Em/C#          Em/D        Em
e-|--------0-------------0---|----------0-----------0---|
B-|------0-------------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
G-|--0---------------0-------|------0-----------0-------|
D-|--------------------------|--0-----------------------|
A-|--------------4-----------|--------------0----h2-----|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|


     Em                                           (repeat twice)
e||----------0-----------0---|----------0-----------0---||
B||--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----||
G||------0-----------0-------|------0-----------0-------||
D||--------------------------|--------------------------||
A||--------------0----h2-----|--------------0----h2-----||
E||--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------||



e-|----------0-----------0---|----------0-----------0---|
B-|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
G-|------0-----------0-------|------0-----------0-------|
D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------0----h2-----|--------------0----h2-----|
E-|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|

    Who


e-|----------0-----------0---|----------0-----------0---|
B-|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
G-|------0-----------0-------|------0-----------0-------|
D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------0----h2-----|--------------0----h2-----|
E-|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|



     D
e-|----------2-----------2---|----------2-----------2---|
B-|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|
G-|------2-----------2-------|------2-----------2-------|
D-|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
A-|--------------0-----------|--------------0-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

                          will love     ...


e-|----------2-----------2---|----------2-----------2---|
B-|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|
G-|------2-----------2-------|------2-----------2-------|
D-|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
A-|--------------0-----------|--------------0-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

   spa - rrow


e-|----------2-----------2---|----------2-----------2---|
B-|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|
G-|------2-----------2-------|------2-----------2-------|
D-|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
A-|--------------0-----------|--------------0-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

                who 's        ...

     C
e-|----------0-----------0---|----------0-----------0---|
B-|--------1-----------1-----|--------1-----------1-----|
G-|------0-----------0-------|------0-----------0-------|
D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--3-----------------------|--3-----------------------|
E-|--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------|

    far


e-|----------0-----------0---|----------0-----------0---|
B-|--------1-----------1-----|--------1-----------1-----|
G-|------0-----------0-------|------0-----------0-------|
D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--3-----------------------|--3-----------------------|
E-|--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------|

                and            ...
     D
e-|----------2-----------2---|----------2-----------2---|
B-|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|
G-|------2-----------2-------|------2-----------2-------|
D-|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
A-|--------------0-----------|--------------0-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

    rest ?


e-|----------2-----------2---|----------2-----------2---|
B-|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|
G-|------2-----------2-------|------2-----------2-------|
D-|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
A-|--------------0-----------|--------------0-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

                                                  "Not

    Em
e-|----------0-----------0---|
B-|--------0-----------0-----|
G-|------0-----------0-------|
D-|--------------------------|
A-|--0----h2-----------------|
E-|--------------0-----------|

        I ",   said ...

     A
e-|----------0-----------0---|----------0-----------0---|
B-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|
G-|------2-----------0-------|------2-----------0-------|
D-|--------------0----h2-----|--------------0----h2-----|
A-|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

  oak tree.


e-|----------0-----------0---|----------0-----------0---|
B-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|
G-|------2-----------0-------|------2-----------0-------|
D-|--------------0----h2-----|--------------0----h2-----|
A-|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

                                                   "I

     D                       Bm
e-|----------2-----------2---|----------2-----------2---|
B-|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|
G-|------2-----------2-------|------4-----------4-------|
D-|--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------0-----------|--2-----------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------2-----------|

    won't     share    ...
     A
e-|----------0-----------0---|----------0-----------0---|
B-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|
G-|------2-----------0-------|------2-----------0-------|
D-|--------------0----h2-----|--------------0----h2-----|
A-|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

    no         spa - row's   ...


e-|----------0-----------0---|----------0-----------0---|
B-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|
G-|------2-----------0-------|------2-----------0-------|
D-|--------------0----h2-----|--------------0----h2-----|
A-|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

                                           And  my

     D                       Bm
e-|----------2-----------2---|----------2-----------2---|
B-|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|
G-|------2-----------2-------|------4-----------4-------|
D-|--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------0-----------|--2-----------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------2-----------|

    blan - ket       ...

     A
e-|----------0-----------0---|----------0-----------0---|
B-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|
G-|------2-----------0-------|------2-----------0-------|
D-|--------------0----h2-----|--------------0----h2-----|
A-|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

  warm       her      ...
    Em                         (repeat 5 times)
e||----------0-----------0---||
B||--------0-----------0-----||
G||------0-----------0-------||
D||--------------------------||
A||--------------0----h2-----||
E||--0-----------------------||



         jmo@fy.chalmers.se            http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo

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