Mary Hopkin

Sparrow(Chords)

Mary Hopkin

Key: Am

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Intro 
   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

Written by Benny Gallagher/Graham Lyle

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