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Sparrow - Simon and Garfunkel
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Written by: Paul Simon
From: "Wednesday Morning 3 A.M." (1964)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
capo: 3rd fret
play: Em
key: Gm
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Em/C# x-4-x-0-0-0
Em/D x-x-0-0-0-0
Em/G x-x-x-0-0-0
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[Intro]
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| Em/C# Em/D E/D | % | % | % | Em | Em |
[Verse 1]
Em D
Who will love a little sparrow?
C D
Who's traveled far and cries for rest?
Em A
"Not I," said the Oak Tree,
D Bm A
"I won't share my branches with no sparrow's nest
D Bm A Em
And my blanket of leaves won't warm her cold breast."
[Verse 2]
Em D
Who will love a little sparrow?
C D
And who will speak a kindly word?
Em A
"Not I," said the Swan,
D Bm A
"The entire idea is utterly absurd,
D Bm A Em
I'd be laughed at and scorned if the other Swans heard."
[Interlude]
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| Em/C# Em/D E/D | % | % | % | Em | Em |
[Verse 3]
Em D
Who will take pity in his heart
C D
And who will feed a starving sparrow?
Em A
"Not I," said the Golden Wheat,
D Bm A
"I would if I could but I cannot I know,
D Bm A Em
I need all my grain to prosper and grow."
[Verse 4]
Em D
Who will love a little sparrow?
C D
Will no one write her eulogy?
Em A
"I will," said the Earth,
D Bm A
"For all I've created returns unto me,
D Bm A Em
From dust were ye made and dust ye shall be."
[Outro]
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| Em/C# Em/D E/D | % | % | % | Em | Em | Em
(ritardando)