Sparrow chords by Big Thief

SimplifiedG · C · Em · F

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
C 
Em 
 (G major) Wrapped in the wings of a spar (C major) row  (E minor) 
F 
C 
 (F major) Beak is as sharp as an  (C major) arrow
G 
C 
Em 
 (G major) Sings in a whispering whistle  (C major)  (E minor) 
F 
C 
 (F major) Sleeps in the ivy and thistle  (C major) 
G 
C 
Em 
 (G major) Owls out swooping and howling  (C major)  (E minor) 
F 
C 
 (F major) Deep in the midnight a' prowling  (C major) 
G 
 (G major) Mama the scream of
Em 
C 
Em 
 (E minor) the eagle  (C major)  (E minor) 
F 
 (F major) Threading my heart through
C 
the needle  (C major) 
G 
 (G major) Threading the blood through
C 
Em 
the ap (C major) ple  (E minor) 
F 
C 
 (F major) Sucking the juice from the apple  (C major) 
G 
C 
Em 
 (G major) Eating the seeds of the  (C major) apple  (E minor) 
F 
C 
 (F major) Bearing the tree of the  (C major) apple
G 
 (G major) Trapped in the weeds like
C 
Em 
a scare (C major) crow  (E minor) 
F 
C 
G 
 (F major) Stuck to the wind like  (C major)  (G major) Velcro
C 
Em 
Distantly hearing the bell  (C major)  (E minor) toll
F 
C 
 (F major) Warbling chime through the meadow  (C major) 
G 
C 
Em 
 (G major) Mama the scream of the  (C major) eagle  (E minor) 
F 
 (F major) Threading my heart through
C 
the needle  (C major) 
G 
C 
Em 
 (G major) Threading the blood through the  (C major) apple  (E minor) 
F 
C 
 (F major) Eve sucked the juice from the  (C major) apple
G 
C 
Em 
 (G major) Nakedly running I saw  (C major)  (E minor) her
F 
C 
 (F major) Boy chasing after to stall  (C major) her
G 
Em 
C 
Em 
I  (G major) wish I'd have spoken to  (E minor) call  (C major)  (E minor) her
F 
C 
Be (F major) fore she found fabric to shawl  (C major) her
G 
 (G major) Breasts bound and burdened
C 
Em 
with  (C major) fiber  (E minor) 
F 
C 
 (F major) Adam came trembling be (C major) side her
And he said, he said
G 
C 
Em 
 (G major) "She has the poison in (C major) side her  (E minor) 
F 
C 
 (F major) She talks to snakes and they guide  (C major) her"