Sparrow chords by Hal Ketchum

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Verse 1
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 (G major) Where we dug in down the road
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 (C major) from Harpers  (G major) Ferry
And we fired our guns
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as far  (C major) as they would  (G major) carry
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The  (C major) sunset came and we
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shot only  (G major) shadows
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Where this war will go  (C major) now  (D major) only  (G major) God knows
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If  (C major) I were a sparrow I would fly  (G major) 
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And  (E minor) if  I were alone  (C major) now I would cry  (D major) 
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The  (C major) tears won't bring my brothers
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back  (G major) home to their  (C major) mothers
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Won't bring com (G major) fort
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to a soul  (C major) too  (D major) young to  (G major) die
Where we barely crawled
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our way  (C major) down
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through the  (G major) corn rows
Sherman's boys were
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 (C major) waitin' in the  (G major) willows
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They  (C major) cut us down till we were only  (G major) ten
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May I never feel that kind  (C major) of cold  (D major) again  (G major) 
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And  (C major) if I were a sparrow, I would fly
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 (G major) And  (E minor) if  I were alone  (C major) now, I would cry  (D major) 
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But  (C major) tears won't bring my brothers
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back  (G major) home to their  (C major) mothers
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Don't bring com (G major) fort
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to a soul  (C major) too  (D major) young to  (G major) die  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (D major)  (G major) 
Well, the fiddles played,
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she wore  (C major) a  yellow rib (G major) bon
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On the day I made my  (C major) way
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back to the  (G major) living
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It's  (C major) hard to be a hero when
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you've seen  (G major)  (C major)  (D major)  (G major) 
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And  (C major) if I were a sparrow, I would fly  (G major) 
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And  (E minor) if  I were alone,  (C major) now I would cry  (D major) 
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Tears  (C major) won't bring my brothers
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back  (G major) home to their  (C major) mothers
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Won't bring com (G major) fort
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to a  (C major) soul too  (D major) young to  (G major) die
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Tears  (C major) won't bring my brothers
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back  (G major) home to their  (C major) mothers
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Won't bring com (G major) fort
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to a  (E minor) soul too  (D major) young to  (G major) die
We dug in down the road
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 (C major) from Harkness  (D major) Ferry  (G major) 
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Barely crawled our way  (C major) down
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through the  (G major) cornrows
Fiddles played,
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she  (C major) wore a yellow rib (G major) bon  (C major)  (G major) you