Key: D major
Intro 1
G
D
Em
A
D
Verse 1
back streets of Cardiff
A
G
D
to the halls of St. Vincent's,
G
D
from a boathouse in Larne
A
D
A
They are tolling the bell
D
Bm
D
They are whispering his poems,
Em
A
they are sending him prayers
Em
A
the sparrow of Swansea
Bm
F#m
F#
the sparrow of Swansea,
Em
A
see how he sings,
D
A
o 'er the snail -horned churches,
F#m
G
D
through the gray misty mornings,
Em
A
D
in the southwest of Wales.
D
G
D
you are likely to find him down
Em
A
at Brown's Hotel
D
A
or the bells of Aberdovey,
G
D
the Blue Bull, the Dragon,
Bm
D
the Twill in the warm,
Em
A
the black star of waves.
Em
A
the sparrow of Swansea.
Bm
F#
The sparrow of Swansea.
Em
A
See how he sings,
A
Bm
O 'er the three -legged horses,
F#m
G
D
through the grey, misty mornings,
Em
A
D
G
D
Em
A
D
in the southwest of Wales.
G
D
on a bleak New York evening,
G
D
The sparrow of Swansea
Em
A
was wounded in flight.
D
A
He took eighteen straight shots
G
D
from a barrel of whiskey
Bm
D
His Caitlyn lies weeping,
Em
A
he is lost to the night
Em
A
the sparrow of Swansea
Bm
F#
The Sparrow of Swansea,
Em
A
see how he sails,
D
A
O 'er the snail -horned churches,
F#m
G
D
Through the grey, misty mornings
Em
A
D
In the southwest of Wales
G
D
Through the grey, misty mornings
Em
A
D
In the southwest of Wales
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