Sparrow's Point chords by Richard Shindell
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Intro 1
(A minor) (C major) (G major) (A minor)
Verse 1
My name (A minor)
(C major) is William Taylor (G major) (A minor)
I was born (C major) in (G major) '24
Too late (A minor) to know (C major)
the Great Fallen (G major) (A minor)
In time (C major) to know the Great Fall (G major)
When my father (F major) died (C major) of money (G major) (A minor)
My mother (F major) lived in (C major) spite (G major)
We laughed (F major) when noth
(C major) ing was funny (G major) (A minor)
And how we wept when
nothing (C major) was left
(G major) (Gsus4)
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Verse 2
So (A minor) I left there (C major) in (G major) (A minor) boomtown
When I reached (C major) fifteen years (G major)
I travelled (A minor) mostly (C major) north (G major) east (A minor)
With my head (C major) held mostly down
(G major)
Verse 3
'Cause they said (F major) there was more
(C major) in Bal (G major) timore (A minor)
Where those (F major) shipyards (C major) nev
er close (G major) (Gsus4)
(G major) You can (F major) sell the man (C major)
your labor (G major) (A minor)
And send the money (C major)
Interlude 1
home
(G major) (Gsus4) (G major)
Verse 4
(A minor) Broadway found (C major) me (G major) penniless (A minor)
The mis (C major) sion found me last (G major)
They gave (A minor) me a coat (C major)
and three (G major) days rest (A minor)
And when I (C major) awoke and left (G major)
A shroud (F major) of steam (C major)
surroun (G major) ded me (A minor)
And I (F major) was borne (C major) away (G major)
I found (F major) myself (C major) at Spar (G major) rows
Point (A minor)
With a slingshot in (C major) my hand.
(G major) (Gsus4) (G major) (A minor)
Verse 5
Standing there (C major) around (G major) me (A minor)
Two thou (C major) sand idle hands
(G major) Their head (A minor) s bowed low,
(C major) their hopes (G major) not high (A minor)
Their hearts (C major) weaned of their homes (G major)
Their (F major) pockets full of (C major) photo (G major) graphs (A minor)
Their eye (F major) s full of (C major) goodbyes
I (G major) (F major) took my place (C major) among (G major) my kind (A minor)
And I held my place (C major) in line
Interlude 2
(G major) (A minor) (C major) (G major) (A minor) (C major) (G major)
(A minor)
(C major) (G major) (A minor) (C major) (G major) (F major) (C major) (G major)
(A minor) (F major) (C major) (G major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (A minor)
(C major) (G major)
Now (A minor) I'm
Verse 6
twenty one (C major) and well-em (G major) ployed
I (A minor) I send (C major) home most of my pay (G major)
Which leaves (A minor) plenty left (C major) for
(G major) (A minor) cigarrettes
To help me (C major) pass the days (G major)
With beloved (F major) friends (C major) surround
(G major) ing me (A minor)
The cold streets (F major) so far (C major) away (G major)
(F major) Three days west (C major) of Nor (G major) mandy (A minor)
A rifle in (C major) my hand.
Outro 1
(G major)
Sparrow's Point
Richard Shindell
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