The Sparrow and the Medicine chords by The Tallest Man On Earth

SimplifiedG · C · D · Am · A

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
When you mend
C 
G 
the patches of my clothin'
You know every thread goes
D 
through my heart
G 
C 
Guessin' that the river's gonna dry up
G 
D 
Well, I said that's not the reason
G 
why we bard

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Verse 2

Lookin' 'round the corner

where I left you

Wonderin' whatever led me there

Knowin' that a quiet,

unconscious feeling could be bought to drown a memory anywhere

Verse 3
G 
Am 
C 
She said, "I  don't want your medicine and I  don't
G 
need the sparrow in my art (heart?)"
A 
Am 
C 
When I'm covered by the thunder I get rid
D 
of all your breath deep in my lungs
G 
D 
G 
Splayed in the wind apart
C 

Interlude 1

Verse 4
G 
And when I touch the ceiling
C 
on a spring day
G 
D 
Wishin' it could heed up every crow
G 
So that they could lift me
C 
by my shoulders
G 
Take me from this frozen
D 
G 
lake and let you know

Verse 5
Am 
C 
Just that I want to be your medicine I want
G 
to feed the sparrow in your art
Am 
C 
When I'm covered by the thunder I'll get rid
D 
of all the breath deep in our lungs
G 
Splayed the wind apart
C 

Interlude 2

Verse 6
G 
Hell I'm still standing 'round
C 
G 
the corner where I left you
D 
Diggin' up a quite sufficient track
G 
C 
G 
Never know when you're behind that angle with
D 
G 
a tranquilizer gun in your sweet pair(?)
Am 
Oh I   want

Verse 7
to be your medicine I want
C 
G 
to feed the sparrow in your art
Am 
When we're covered by  the thunder we'd become
C 
D 
just one and feel the lightning shard
G 
Splayed the wind apart