Текст песни Slaid Cleaves — Sparrow + аккорды для гитары
Вступление
[The basic finger picking pattern is the same throughout the song. A simple bum-ditty-bum-ditty-bum rhythm.]
[The only change in the entire song is the walk-down from [C] to [Am7] on the third line in the chorus.]
[C position]
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----------------1--------|-------------------------|
G|---------0------------0--|-------------------------|
D|------2------------2-----|-------------------------|
A|---3--------3------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
t t i t m t i
[Sparrow]
[Notice that Slaid plays the open D string in the second measure of the intro instead of the E note on]
[the third string and then returns to the full C chord in the remaining intro measures.]
[Intro]
[C position]
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----------------1--------|---------------1---------|---------------1---------|---------------1---------|
G|---------0------------0--|---------0------------0--|---------0------------0--|---------0-----------0---|
D|------2------------2-----|------0------------0-----|------2-------------2----|------2-----------2------|
A|---3--------3------------|---3--------3------------|---3--------3------------|---3--------3------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
t t i t m t i
[Verse 1]
C C/B C
Bedroom curtains sway by a window fan
C C/B C
He brings a faded pillow to his face
C Am7 C
A hint of her perfume, haunting the room
Am7 Em
Hiding in the shadows of this place
[Verse 2]
C C/B C
Tentament concrete steps, pretty, young and frail
C C/B C
A cigarette on her lips leaning on a rail
C Am7 C
He pulled up in his car, asking her name
Am7 Em
A thrill that her heart could not contain
[Chorus]
F C
A life that started hard turns soft with age
F G/D
The disappearing years blew by like days
F C C/B Am7 G/D
A calendar in the picture show tears off page by page, life unwinds
F F C
Today, his little sparrow flew away
[Bridge]
Am7 C F C
Bobbins and pins, needle and thread
F C G/D
The quilt that she made for their wedding day
Am7 C F C
Chisel and saw, hammer and plane
F C G C
The pine box and a cross where he carved her name
[Verse 4]
C C/B C
By the open barn door he drinks alone
C C/B G
In the elm a lone crow looks away
C Am7 C
No more to be done, losing a son
Am7 Em
In the silence watching the sky turn gray
[Chorus]
F C
A life that started hard turns soft with age
F G/D
The disappearing years blew by like days
F C C/B Am7 G/D
A calendar in the picture show tears off page by page, life unwinds
F F C
Today, his little sparrow flew away
F F C
Today, his little sparrow flew away