Sparrow Chords
by Joe Henry
Sparrow by Joe Henry is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, G5, C, D, D/E, C#, B, Bb and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G - G5 - G - C (2x)
G
It wasn peace I wanted
C
So it wasn peace I found,
G
I wouldn stand for reason
C
And it never would sit down.
D C
The bird upon my shoulder
G
Has not one kind word to say
D C
My eye is on the sparrow,
G
But she looks the other way
D C
Carry on, and me away,
D C
Hey, look alive the end of days
D/E
And our very blood
C# C B
Taste like honey now
Bb
And our very blood
A G
Taste like honey
G - G5 - G - C x2
G
There upon the mountain
C
Is the shadow of a hand
G
Tugging at the stubborn mule
G
Now standing like a man
D C
And twitching like the phantom limb
G
Of this whole countryside
D C
Disappearing at the knee
G
And breaking up our stride
D C
Carry on, and me away,
D C
Hey, look alive the end of days
D/E
And our very blood
C# C B
Taste like honey now
Bb
And our very blood
A G
Taste like honey
G - G5 - G - C x2
D/E - C# - C - B - Bb - A
G - G5 - G - C x2
G
I want time and bread and wine,
C
Sugar and a spoon,
G
I want for the hungry years
C
To be swallowed by this room.
D C
I wait out your memory
G
Now singing in the trees
D C
I wait for one grave angel
G
And I know she waits for me
D C
Carry on, and me away,
D C
Hey, look alive the end of days
D/E
And our very blood
C# C B
Taste like honey now
Bb
And our very blood
A G
Taste like honey
G - G5 - G - C x2