{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1717978,"song":"Sparrows Point","artist":"Richard Shindell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11363517-sparrows-point-chords-by-richard-shindell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1717978?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":8,"content":"Richard Shindell - Sparrows Point\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 4th Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy name is William Taylor [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nAnd I was born in '24 [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nToo late to know the Great Fallen [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nIn time to know the Great Fall [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen my father died of money [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy mother lived in spite [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe laughed when nothing was funny [/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nAnd how we wept when nothing was left [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo I left her there in boomtown [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nWhen I reached fifteen years [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I travelled mostly northeast [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nWith my head held mostly down [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Cause they said there was more in Baltimore [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere those shipyards never close [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou can sell the man your labour [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd send the money home [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBroadway found me penniless [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nAnd the mission found me last [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey gave me a coat and three days rest [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nAnd when I awoke and left [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA shroud of steam surrounded me [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I was borne away [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I found myself at Sparrows Point [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith a slingshot in my hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStanding there around me [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nTwo thousand idle hands [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTheir heads bowed low, their hopes not high [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nTheir hearts weaned of their homes [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd their pockets full of photographs [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTheir eyes full of goodbyes [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI took my place among my kind [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I held my place in line [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINSTRUMENTAL: [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  (2x)\r\n              [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow I'm twenty-one and well-employed [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nAnd I send home most of my pay [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhich leaves plenty left for cigarettes [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nTo help me pass the days [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith beloved friends surrounding me [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe cold streets so far away [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThree days west of Normandy [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nA rifle in my hand[/tab]","plain_text":"Richard Shindell - Sparrows Point\n\n\nCAPO: 4th Fret\n\n\n\nINTRO: C  G  Am\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUMENTAL: Am  C  G  Am  C    G  (2x)\n              F  C  G  Am  F  C  G    F  C  G  Am    C  G","chords":["C","G","Am","F","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}