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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords 1 half step down [ -1 ]
  • Put a capo on fret 1 to stay in the same key

THE SONG

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Intro -x2-:
   Ab Cm Bb Eb
   Fm G7 Cm F9

Verse 1:
Ab           Cm             Bb               Eb
Why sparrow why, won't you tell me why I'm sad
Fm             G7         Cm              F9
Sing us both a melody, the best that you can
Ab           Cm             Bb            Eb
Fly sparrow fly, won't you sit on my hand
Fm              G7         Cm              F9
Sing it in that language we both can understand


        Ab
When you sit on that tree
    Cm
You look in my eyes
Ab                  Cm
I wonder what goes on in your mind

Verse 2:
Ab              Cm    Bb               Eb
Speak sparrow speak please won't you try
Fm                G7         Cm                  F9
Tell me why you'd walk if you knew that you could fly
Ab              Cm       Bb               Eb
Speak sparrow speak oh please won't you try
Fm              G7             Cm           F9
Tell me all the answers to this meaningless life


           Ab
But you're up on that tree
        Cm
And you look in my eyes
Ab                  Cm
I wonder what goes on in your mind

Verse 3:
Ab             Cm             Bb               Eb
Stay, sparrow stay, won't you stay in my window
    Fm              G7         Cm             F9
I've never been so close to anything so beautiful
Ab             Cm        Bb               Eb
Wait, sparrow wait, oh please don't you go
  Fm              G7         Cm               F9
I love the way I felt as the, vast the wind it blows


           Ab
But you're up on that tree
        Cm
And you look in my eyes
Ab                  Cm
I wonder what goes on in your mind

Verse 4:
Ab             Cm    Bb               Eb
Sing, sparrow sing, sing away our pain
Fm                 G7           Cm               F9
When you get to the bones of it, we are just the same
       Ab           Cm     Bb               Eb
I said sing sparrow sing, sing away our pain
    Fm           G7        Cm           F9
I'll never hear a melody as sweet as today


             Ab
Cause you're up in that tree
        Cm
And you look in my eyes
Ab                            Cm
And I wonder how, but you're saying goodbye
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Biography

Tom Peter Odell is a British singer-songwriter from Chichester (UK), who studied at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music. Signed to Columbia Records, Odell made his television debut on November 30, 2012 as a performer on “Later… with Jools Holland” on BBC. He released his debut extended play, “Songs From Another Love”, on October 15, 2012; with his first studio album entitled “Long Way Down” which was released on June 24, 2013 (Sept 17, 2013 in US).

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