Capo on 2

Em G C Em
Em G C Em

Em (022000@1)                                 GDusk (320003@1)it mimics crisis in seated summer's craze
         C (x32010@1)                                          Emwhen (022000@1)9 to 5 the people work and shun smog's heavy haze
 Em (022000@1)                                                  GNature's (320003@1)varmints duck about in the walls, the pipes, the grates
       C (x32010@1)                                                             EmBut (022000@1)truth be told in the shadows fold at the closing of the day 
   D (xx0232@1)                                                  EmDusk (022000@1)is when all creatures come to bask in golden shade 
         C (x32010@1)                                                 Gand (320003@1)every species acts as starved and feeds as the light fades
     Am (x02210@1)                            CPiggish (x32010@1)are the worms, piggish are the snakes
   DFast (xx0232@1)as jets the sparrows fall to feed all in one place 
   G (320003@1)                                C (x32010@1)                                    D (xx0232@1)          GI (320003@1)sat there where the sparrows dropped that's where I was waiting
    G (320003@1)                  C (x32010@1)                                                       Em (022000@1)     DCalmly, (xx0232@1)as the sparrows dropped, just as the day was fading

G (320003@1)                                           
There, among the birds athirst is where I'd calmly stay 
        Em (022000@1)                                                            C (x32010@1)          GAnd (320003@1)feel as though the outsides matched my insides disarray
  G (320003@1)I knew no beauty but the dusk until that crucial eve
          Em (022000@1)                                              C (x32010@1)              GWhen (320003@1)my beloved poised as I, stood staring back at me
D (xx0232@1)                                                        Em (022000@1)             
If this town was small enough, they'd call us crazy cursed
       C (x32010@1)                                    GBut (320003@1)we in random city went ignored, which might be worse
     Am (x02210@1)                                                   CI (x32010@1)wooed her there in nature's mess, my only and my first
          DAnd (xx0232@1)like a sparrow she fell for me, my eyes in hers, immersed
                   G (320003@1)                           C (x32010@1)                                   D (xx0232@1)        GShe (320003@1)said, "Meet me where the sparrows drop, that's where I'll be waiting,
G (320003@1)                            C (x32010@1)                                            Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)Tomorrow, as the sparrows drop, just as the day is fading."

GIn (320003@1)my youth I'd made a deal, some lessons for my time 
       Em (022000@1)                                   C (x32010@1)                           GTo (320003@1)train my trigger finger and plain faced march in line
G (320003@1)Just as I had found my peace my country found its war
Em (022000@1)                                       C (x32010@1)                              GI (320003@1)was sent then overseas to fight, who knows what for
       D (xx0232@1)                                              EmAnd (022000@1)in the airport, in the crowd my love she wept for me
        C (x32010@1)                                               GShe (320003@1)held her hand on my back small, as calm as she could be 
               Am (x02210@1)                                                    CShe (x32010@1)said: "I love you for your eyes, you know, because they see like mine 
          DWith (xx0232@1)every bomb, just see a sparrow, falling down in time." 
                   G (320003@1)                           C (x32010@1)                                   D (xx0232@1)        GShe (320003@1)said, "Meet me where the sparrows drop, that's where I'll be waiting,
G (320003@1)                            C (x32010@1)                                            Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)Tomorrow, as the sparrows drop, just as the day is fading."

Em Em/G (Rapidly switch back and forth between the two)
Em G C Em
Em G C Em

Em (022000@1)                                  GI (320003@1)can tell you of the fury or the wild eyed hateful man
         C (x32010@1)                                      EmI (022000@1)can tell you that I sit here now because I cannot stand
       Em (022000@1)                                                 GNow (320003@1)I know nothing but the night, the sluggishness of time 
              C (x32010@1)                                        EmIn (022000@1)the trenches with the rest, who've lost their limbs and minds 
      D (xx0232@1)                                               EmAnd (022000@1)I can't see the detail now but memory I know
         C (x32010@1)                                               GWith (320003@1)every sound explosion feel the warmth around me glow
      Am (x02210@1)                                  CI (x32010@1)clutch my rifle tightly, rapid fire skyward bound 
   DHope (xx0232@1)to hit a sparrow feel it fall onto the ground
                   G (320003@1)                           C (x32010@1)                                   D (xx0232@1)        GShe (320003@1)said, "Meet me where the sparrows drop, that's where I'll be waiting,
G (320003@1)                    C (x32010@1)                                      Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)Every day till your return, just as the day is fading."
   G (320003@1)                            C (x32010@1)                          D (xx0232@1)       GI (320003@1)sit and watch the sparrows drop, calmly as I'm waiting
  G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)                                       Em (022000@1)         DEveryday (xx0232@1)for my return just as the day is fading.

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