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. Em Em/G
