Sparrow - Big Thief

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Tuning: Ab, E A D G B E

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[Intro]
  
  
  
  

[Verse 1]
             
Wrapped in the

             
 wings of a sp

   
arrow
             
Beak is as sha

           
rp as an arrow
             
Sings in a whi

           
spering whistl

e
             
Sleeps in the 

           
ivy and thistl


e
             
Owls out swoop

           
ing and howlin

g
             
Deep in the mi

            
dnight a-prowl


ing
             
Mama, the scre

            
am of the eagl


e
             
Threading my h

              
eart through t

     
he needle
             
Threading the 

              
blood through 

     
the apple
             
Sucking the ju

             
ice from the a

 
pple
             
Eating the see

           
ds of the appl

e
             
Bearing the tr

           
ee of the appl


e
             
Trapped in the

              
 weeds like a 

    
scarecrow
             
Stuck to the w

           
ind like Velcr


o
             
Distantly hear

            
ing the bell t


oll
             
Warbling chime

             
 through the m

  
eadow

[Verse 2]
             
Mama, the scre

            
am of the eagl


e
             
Threading my h

              
eart through t

     
he needle
             
Threading the 

              
blood through 

     
the apple
             
Eve sucked the

              
 juice from th

   
e apple
             
Nakedly runnin

        
g, I saw her
             
Boy chasing af

            
ter to stall h


er
             
I wish I'd hav

             
e spoken to ca

   
ll her
             
Before she fou

             
nd fabric to s

     
hawl her
             
Breasts bound 

              
and burdened w

     
ith fiber
             
Adam came trem

            
bling beside h


er
       
And he said, a

nd he said
             
That she has t

             
he poison insi

  
de her
             
She talks to s

              
nakes and they

     
 guide her
             
She has the po

           
ison inside he

r
             
She talks to s

              
nakes and they

     
 guide her
             
She has the po

           
ison inside he

r
             
She talks to s

              
nakes and they

      
 guide her
             
She has the po

           
ison inside he

r
             
She talks to s

              
nakes and they

      
 guide her

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