Chords for John Doyle - Little Sparrow

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[F] _ _ _ _ I wrote this song for my [C] daughter.
_ _ She's about nine now, but she was four at [Bb] the time and
she was [C] _ giving me all sorts of presents wrapped in tin foil and things, you know, _ like stones
[C] and pennies.
And I said, here you go, happy birthday. _ _
[Bb] Happy Christmas.
[C] _ _ [Em] I thought it was
the cutest thing.
And this song [C] is called Little Sparrow.
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_ _ _ _ [C] Little sparrow comes to [Gm] me when daylight first draws [Bb] near.
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She curls up tightly, safe beside [Gm] me, sleeping [C] without fear.
_ _ [Gm] Then she wakes, [F] smiles and laughs, whispers in my [C] _
ear.
Singing softly [Bb] to me, little sparrow, [F] little sparrow. _ _
[C] Singing softly to me, little sparrow, [Bb] little _ [G] sparrow.
_ [C] Singing softly [F] to me, _ _ little [C]
sparrow brings me gifts sealed tight and [F]
fine.
And wraps them in the finest cloth [Gm] and motions they [D] are mine. _ _
[C] Jewels of glass, [F] pennies and brass, aged and [C] rusted by time.
Oh, [F] come bringing gifts to [Bb] me, little sparrow, [C] little sparrow. _
Come bringing gifts to me, little sparrow, [Bb] little _ [C] sparrow.
Come bringing gifts to me.
_ Come flying [G] back to me when [F] sunlight fades and days grow.
[C] _ _ And I'll wrap you in silk and [Gm] scarves and keep you [C] from the cold. _
[G] This blessed treasure [Bb] without [F] measure in my arms [C] I'll hold.
Oh, come [Cm] flying back [Bb] to me, little sparrow, [C] little sparrow. _
_ Come flying back to me, little [Bb] sparrow, little sparrow.
[C] _ _ _ Come flying back to me.
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ Singing bird, my precious bird, [Bb] child of [F] star and moon.
_ _ [C] Fold your wings around me and heal me of my wounds.
_ [Gm] Release us from [Bb] our sorrow, rejoice and come [C] home soon.
_ Oh, come safely [Bb] home to me, little [Am] sparrow, little [F] sparrow. _
[C] Come safely home to me, little [Am] sparrow, [Bb]
little [D] sparrow.
_ [Dm] Come safely [C]
home to [C] me.
Little [F] sparrow comes to me [Bb] when daylight [D] first draws near.
[C] She curls up tightly, safe beside [Gm] me, sleeping [C] without fear.
_ [Gm] And then she wakes, [F] smiles and [F] laughs, whispers in [C] my ear.
Oh, come flying back [Bb] to me, little sparrow, [G] little sparrow.
[C] Come flying back to me, little sparrow, little _ sparrow.
[F] Come flying _ back to _ me. _ _ _ _ _
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