Chords for Mighty Sparrow - * Sparrow Come Back Home *
Tempo:
107.2 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
A
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [Am]
[G] [C] [C]
[F]
[G] They used to heckle me, [C] heckle me very, [C#] very bad here in Trinidad
[F] Till I catch a [C] plane to the USA just to clear out the way
Mama, everyday the [Am] mailman ringin'
Hundreds of letters he [F] bringin' before he [G] walk out
Me and all a shuttle get [G] a-over-sick on
[Cm] Hey Sparrow, [C] Bam, Bam, Ho!
[G] If you hear them go
Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
Hey, don't leave us alone
Sparrow, Bam, Bam, Ho!
Oh baby, tell me what's the cry
Sparrow, Bam, Bam, Ho!
Yeah, so damn I miss the [G] water till the well run [C] dry
Sparrow, Bam,
[Am] [G] [F] [C]
[F] [C] Bam, Ho!
[C] [G] I [C] know I have me fans to please
Here in the West Indies [F] they buy me [C] records like they mad
[G] I can't read these people bad
[F] But New York [C] keep spending money
[A] To promote me at Carnegie
[Am] Contract and things [C] I'm signed up to
I [A] don't know where the [C] heck to lose
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [C] Ho!
[D] If you [C] hear them go
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, Ho!
Don't leave me alone
Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [C] Ho!
[A] Hey, tell me what's the cry
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [C] Ho!
Yeah, so damn I miss the [G] water till the well run dry
[F] Sparrow, Bam,
[C] [G] [C] [F]
[C] [G] Bam, [C] Ho!
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[G] [F] I know [G] no other back in [A] Nile could be as [C] sweet as Carnival
[F] But me contract [C] was to work away
And [A] don't come back until last [F] Wednesday
But [C] everyday the [A] mailboxes come
[C] When this thing goes [Am] stock
When I read the [C] air on the road
My [A] jet, I catch the TNM jet
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [C] Ho!
If you hear them go
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
Hey, if [G] you hear them go
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [G] Bam, Ho!
Hey, tell [C] me what's the [F] cry
Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[D] Yeah, so damn I miss the water till the well run dry
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] [F] Bam, [C] Ho!
[A] Sing it [F] out
Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[C#m] [F] Well, everyday is [Am] the same complaint
The postman come back [F] again
I make up [C] me mind to catch the aeroplane
Back to Pornospain
[Am] But [C] from Tiago to [A] the city
[C] They start back heckling [Am] me
A woman [C] say, look me hard
[G] You're the one to come back, you dirty [F] dog
Sparrow, Bam, [A] Bam, Ho!
If [C] you hear them go
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[Gm] Hey, tell me what's the cry
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [Cm] Ho!
[D] If [C] a liar die
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
The water till the well run dry
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[A] [F]
[C] [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[G] [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
Sparrow, Bam, Bam, Ho!
[G] [C] [C]
[F]
[G] They used to heckle me, [C] heckle me very, [C#] very bad here in Trinidad
[F] Till I catch a [C] plane to the USA just to clear out the way
Mama, everyday the [Am] mailman ringin'
Hundreds of letters he [F] bringin' before he [G] walk out
Me and all a shuttle get [G] a-over-sick on
[Cm] Hey Sparrow, [C] Bam, Bam, Ho!
[G] If you hear them go
Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
Hey, don't leave us alone
Sparrow, Bam, Bam, Ho!
Oh baby, tell me what's the cry
Sparrow, Bam, Bam, Ho!
Yeah, so damn I miss the [G] water till the well run [C] dry
Sparrow, Bam,
[Am] [G] [F] [C]
[F] [C] Bam, Ho!
[C] [G] I [C] know I have me fans to please
Here in the West Indies [F] they buy me [C] records like they mad
[G] I can't read these people bad
[F] But New York [C] keep spending money
[A] To promote me at Carnegie
[Am] Contract and things [C] I'm signed up to
I [A] don't know where the [C] heck to lose
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [C] Ho!
[D] If you [C] hear them go
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, Ho!
Don't leave me alone
Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [C] Ho!
[A] Hey, tell me what's the cry
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [C] Ho!
Yeah, so damn I miss the [G] water till the well run dry
[F] Sparrow, Bam,
[C] [G] [C] [F]
[C] [G] Bam, [C] Ho!
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[G] [F] I know [G] no other back in [A] Nile could be as [C] sweet as Carnival
[F] But me contract [C] was to work away
And [A] don't come back until last [F] Wednesday
But [C] everyday the [A] mailboxes come
[C] When this thing goes [Am] stock
When I read the [C] air on the road
My [A] jet, I catch the TNM jet
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [C] Ho!
If you hear them go
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
Hey, if [G] you hear them go
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [G] Bam, Ho!
Hey, tell [C] me what's the [F] cry
Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[D] Yeah, so damn I miss the water till the well run dry
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] [F] Bam, [C] Ho!
[A] Sing it [F] out
Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[C#m] [F] Well, everyday is [Am] the same complaint
The postman come back [F] again
I make up [C] me mind to catch the aeroplane
Back to Pornospain
[Am] But [C] from Tiago to [A] the city
[C] They start back heckling [Am] me
A woman [C] say, look me hard
[G] You're the one to come back, you dirty [F] dog
Sparrow, Bam, [A] Bam, Ho!
If [C] you hear them go
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[Gm] Hey, tell me what's the cry
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [Cm] Ho!
[D] If [C] a liar die
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
The water till the well run dry
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[A] [F]
[C] [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[G] [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
Sparrow, Bam, Bam, Ho!
Key:
C
F
G
A
Am
C
F
G
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ They used to heckle me, [C] heckle me very, [C#] very bad here in Trinidad
[F] Till I catch a [C] plane to the USA just to clear out the way
Mama, everyday the [Am] mailman ringin'
Hundreds of letters he [F] bringin' before he [G] walk out
Me and all a shuttle get [G] a-over-sick on
[Cm] Hey Sparrow, [C] Bam, Bam, Ho!
_ [G] If you hear them go
Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
Hey, don't leave us alone
Sparrow, Bam, Bam, Ho!
Oh baby, tell me what's the cry
Sparrow, Bam, Bam, Ho!
Yeah, so damn I miss the [G] water till the well run [C] dry
Sparrow, Bam, _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] Bam, Ho! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ I [C] know I have me fans to please
Here in the West Indies [F] they buy me [C] records like they mad
[G] I can't read these people bad
[F] But New York [C] keep spending money
[A] To promote me at Carnegie
[Am] Contract and things [C] I'm signed up to
I [A] don't know where the [C] heck to lose
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [C] Ho!
_ [D] If you [C] hear them go
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, Ho!
_ Don't leave me alone
Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [C] Ho!
[A] Hey, tell me what's the cry
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [C] Ho!
Yeah, so damn I miss the [G] water till the well run dry
[F] Sparrow, Bam, _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] Bam, [C] Ho!
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
_ _ _ [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[G] _ _ _ [F] I know [G] no other back in [A] Nile could be as [C] sweet as Carnival
[F] But me contract [C] was to work away
And [A] don't come back until last [F] Wednesday
But [C] everyday the [A] mailboxes come
[C] When this thing goes [Am] stock
When I read the [C] air on the road
My [A] jet, I catch the TNM jet
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [C] Ho!
_ If you hear them go
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
Hey, if [G] you hear them go
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [G] Bam, Ho!
Hey, tell [C] me what's the [F] cry
Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[D] Yeah, so damn I miss the water till the well run dry
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] Bam, [C] Ho!
_ [A] _ _ Sing it [F] out
Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
_ _ _ _ [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [F] Well, everyday is [Am] the same complaint
The postman come back [F] again
I make up [C] me mind to catch the aeroplane
Back to Pornospain
[Am] But [C] from Tiago to [A] the city
[C] They start back heckling [Am] me
A woman [C] say, look me hard
[G] You're the one to come back, you dirty [F] dog
Sparrow, Bam, [A] Bam, Ho!
If [C] you hear them go
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[Gm] Hey, tell me what's the cry
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [Cm] Ho!
_ [D] If [C] a liar die
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
_ The water till the well run dry
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
_ _ _ _ [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
_ _ _ [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
_ _ _ [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
_ _ [G] _ [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
_ _ _ [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
Sparrow, Bam, Bam, Ho! _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ They used to heckle me, [C] heckle me very, [C#] very bad here in Trinidad
[F] Till I catch a [C] plane to the USA just to clear out the way
Mama, everyday the [Am] mailman ringin'
Hundreds of letters he [F] bringin' before he [G] walk out
Me and all a shuttle get [G] a-over-sick on
[Cm] Hey Sparrow, [C] Bam, Bam, Ho!
_ [G] If you hear them go
Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
Hey, don't leave us alone
Sparrow, Bam, Bam, Ho!
Oh baby, tell me what's the cry
Sparrow, Bam, Bam, Ho!
Yeah, so damn I miss the [G] water till the well run [C] dry
Sparrow, Bam, _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] Bam, Ho! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ I [C] know I have me fans to please
Here in the West Indies [F] they buy me [C] records like they mad
[G] I can't read these people bad
[F] But New York [C] keep spending money
[A] To promote me at Carnegie
[Am] Contract and things [C] I'm signed up to
I [A] don't know where the [C] heck to lose
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [C] Ho!
_ [D] If you [C] hear them go
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, Ho!
_ Don't leave me alone
Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [C] Ho!
[A] Hey, tell me what's the cry
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [C] Ho!
Yeah, so damn I miss the [G] water till the well run dry
[F] Sparrow, Bam, _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] Bam, [C] Ho!
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
_ _ _ [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[G] _ _ _ [F] I know [G] no other back in [A] Nile could be as [C] sweet as Carnival
[F] But me contract [C] was to work away
And [A] don't come back until last [F] Wednesday
But [C] everyday the [A] mailboxes come
[C] When this thing goes [Am] stock
When I read the [C] air on the road
My [A] jet, I catch the TNM jet
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [C] Ho!
_ If you hear them go
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
Hey, if [G] you hear them go
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [G] Bam, Ho!
Hey, tell [C] me what's the [F] cry
Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[D] Yeah, so damn I miss the water till the well run dry
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] Bam, [C] Ho!
_ [A] _ _ Sing it [F] out
Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
_ _ _ _ [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [F] Well, everyday is [Am] the same complaint
The postman come back [F] again
I make up [C] me mind to catch the aeroplane
Back to Pornospain
[Am] But [C] from Tiago to [A] the city
[C] They start back heckling [Am] me
A woman [C] say, look me hard
[G] You're the one to come back, you dirty [F] dog
Sparrow, Bam, [A] Bam, Ho!
If [C] you hear them go
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
[Gm] Hey, tell me what's the cry
[F] Sparrow, Bam, Bam, [Cm] Ho!
_ [D] If [C] a liar die
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
_ The water till the well run dry
[F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
_ _ _ _ [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
_ _ _ [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
_ _ _ [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
_ _ [G] _ [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
_ _ _ [F] Sparrow, Bam, [C] Bam, Ho!
Sparrow, Bam, Bam, Ho! _ _ _ _ _ _