Sparrow - Saltfish Chords

Tempo:
122.8 bpm
Chords used:

Ebm

Ab

Db

Gb

Fm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Sparrow - Saltfish chords
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[Bbm] [Fm]
[Ebm] [Ab] [Ebm] [Ab]
[Db] [Gb]
[Fm] [Ebm] [Ab]
[Db] Salty stew [Ebm] is what I [Gb] like, so [Ab] do do, [Db] give me day and night.
I [F] like your food, [Gb] so don't find me rude.
[Db] My favorite, [Bb] [Ebm] I'm sure every man [Ab] in here already eat [Db] it.
Salt fish, [Eb] nothing in the world [Ebm] sweeter than [Ab] salt [Ebm] fish.
[Ab] English cut of local [Db] fish and salt fish, it's sweeter [Gb] than meat.
[Fm] When you out to eat, [Ab] on salt fish street.
[Db] [Fm]
[Ebm] [Ab] [Ebm] [Ab]
[Bbm] [Db] [Gb]
[Ebm] [Ab]
[Db] Very [Bb] well, [Ebm] I like the [Gb] taste, [Ab] though the smell [Db] sometimes out of place.
It [F] hard to take, [Gb] but make no mistake, I want you [Bb] to know.
[Ebm] It's because it [Ab] extra sweet, it's smelling so boy.
[Fm] Salt fish, big money does run [Ebm] behind it.
[Bb] Salt [Ebm] fish, [Ab] man does dig down man to find it.
[Bbm] [Db] [Gb] It's sweeter than meat.
[Fm] When you out to [Eb] eat, on [Db] salt fish street.
Some like it hard, [Ebm] some like it cold.
No matter [Ab] what, I [Db] take it young or old.
When it's served with [Abm] wine, [Gb] man does chew it fine.
Put [Bb] no pepper, [Ebm] the bone in the [Ab] center does be sweet like sugar.
[Bbm] Salt fish, [Bb] some men does get [Ebm] drunk to taste it.
[Ab] [Ebm] Some [Ab] does go and [Db] hide to face [Bbm] it.
[Db] [Gb] It's sweeter than meat.
[Db] When you out to [Ebm] eat, on [Ab] salt fish [Db] street.
[Bbm] [Fm]
[Ebm] [Ab] [Ebm] [Ab]
[Db] [Fm] [Gb]
[Fm] [Ebm] [Ab]
[Db] I would dine [Ebm] a happy man, if I close [Ab] me eye [Db] with peace in me hand.
Bury me [Gb] in the [G] cemetery any [Bb] morning.
[Ebm] Put a salt fish picture [Ab] on me tombstone [Db] saying.
[Eb] Sparrow was his greatest [Ebm] lover.
[Fm] [Ebm] He [Ab] even adored the [Db] odor.
[Fm] [Gb] It's sweeter than meat.
When you [Fm] out to eat, [Ebm] on salt fish street.
[Db] [Fm]
[Ebm] [Ab] [Ebm] [Ab]
[Db] [Gb]
[N]
Key:  
Ebm
13421116
Ab
134211114
Db
12341114
Gb
134211112
Fm
123111111
Ebm
13421116
Ab
134211114
Db
12341114
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To learn The Mighty Sparrow - Saltfish chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Ebm, Ab, Db, Ebm, Db, Bb, Db and Bbm of chords. Start with a comfortable 61 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 123. Considering the song's key of Db Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Db] Salty stew [Ebm] is what I [Gb] like, so [Ab] do do, [Db] give me day and night.
I [F] like your food, [Gb] so don't find me rude.
[Db] My favorite, [Bb] _ [Ebm] I'm sure every man [Ab] in here already eat [Db] it.
Salt fish, [Eb] nothing in the world [Ebm] sweeter than [Ab] salt [Ebm] fish.
[Ab] English cut of local [Db] fish and salt fish, _ it's sweeter [Gb] than meat.
[Fm] When you out to eat, [Ab] on salt fish street.
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Db] Very [Bb] well, [Ebm] I like the [Gb] taste, [Ab] though the smell [Db] sometimes out of place.
It [F] hard to take, [Gb] but make no mistake, I want you [Bb] to know.
_ [Ebm] It's because it [Ab] extra sweet, it's smelling so boy.
[Fm] Salt fish, big money does run [Ebm] behind it.
[Bb] Salt [Ebm] fish, [Ab] man does dig down man to find it.
[Bbm] _ _ [Db] _ [Gb] It's sweeter than meat.
[Fm] When you out to [Eb] eat, on [Db] salt fish street.
Some like it hard, [Ebm] some like it cold.
No matter [Ab] what, I [Db] take it young or old.
When it's served with [Abm] wine, [Gb] man does chew it fine.
Put [Bb] no pepper, _ [Ebm] the bone in the [Ab] center does be sweet like sugar.
[Bbm] Salt fish, _ [Bb] some men does get [Ebm] drunk to taste it.
[Ab] _ _ [Ebm] Some [Ab] does go and [Db] hide to face [Bbm] it.
_ [Db] _ [Gb] It's sweeter than meat.
[Db] When you out to [Ebm] eat, on [Ab] salt fish [Db] street.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] I would dine [Ebm] a happy man, if I close [Ab] me eye [Db] with peace in me hand.
Bury me [Gb] in the [G] cemetery any [Bb] morning.
[Ebm] Put a salt fish picture [Ab] on me tombstone [Db] saying.
_ _ _ [Eb] Sparrow was his greatest [Ebm] lover.
_ [Fm] _ _ [Ebm] He [Ab] even adored the [Db] odor.
_ [Fm] _ _ [Gb] It's sweeter than meat.
When you [Fm] out to eat, [Ebm] on salt fish street.
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

Facts about this song

This song is part of Sparrow vs, The Rest album.

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