Sparrow - Saltfish Chords
Tempo:
122.8 bpm
Chords used:
Ebm
Ab
Db
Gb
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[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]
[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
Ab
Db
Gb
Fm
Ebm
Ab
Db
_ _ [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] _
[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] _