Sparrows Point Richard Shindell
Richard Shindell Sparrows Point written by Richard Shindell
[C#m] [E] [B] [C#m]
[C#m]My name [E]is William [B]Taylor[C#m]
[C#m]I was [E]born in twenty [B]four Too [C#m]late to [E]know the great [B]fall[C#m]en
[C#m]But in [E]time to know the great [B]fall
[B]When my [A]father [E]died of [B]mone[C#m]y
[C#m]My [A]mother [E]lived in spi[B]te
[B]We [A]laughed when [E]nothing was [B]funn[C#m]y
[C#m]But how we wept when [E]nothing was le[B]ft
[B]So I [C#m]left her [E]there in [B]boom town[C#m]
[C#m]When I [E]reached fifteen year[B]s
[B]And I [C#m]travelled [E]mostly [B]northe[C#m]ast
[C#m]With my [E]head held mostly [B]down
[B]Cause they [A]said there was [E]more in [B]Baltimore[C#m]
[C#m]Where those [A]shipyards [E]never clo[B]se
[B]You can [A]sell the [E]man your [B]labo[C#m]r
[C#m]Send the [E]money [B]home [C#m]Broadway [E]found me [B]pennyl[C#m]ess
[C#m]And the [E]mission found me [B]last
[B]They [C#m]gave me a [E]coat and [B]three days [C#m]rest
[C#m]And when [E]I awoke and [B]left a [A]shroud of [E]steam [B]surrounded[C#m] me
[C#m]And [A]I was [E]born aw[B]ay
I [A]found mys[E]elf at [B]Sparrows P[C#m]oint
[C#m]With a sling-shot [E]in my [B]hand
[B]And [C#m]standing [E]there a[B]round [C#m]me Two [E]thousand idle [B]hands
[B]With their [C#m]heads bowed [E]low
Their [B]hopes not [C#m]high
[C#m]Their [E]hearts weaned of their [B]homes
[B]And their [A]pockets [E]full of [B]photogr[C#m]aphs
[C#m]And their [A]eyes full [E]of goodbye[B]s
[B]I took [A]my [E]place a[B]mong my k[C#m]ind
[C#m]And I held my [E]place in [B]line
[B]Now I'm [C#m]twenty [E]one and [B]well emp[C#m]loyed
[C#m]And I [E]send home most my [B]pay
[B]Which leaves [C#m]plenty [E]left for [B]cigare[C#m]ttes
[C#m]To [E]help me pass the days[B]
[B]With be[A]loved f[E]riends [B]surrounding[C#m] me
[C#m]The cold [A]street so [E]far aw[B]ay
[A]Three days [E]west of [B]Norm[C#m]andy
[C#m]With a rifle [E]in my [B]hand
From Richard Shindell "Live At The Postcrypt Coffeehouse"
Columbia University
Fast Folk Records 1992
FF CD 509
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