SPARROW ON THE SCHOOLYARD WALL

By Ian Anderson, transcription by Peter Dawson

From Catfish Rising

Capo III

You [Em]want to [D]be a [Em]book[Bm7]worm? [Em Em C C]

You [Em]want to [D]be a[Em]loof[Bm7]? [C C Bm7 Bm7]

You [Em]want to [D]sit in [Em]judge[Bm7]ment? [Em Em C C]

Looking [Em]down [D]from the [Em]roof?[Bm7 C C Bm7 Bm7]

Try a [Gm]wee sensation, but [C]first you have to want to join [B]in.

You should be[D C], should be [Em]raging down the freeway [Bm7 C]

With some [Em]friends from the mall. [D C]

Don�t stay for[Em]ever in your limbo, [C]fly before you [D]fall [Dsus4/2 variation]

[tacit]little sparrow in the schoolyard [Em]wall.[Bm7 Em C, Em D C Bm7]

[Em D Em Bm7 Em Em C C, Em D Em Bm7 C C Bm7 Bm7]

So [Em]dress a [D]little [Em]danger[Bm7]ous [Em Em C C]

and [Em]modi[D]fy your [Em]walk.[Bm7 C C Bm7 Bm7]

There�s [Em]nothing [D]wrong with [Em]spar[Bm7]rows [Em Em C C]

but try to [Em]be a [D]sparrow [Em]hawk. [Bm7 C C Bm7 Bm7]

[Gm]Hunting in the evening and [C]floating in the heat of the [B]day.

You might, [D C] might acquire some [Em]predatory instinct. [Bm7 C]

Do the [Em]wolf pack crawl. [D C]

Don�t stay for[Em]ever in your limbo, [C]fly before you [D]fall [Dsus4/2 variation]

[tacit]little sparrow on the schoolyard [Em]wall.[D Em C],

little [Em]sparrow on the [D]wall[C C Bm7 Bm7]

[Am]Well I don�t want to be your [Asus2]daddy.

[G]Don�t want to be your [F]engineer of [Am]sin.

I don�t want to be the [Asus2]piper here.

[G]I�m only [F]banging on a mando[Am]lin

and [B]anyway, you�re just a

[Em]little [D]sparrow [Em Em C C]on the

[Em]schoolyard [Bm7]wall. [C C Bm7 Bm7]

[Em D Em Bm7 Em Em C C, Em D Em Bm7 C C Bm7 Bm7]

There�s [Em]nothing [D]wrong with [Em]learn[Bm7]ing, [Em Em C C]

nothing [Em]wrong [D]with your [Em]books. [Bm7 C C Bm7 Bm7]

So [Em]exer[D]cise some [Em]judge[Bm7]ment, [Em Em C C]

too much [Em]broth can [D]spoil the [Em]cook. [Bm7 C C Bm7 Bm7]

Feel a [Gm]little sensation and [C]know when it�s time to join [B]in.

You should be, [D C] should be [Em]raging down the freeway. [Bm7 C]

With some [Em] friends from the mall. [D C]

Don�t stay for[Em]ever in your limbo, [C]fly before you [D]fall,

before you [C]fall,

[tacit]little sparrow in the schoolyard, the school yard [Em]wall. D� Em� D� Em