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[Verse 1] [G]Such things should never happen but we die [D]The swallow find[G]s an oak [C]to nest her young Defenseless between the earth and the sky Uncounted beneath a vast, indifferent [G]sun [Verse 2] A mother holds her baby [G]to her breast She trusts in you yet does not dare to breathe As the baby sparrow falls from its nest As the mighty oak does not appear to see [Verse 3] Such things should never happen, [G]but they do Beside a little [C]box, a mother cries The swallow seeks to [G]build its nest anew The oak tree lifts its branches to its [Outro 1] eyes [G][D][C][G][Em] [G][Em] [G]
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