Low Spark

Traffic

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Strum

D-DU-UDU

(fade in)

Dm7

/ / / / / / / /

.: ---, ---]

/ / / / / / / /

If you see something that looks like a star

And it's shooting up out of the ground

And your head is spinning from a loud guitar

And you just can't escape from the sound

Don't worry too much it'll happen to you

We were children once playing with toys

And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound

Of the low spark of high heeled boys

(saxes arr. for guitar; doubled w/bass )

(no3) (no3) : --, --]

v v v v v v v v (8th-note chords)

-----------------|-----------------|

-----------------|-------3---------|

-------5---------|---4-------------|

---4-------------|-----------------|

-----------------|-----------------|

The percentage you're paying is too high a price

While you're living beyond all your means

And the man in the suit has just bought a new car

From the profit he's made on your dreams

But today you just read that the man was shot dead

By a gun that didn't make any noise

But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest

Was the low spark of high heeled boys

16-bar piano solo on Dm7]

/ / / / / / / /

If you had just a minute to breathe

And they granted you one final wish

Would you ask for something like another chance

Or something similar as this

Don't worry too much it'll happen to you

As sure as your sorrows are joys

And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound

Of the low spark of high heeled boys

High heeled boys

(Piano, sax, fuzz organ solos)

Dm7 Em7/D

/ / / / / / / /

If I gave you everything that I owned

And asked for nothing in return

Would you do the same for me as I would for you

Or take me for a ride

And strip me of everything including my pride

But spirit is something that no one destroys

And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound

Of the low spark of high heeled boys

Heeled boys

Dm7 Em7/D

/ / / / / / / /

-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers

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Readable chord sheet for Low Spark by Traffic

(fade in)

        Dm7                        [repeat to 1:15; vibra-slap enters]
         /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

        [Dm7]             [Em7/D]      [2X] [piano r.[B].: [A]-[C]-[D]-[F], [B]-[D]-[E]-[G]]
         /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

        If you see som[Dm7]ething that looks like a star [Em7/D]
        And it's s[Dm7]hooting up out of the ground [Em7/D]
        And your [Dm7]    head is spinning [Em7/D]      from a loud gu[Dm7]itar  [Em7/D]
        And you just  c[Dm7]an't escape from the sound  [Em7/D]
        Don't worry [Dm7]too much it'll happe[Em7/D]n to you
        We w[Dm7]ere children once [Em7/D]       playing with t[Dm7]oys  [Em7/D]

        And the th[D]ing that you're hearing is o[A]nly the sound
        Of the l[C]ow spark of h[G]igh heeled b[F]oys

        (saxes arr. for guitar; doubled w/bass [2X; continue])

        [D7](no3)           [G/D]    [D7](no3)            [piano r.[B]: [D]-[A]-[C], [D]-[G]-[B]]
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v                    (8th-note chords)
        -----------------|-----------------|
        -----------------|-------3---------|
        -------5---------|---4-------------|
        ---4-------------|-----------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|

        The pe[D7]rcentage you're paying is [G/D]too high [D7]a price
        While you'r[D7]e living beyond all your m[G/D]eans  [D7]
        And th[D7]e man in the suit has just b[G/D]ought a new[D7] car
        From the p[F]rofit he's[C] made on your [G]dreams
        But to[F]day you just[C] read that the[G] man was shot dead
        By a [F]gun that didn't[C] make any [G]noise
        But it w[D]asn't the bullet that l[A]aid him to rest
        Was the l[C]ow spark of h[G]igh heeled b[F]oys

16-bar piano solo on Dm7]

        [Dm7]             [Em7/D]      [2X]
         /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

        If you had just a minute to breathe
        And they granted you one final wish
        Would you ask for something like another chance
        Or something similar as this
        Don't worry too much it'll happen to you
        As sure as your sorrows are joys

        And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound
        Of the low spark of high heeled boys

[repeat chorus]

        High heeled boys

        (Piano, sax, fuzz organ solos)

        Dm7             Em7/D      [5:18 - 9:19]
         /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

        [Dm7] /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /
        [Dm7] /  /  /  /   [D7] /  /  /  /
        [Dm7]              [Em7/D]     [2X]
         /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

        If I gave you everything that I owned
        And asked for nothing in return
        Would you do the same for me as I would for you
        Or take me for a ride
        And strip me of everything including my pride
        But spirit is something that no one destroys

        And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound
        Of the low spark of high heeled boys
        Heeled boys

[repeat chorus (instrumental)]

        Dm7             Em7/D      [repeat to fade, w/fuzz organ]
         /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers

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