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Sep 14, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/14/97

The Sparklehorse Tab Book v1.1 [14/9/7]

Compiled By Eric <nar...@geocities.com>

Corrections/Comments most welcome.

The latest version of this document can be found at:
The Sparklehorse Crosses The Ocean
<http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/7688/>

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Contents:

1 Cow
2 Gasoline Horseys
3 Hammering The Cramps
4 Heart Of Darkness
5 Homecoming Queen
6 I Almost Lost My Mind
7 In The Dry
8 London
9 Midget In A Junkyard
10 Most Beautiful Widow In Town
11 Rainmaker
12 Sad And Beautiful World
13 Saturday
14 Someday I Will Treat You Good
15 Spirit Ditch
16 Tears On Fresh Fruit
17 Weird Sisters

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1 Cow

Tabbed by Riccardo Gallo

Chords Used:

Am7: 002213
F' : 003213
C' : 032013
G : 320013
Am : 002210

Intro:

Am7 F'
e-------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------
G-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----
D----2-----2-----2-----2-----3-----3-----3-----3--
A-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------
E-------------------------------------------------

C' G
e-------------------------------------3-----------
B-------1-----------1-----------------------1-----
G----------0-----------0--------0--------0--------
D----2-----------2-----------0-----0-----------0--
A-3-----------3-----------------------------------
E-------------------------3-----------------------

Verse:

Am7 F'
e-------------------------------------------------
B-------------1-----------------------1-----------
G-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----
D----2-----2-----2-----2-----3-----3-----3-----3--
A-0-----------------------0-----------------------
E-------------------------------------------------
saint of barges

Chorus: (no vocals)

F(i) C(i) G Am Am7
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-8--8--8-8-8--8-6-5--5--5-5-5--6-5-3--3--3-3-3--5-3-1--5--1-1-5-6
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
pretty girl, milk a cow, oh yeah

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-8--8--8-8-8--8-6-5--5--5-5-5--6-5-3--3--3-3-3--5-3-10-----------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
pretty girl, milk a cow, oh yeah

Verse 2:
metal teeth of
carousels
lighting cigars on
electric chairs

Chorus: (no vocals)

Verse 3:
buildings are rooks
nature's a vice
rattle of diesels
snakes eating their own tails

Chorus: (with vocals) x4

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2 Gasoline Horseys

Tabbed by Ashley Olsson

Tuning: down half a step [Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb]

Chords Used:

E : 022100
A : 002220
F#m: 244222
B : 224442

Intro:

eb----------
Bb----------
Gb----------
Db--------1-
Ab--2--4----
Eb----------

then strum an E chord for two bars

Verse 1:

E A
the flowers of evil
E
you left at my door
A
set 'em in a broken glass
E
and tasted my own blood

Chorus:

F#m B A E
yes your hair looks beautiful today
F#m B A E
gasoline horses will take us away

Intro:

Verse 2:
they charge forth with firey manes
and bellies full of clocks
four ton deaf and dumb
we poor old dogs of god

Chorus:

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3 Hammering The Cramps

Tabbed by Ashley Olsson

Chords Used:

A7: 575655
D : 557775
E : 779997

C#: x46664
D : x57775
B : 799877
C : 81010988

Intro: A7 A7 D A7 A7 A7 D A7

Verse 1:

A7 D A7 D A7
hey little dog, can you fly?
A7 D A7 D A7
hey little dog, can you fly?

Chorus:

A7 E
hammering the cramps
D
hammering the cramps
A7
hammering the cramps

Verse 2:
hey little car, can you fly?
hey little car, can you fly?

Chorus:

Bridge:

C# D
captain howdy's here but
B
we can't see him
C
we can't see them

Chorus: (only twice, from second 'hammering the cramps')

Chorus:

oh yeah

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4 Heart Of Darkness

Tabbed By Ashley Olsson

Chords Used:

A : x02220 or 577655
A/Ab: 402220 or 477655
F#m7: 2x2222
D : 000232
Bm : 224432
E : 022100

Verse 1:

A/Ab F#m7
she laid her head
D
on my chest
A/Ab F#m7
as the sun burned
A
down the west
D F#m7
there's one thing we still got
D F#m7
this one last dance in this parking lot

Chorus:

Bm E F#m7 D
oh yeah I, I got a heart of darkness
Bm E F#m7 A
oh yeah I, I got a heart of darkness

Verse 2:
then she woke up
into the fire
and the flames kept
dancing higher
satan would laugh at her screams
then she woke up from her dreams

Chorus:

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5 Homecoming Queen

Tabbed by Ashley Olsson

Chords Used:

F#m : 244222
C#m : x46654
Bm : x24432
D : x00232
E : 022100
Dm : x00231
A : x02220
B7 : x21200
Dsus2: x00320

Intro/Verse:

F#m C#m Bm F#m
e------------------------------------------------------
B----------2----------5----------3-----2---------------
G--2--4----------2----------6---------------2----------
D-------------4----------6----------4------------------
A--0--2---------------4----------2-----2---------------
E----------2--------------------------------2----------
a horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse

F#m C#m Bm
e------------------------------------------------------
B----------2----------5----------3---------------------
G--2--4----------2----------6--------------------------
D-------------4----------6-----------------------------
A--0--2---------------4----------2---------------------
E----------2-------------------------------------------
ramblingon magnetic fields

F#m C#m D E
e--2--0--------------------------2---------------------
B----------2----------5-------------3------------------
G----------------2----------6----------2----1----------
D-------------4----------6-------0-------------2-------
A--2--0---------------4---------------------------2----
E----------2--------------------------------0----------
yes I did use up thelastbox of sparklers

Dm A E Bm
e--1---------------------------------------------------
B-----3-------2---------------------3------------------
G--------2-------2-------1----------------4------------
D--0----------------2-------2----------4---------------
A-------------0----------------2----2------------------
E------------------------0-----------------------------
beforethey went bad got wet or decayed

Chorus:

C#m D F#m B7
e---------------------2--------------------------------
B----------5----------------3----2----------0----------
G--4--5----------6-------2----------2----------2-------
D-------------6-------0----------------4----------1----
A--2--3----4---------------------2----------2----------
E------------------------------------------------------
home coming queen

A E Dsus2
e------------------------0-----------------------------
B--2------------------------3--------------------------
G--------2----1-----2----------2-----------------------
D-----2----------2-------0-----------------------------
A--0---------------------------------------------------
E-------------0----------------------------------------
home coming queen

Intro:

Verse 2:
teeth what were sharp
are ground down and done
my crooked spine becoming more brittle
what once grew straight
and tall t'wards the sun
absorbing back down
to dirt like a sponge

Chorus: x2

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6 I Almost Lost My Mind

Tabbed by Ashley Olsson

Chords Used:

F : 133211
Gm: 355333
Am: 577555
Bb: 688766
C : 799877

Dm: 557765
Am: 577555
Gm: 355333

Verse 1:

F Gm Am Bb C
without you last night

F Gm Am Bb C
fireworks show bright

Chorus:

Dm Am Gm
and i almost lost my mind

Dm Am Gm
yes i almost lost my mind

Verse 2:
in the traffic jam
sweating big for cans

Chorus:

Verse 3:
for the queue last night
fireworks show bright

Chorus:

Verse 4:
for the queue last night
in the traffic jam

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7 In the dry

Tabbed by Ashley Olsson

Chords used:

G : 320003
C : 032010
Dsus2: x00320

Intro:

G C G C
e------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------0----------1-------------0----------1------------
G--------0----------0-------------0----------0---------------
D-----0----------2-------------0----------2------------------
A--2------------------------2--------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------

Verse 1:

G C
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------0--------------------1----------------------------
G--------0--------------------0-------------------------------
D-----0--------------------2----------------------------------
A--2----------------------------------------------------------
E--------------3-----------------------0--0-------------------
the roof is... rust

Chorus:

D C G
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B--------2---------------1-------------------0----------------
G-----3---------------0-------------------0-------------------
D--0---------------2-------------------0----------------------
A-----------------------------------2-------------------------
E-------------0---------------0--0----------------------------
yeah oh we're in the dry

Verse 2:
the sheriff on my trail
to escort me to jail
with bloodhounds fat and unhealthy
i may be cornered but i'm wealthy

Chorus: (twice)

Verse 3:
i rise to meet my rivals
they shoot me with their rifles
now I'm lying by a pool
on a blanket, moist and cool

Chorus: (twice, repeat 'in the dry' to finish)

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8 London (words by William Blake, music by Tuli Kuphberger)

Tabbed by Ashley Olsson

Chords used:

G : 320003
Am: 002210
C : 332010
Em: 022000

Intro: G Am C Em

Verse 1:

G Am
I wander through each chartered street,

C Em
near where the chartered Thames does flow,

G Am
and mark in every face I meet

C Em
marks of weakness, marks of woe.

Intro:

Verse 2:
in every cry of every man,
in every infant's cry of fear,
in every voice, in every ban,
the mind-forged manacles I hear.

Solo: (twice)

e-----------------------
B-----------------------
G-----------4-----------
D-----5--7-----7-----5--
A--7--------------7-----
E-----------------------

Verse 3:
how the chimney-sweeper's cry
every blackening church appalls,
and the hapless soldier's sigh
runs in blood down palace walls.

Solo: (twice)

Verse 4:
but most, through midnight streets I hear
how the youthful harlot's curse
blasts the new-born infant's tear
and blights with plagues the marriage hearse.

Verse 1:

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9 Midget In A Junkyard

Tabbed by David MacRaild <da...@macraild-circus.demon.co.uk>

E-----------------------------------------------------------------
B--12--14--12------12--14--12--15--14--12---------------------12--
G--------------14-------------------------14--11------11--11------
D-------------------------------------------------14--------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------------
B--12--14--12------12--14--12--15--14--12-------------------------
G--------------14-------------------------14----------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------

E--14--15--14--12--14--12------12--14--12-------------------------
B--------------------------15--------------15--14--12-------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------

E------------------12--14--15--14--12------14--12-----------------
B------12--14--15----------------------15----------15--12--14-----
G--14-------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------

E--17--17--17--15--13--13--13--14---------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------

E--------------------------14-------------------------------------
B------------------14----------10--12-----------------------------
G--11--12--11--12------14-----------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------

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10 Most Beautiful Widow In Town

Tabbed by Ashley Olsson

Chords Used:

C9 : x32033
G : 320033
Bm7 : x20233

Em : 022000
D/F#: 200232
D : 000232
Am : 002210
C : 032010

Intro:

C9 G Bm7 C9 x2

Verse 1:

C9 G Bm7 C9
we were both standing in your mother's living room

C9 G Bm7 C9
sweating up a storm in that terrible month of June

C9 G Bm7 C9
and the sweat rolled down your cheek and into your mouth

C9 G Bm7
I knew this must've been a dream 'cos your mother would never let me in her

C9
house

Chorus:

Em D/F# G D
you are the most beautiful widow

Am Bm7 C D
you are the most beautiful widow in town

Verse 2:
many years later in the glassy month of December
I stood with my hands in my pockets trying to avoid
a shiny wedding portrait hanging on that old woman's wall
'cos I knew you'd be wearing a smile that'd be too painful to look upon

Chorus:

Verse 3: (instrumental with solo)

e----------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------
D--2--4--5-----4--5-----4--5-------------------
A-----------5--------2--------3--2--0----------
E----------------------------------------------

Ending: C9 G Bm7 C9 G

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11 Rainmaker

Tabbed By Ashley Olsson

Chords Used:

D : x00232
D' : x00132
A : x02220
G : 320003

E : 022100
F# : 244322
Gi : 355433
Ai : 577655

Intro: D D' A G D D' G

you wish, yeah!

Bass riff:

E--10-10--5--10-10--5----10-10--5--10-10--2--

Verse 1: (No guitar on first two lines)

D D' A G D D' G
all you've got to do is look in the sky and wish
D D' A G D D' G
you might see a space in the clouds or relaxing in a spirit ditch
E F# G A G F#
he's been known to sleep on piles of dry leaves
E G A D
abandoned on October lawns
E F# G A
sometimes he awakens with spiders on his eyelids

Chorus:

D G
rainmaker's coming
D G
rainmaker's coming
D E F# G A
rainmaker's coming to soak us with water

Intro:

Verse 2:
sometimes you feel just like a stone tossed into the deep
all you gotta do is touch-a one whose face is one with sleep
and he can show up at your, your back door in the heat
trace him back before we was born
inquiring about an honest day's work for a decent meal

Chorus:

Verse 3:
sometimes he's hitching a ride in a freezer or appears as a mist
he's also been known to introduce himself as a scientist
he could be the retarded son of an old woman with
seven fingers on each hand
'cos I know I reckon, he will come when he's beckoned for

Chorus: (only last two lines)

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12 Sad & Beautiful World

Tabbed by Ashley Olsson

Chords Used:

D: x00232
A: 002220
G: 320003

Verse 1:

D A G
sometimes I get so sad
D A G
sometimes you just make me mad

Chorus:

D A G
it's a sad and beautiful world
D A G
it's a sad and beautiful world

Verse 2:
sometimes I just won't go
sometimes I can't say 'no'

Chorus:

Verse 3:
sometimes days go speeding past
sometimes this one seems like the last

Chorus:

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13 Saturday

Tabbed by Ashley Olsson

Tuning: down half a step [Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb]

Chords Used:

B : x24442
B/Bb : x14442
E : 022100
F# : 244322
G#m : 466444
C#m : 446654

Verse 1:

B B/Bb E
you are a car
B B/Bb E
you are a hospital
B B/Bb F#
I'd walk to hell and back

to see your smile
riff
on Saturday

Riff:

eb--------0-------------0-------------0-------------0------------------
Bb-----------4-------------4-------------4-------------4---------------
Gb-----4-------------4-------------4-------------4---------------------
Db--2-------------1---------------------------1------------------------
Ab------------------------------4--------------------------------------
Eb---------------------------------------------------------------------

Verse 2:
you are a star
you are a sea of air
I play great keyboards
of horses' teeth
on Saturday

Bridge:

B F#
I'd like to tell you

G#m F# C#m
how I feel

F#
I'll probably keep it

riff
'til Saturday

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14 Someday I Will Treat You Good

Tabbed By Chuck Parrott <parr...@3rddoor.com>

Chords Used:

Dm: 557765
Am: 577555
Gm: 355333
Em: 0220xx
C : 335553
A#: 113331
F : 133211

Intro: C A# F C x2

Verse 1:

Dm Am Gm
There's something going on around here
Dm Am Gm
I could not crawl back if I tried
Dm Am
I couldn't wait around
Gm
I couldn't wait another second
Dm Am Gm
Something going on around here
Am Gm
I left my baby on the side of the highway
Am Gm
She just couldn't see things my way

Chorus:

C A# F C
Someday I will treat you good
C A# F C
Someday I will treat you fine
C A# F C
Someday I will treat you good
A#
You know I should

Verse 2:
everything that's made is made to decay
well I'm shrinking bones in the sun
won't you tell me why that
the beautiful ones are always crazy
she's whispering like morticia now
I left my baby on the side of the road
I left her with a heavy load

Chorus:

Solo:

Verse 3: (First two and last two lines of Verse 1)
something going on around here
I could not crawl back if I tried
I left my baby on the side of highway
she just couldn't see things my way

Chorus:

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15 Spirit Ditch

Tabbed By David MacRaild <da...@macraild-circus.demon.co.uk>

Chords Used:

B' : x24422
F# : 244322
C#m: x46654
E : 022100
Em : 022000
G : 320003

B' F#
E-----------2-----------------2-----------------------------------
B--------------2-----------------2---------------2----------------
G--------4--------4--------4--------2---------------3-------------
D-----4-----------------4---------------------4--------4----------
A--2-----------------2---------------------4----------------------
E---------------------------------------2-------------------------
I want my records back

C#m
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------2------------------5-----------------5----------------
G--------------3------------6-----6-----------6-----6-------------
D--------4--------4------6-----------6-----6-----------6----------
A-----4---------------4-----------------4-------------------------
E--2--------------------------------------------------------------
and that motorcycle gas tank that I

E Em
E----------------------x------------------------------------------
B-----------0----------0------------------------------------------
G--------------1-------0------------------------------------------
D--------2--------2----2------------------------------------------
A-----2----------------2------------------------------------------
E--0-------------------0------------------------------------------
spraypainted black

E Em G
E----------------------x------------------------------------------
B-----------0----------0-----------------3-----------------3------
G--------------1-------0--------------------4---------------------
D--------2--------2----2--------------5--------5--------5---------
A-----2----------------2-----------5-----------------5------------
E--0-------------------0--0--2--3-----------------3---------------
to secrecy I woke up in

E G
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------0-----------------0--------------------3--------
G--------------------1--------------------------------------4-----
D--------------2--------2--------2--------------------5--------5--
A-----------2-----------------2--------------------5--------------
E--3--2--0-----------------0-----------0--2--3--3-----------------
a burned out basement sleeping with

F# E Em
E---------------------------------------x-------------------------
B----------2------------------0---------0-------------------------
G-------------3------------------1------0-------------------------
D-------4--------4---------2--------2---2-------------------------
A----4------------------2---------------2-------------------------
E-2------------------0------------------0-------------------------
metal hands in a spirit ditch

Verse 2:
the moon it will rise with such
horse laughter
it's dragging pianos to the ocean

if I had a home
you'd know it'd be
in a slide trombone

Chorus:

Verse 3: (instrumental with Mom on answerphone)

Chorus:

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16 Tears On Fresh Fruit

Tabbed By Ashley Olsson

Chords used:

E :
F#:
G :
A :
B :
C :
D :

Verse 1:

E F# G
just when you've found your way to
D B
the boiler room
C E
they come to dig you out
F# G A B
with picks and shovels and
C
acetelyne torches

Chorus:

C G D A
I couldn't do nothing but watch as her tears fell on fresh fruit
C G F#
behind the boney walls of my skull
E F# G A B C
there was playing a lullabye

Chorus Riff:

D--------0-----------4-----------5----------7-----------9----------10
A-----2-----2-----4-----4-----5----------7-----7-----9-----9----10---
E--0-----------2-----------3----------5-----------7-----------8------

la la la la la la la la la la la, la la la la la

Verse 2:
we're just trying to be free
of our bodies
our stomache's full of liquor
and our lungs
full of water

Chorus:

la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la, la

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17 Weird Sisters

Tabbed by Ashley Olsson

Tuning: DAGDBe

Chords used:

D : 000232
D/Db: 040232
D/C : 030232
D/B : 020232

F# : 444232
E : 222232

Em : 222232
F# : 444232 or 4477xx
G : 555232 or 5577xx
A : 577655 or 7777xx

Intro: D

D D/Db D/C D/B
the parasites will love you when you're dead
D
la la la, la la
D D/Db D/C D/B
hiding all the rattles in the bed
D
la la la, la la

Chorus:

D F# E
come crawling in
D
with bulging eyes
F#
now I can see
E D
there's a bad moon on the rise

Verse 2:
raking all the gravels from the tracks
la la la, la la
forget about the daggers in the backs
la la la, la la

Chorus:

Progression: Em F# G A

Verse 3:
a big wind spitting female
rain and teeth
la la la, la la
the dark walls fell upon me
wools and fleece
la la la, la la
come crawling in
with bulging eyes
now I can see
there's a bad moon on the rise

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