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Tuning: E A D G B E
NOT MINE: Found this on another site and thought it should be on UG as well. All credit goes to arlen b, who it looks like did a really good job with this. "The Spark That Bled" The Flaming Lips from "The Soft Bulletin" tabbed by arlen b, 05/15/03 website: http://www.geocities.com/kingoftheeskimos what an insane song... loads of parts; hopefully i've done a decent job of transcribing most of them. anything that i've thoroughly screwed up, feel free to point it out to me, and i'll have another go at it, but i think this is pretty good for the most part... standard tuning chords used: Amaj7 G#m(aug) F#m(7) F#m F#dim C#m C#m/Bb A B e--0----(0)------(0)-----2----------4----4-----0----2------------------| B--2-----4--------2------2----1-----5----5-----2----4------------------| G--1-----4--------2------2----2-----6----x-----2----4------------------| D--2-----6--------4------4----4-----6----6-----2----4------------------| A--0-----6--------4------4----3-----4----4-----0----2------------------| E--------4---------------2---------------6-----------------------------| *note* the intro/verse chord progression is sort of irregularly arpeggiated and played free hand. the parenthesis are indicative of the high E string being picked at some point during the arpeggiation of each chord in question. intro: [Amaj7 G#m(aug)] x2 F#m(7) G#m(aug) Amaj7 G#m(aug)
Amaj7 i accidentally touched my G#m(aug)head Amaj7 and noticed i had been G#m(aug)bleeding F#m(7) for how long i didn't G#m(aug)know Amaj7 G#m(aug)
F#m what was F#dimthis, i thought, that C#mstruck me?? C#m/Bb F#m what kind of F#dimweapons have they C#mgot??C#m/Bb F#m the softest F#dimbullet ever C#mshot C#m/Bb
and then some orchestration with no intelligible guitar (and not much in the way of basic chords either...) and then a bridge of sorts: C#m A, basic chords, played under this riff (approximately): e----------------------------------------------------------------------| B----------------------------------------------------------------------| G----------------------------------------------------------------------| D--------2-4-4b5-4-2---------------------------------------------------| A--(2h4)-------------4--2h4--4-2p0-------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------------| then what i'm calling the chorus: E Aadd9 (x07600) Amaj7add9 (x06600) A6add9 (x04600) i stood up and i said, "yeah!!" E Aadd9 Amaj7add9 A6add9 i stood up and i said, "yeah!!" E Aadd9 Amaj7add9 A6add9 B i stood up and i said, "hey!! yeah!! yeah!!" then another bridge of sorts (this is pretty sketchy; VERY basic chords...): C#m
from this moment C#mon, blaring like a F#m(7)trumpet comin' from Amaj7above us and somewhere G#m(aug)below
the F#m(7)confidence of C#mknowing descending to F#m(7)relieve us of the struggle to Amaj7believe it's Eso
chorus: E Aadd9 Amaj7add9 A6add9 i stood up and i said, "yeah!!" E Aadd9 Amaj7add9 A6add9 i spoke up and i said, "hey!!" E Aadd9 Amaj7add9 A6add9 B i stood up and i said, "hey!! yeah!! yeah!!" then another bridge-esque thing (notes in parenthesis indicate notes that SHOULD be played, but are hard/impossible to get at): Eadd9 E Caug Cmajb5 C#sus4 C#m G Gmaj7 Bsus4 Bm D5 D5maj7 D e--2----0----4----2-----------------3----2----0-------------------2-------| B--0----0----1----1------7-----5----0----0----x----3----3----2----3-------| G--1----1----x----x------6-----6----0----0----4----4----2----2----2-------| D--2----2----2----2------6-----6----0----0----4----4----0----0----0-------| A--2----2---(3)--(3)-----4-----4----2----2----2----2----------------------| E--0----0---------------------------3----3--------------------------------| then this trippy little thing (just the rough notes; sort of improv'ed): D E A e------5------7-------------7---------9--------------------------------| B----7------9-------10---10---10---10----------------------------------| G--7------9-------9----9---------9-------------------------------------| D----------------------------------------------------------------------| A----------------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------------| and it seemed to cause a chain reaction it had momentum; it was gainin' traction it was all the rage; it was all the fashion the outreached hands had resigned themselves to holdin' on to something that they... E A e------7------------7---9----------7---9-------------------------------| B----9---------10-------------10---------------------------------------| G--9--------/9----9---9----/9----9---9---------------------------------| D----------------------------------------------------------------------| A----------------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------------| ...never had, and that's too bad
cos in reF#mality there was Eno reaction
[Amaj7 G#m(aug)] x2 F#m(7) G#m(aug) Amaj7 G#m(aug)
Amaj7 i accidentally touched my G#m(aug)head Amaj7 and noticed i had been G#m(aug)bleeding F#m(7) for how long i didn't G#m(aug)know Amaj7 G#m(aug)
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