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Song: The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys (Live) Artist: Traffic Album: The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, 1971 URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8M8R835Ck4; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Low_Spark_of_High_Heeled_Boys Tempo: 4|4 Style: Jazz Blues Fusion Method: Slow and deliberate, employing short rests at the end of verse lines Tuning: Standard [Intro] (Slow Fade-In: Sax and Piano over) |F |F |F |G | [repeat until ready to sing] Bass line (single notes; -1 is down one octave) D - D - A - C - D-1 [Verse 1]
If you Fsee something that looks like a Gstar, And it's Fshooting up out of the Gground. And your Fhead is spinning from a louGd guitar, And you jFust can't escape from the sGound. Don't Fworry too much, it'll happen to yGou, We wFere children once, playing with tGoys.
[Bridge 1]
And the Dthing that you're hearing is Aonly the sound of, The Clow spark of Ghigh-heeled Fboys.
[Instrumental 1] |D |G D| [Chorus 1]
The percentage you're paying is Gtoo high D7a price, While you're living beyond Gall your D7means. And the man in the suit has just bought Ga new D7car, From the F/Cprofit he's Cmade on your Gdreams. ButG today you just Cread that the mGan was sF/Chot dead,C By a gGun thatC didn't make anyG noiseF/C. C
[Bridge 2]
But it Dwasn't the bullet that Alaid him to rest, was, The Clow spark of Ghigh-heeled Fboys. (High-heeled boys)
[Instrumental 2] Intro x2 [Verse 3] 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 sim'lar as this? Don't worry too much, it’ll happen to you, As sure as your sorrows are joys. [Bridge 3] And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound of The low spark of high-heeled boys. [Chorus 2] 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. [Bridge 4] But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest, was, The low spark of high-heeled boys. (‘heeled boys) [Verse 4] 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. [Bridge 5] And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound, of, The low spark of high-heeled boys. (heeled boys) [Outro] Jam out over Intro [End] ‘The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys’ (album) is the fifth studio album by English rock band Traffic, released in 1971. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Low_Spark_of_High_Heeled_Boys