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The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

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Chords in this song13

Intro

E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|---------0---0---|  x15
A|-0-3-------------|
D|-----0-----------|
  
E|---------1--1--1-3-|
B|---------1--1--3-3-|
G|---------2--2--2-4-|  x2
D|---------0--0--0-0-|
A|-0-3---------------|
D|-----0-------------|

Verse 1

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 

Pre-Chorus

And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound
Of the low spark of high heeled boys

Chorus

D/F# D7 G/D D5 x2
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

Instrumental Piano

E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|---------0---0---|  x16
A|-0-3-------------|
D|-----0-----------|
  
E|---------1--1--1-3-|
B|---------1--1--3-3-|
G|---------2--2--2-4-|  x2
D|---------0--0--0-0-|
A|-0-3---------------|
D|-----0-------------|

Verse 2

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 

Pre-Chorus

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

Chorus

D/F# D7 G/D D5 x2
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
N.C. Dm7 Em7/D
High heeled boys

Instrumental Sax, Piano, Organ, Guitar

  
E|---------1--1--1-3-|---------------------|
B|---------1--1--3-3-|---------------------|
G|---------2--2--2-4-|-(from 5:25 at 9:42)-|
D|---------0--0--0-0-|---------------------|
A|-0-3---------------|---------------------|
D|-----0-------------|---------------------|

Verse 3

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 

Outro

And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound
Of the low spark of high heeled boys
N.C.
Heeled boys
D/F# D7 G/D D5 x5
F/C C G x3
     
Dm7 Em7/D x6
(repeat to fade)
Another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers

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