Low Spark chords by Traffic

Chords with lyrics

OK, so what *is* this song about? Jim Capaldi, in _Goldmine_ #97, explained
that he and actor Michael J. Pollard were in Morocco preparing for a movie
that was never actually made:

 Pollard and I would sit around writing lyrics all day, talking about
 Bob Dylan and the Band, thinking up ridiculous plots for the movie.
 Before I left Morocco, Pollard wrote in my book [the line] 'The Low
 Spark of High Heeled Boys.' For me, it summed him up. He had this
 tremendous rebel attitude. He walked around in his cowboy boots, his
 leather jacket. At the time he was a heavy little dude. It seemed to
 sum up all the people of that generation who were just rebels. [...]
 The 'Low Spark', for me, was the spirit, high-spirited. You know,
 standing on a street corner. The low rider. The 'Low Spark' meaning
 that strong undercurrent at the street level.

          "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"
            (S. Winwood - J. Capaldi)

Intro:

	(fade in)

	Dm7Dm7            [repeat to 1:15; vibra-slap enters]
	 / / / /  / / / /

	Dm7Dm7       Em7/D   [2X] [piano r.h.: A-C-D-F, B-D-E-G]
	 / / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

	       Dm7Dm7              Em7/D
	If you see something that ...
	     Dm7Dm7             Em7/D
	And it's shooting up ...
	     Dm7Dm7         Em7/D        Dm7Dm7  Em7/D
	And your   head is ...
	        Dm7Dm7             Em7/D
	And you just can't escape ...
	      Dm7Dm7         Em7/D
	Don't worry too much ...
	  Dm7Dm7        Em7/D        Dm7Dm7 Em7/D
	We were children ...

		 D MajorD              A augmentedA
	And the thing that you're ...
	    C majorC      G+G      FF
	Of the low spark of ...

Bridge:

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

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

	   D7(no3)          G/DG/D   D7(no3)
	The percentage you're ...
	      D7(no3)          G/DG/D  D7(no3)
	While you're living beyond ...
	   D7(no3)           G/DG/D    D7(no3)
	And the man in the suit has ....
	     F/CF/C     C majorC       G+G
	From the profit he's...
	   F/CF/C      C majorC       G+G
	But today you just read ...
	   F/CF/C       C majorC     G+G
	By a gun that ...
	    D MajorD           A augmentedA
	But it wasn't the bullet ...
	     C majorC      G+G      FF
	Was the low spark of ....

[Instrumental break: 16-bar piano solo on Dm7Dm7]

	Dm7Dm7       Em7/D   [2X]
	 / / / /  / / / /

Verse 2:

	If you had just a minute ....

	And the thing that disturbs ....

[repeat chorus]

	High heeled boys

Instrumental break:

	(Piano, sax, fuzz organ solos)

	Dm7Dm7       Em7/D   [5:18 - 9:19]
	 / / / /  / / / /

	Dm7Dm7
	 / / / /  / / / /
	Dm7Dm7      D7D7
	 / / / /  / / / /
	Dm7Dm7       Em7/D   [2X]
	 / / / /  / / / /

Verse 3:

	If I gave you everything that ....

	And the sound that I'm .....

[repeat chorus (instrumental)]

Coda:

	Dm7Dm7       Em7/D   [repeat to fade, w/fuzz organ]
	 / / / /  / / / /


-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers