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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.

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

Intro:

	(fade in)

	Dm7                        [repeat to 1:15; vibra-slap enters]
	 /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

	Dm7             Em7/D      [2X] [piano r.h.: A-C-D-F, B-D-E-G]
	 /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

Verse 1:

	              Dm7                           Em7/D
	If you see something that ...
	          Dm7                          Em7/D
	And it's shooting up ...
	         Dm7                  Em7/D               Dm7   Em7/D
	And your     head is ...
	               Dm7                         Em7/D
	And you just  can't escape ...
	            Dm7                 Em7/D
	Don't worry too much ...
	    Dm7               Em7/D                Dm7  Em7/D
	We were children ...

		  D                           A
	And the thing that you're ...
	        C            G           F
	Of the low spark of ...

Bridge:

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

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

[Instrumental break: 16-bar piano solo on Dm7]

	Dm7             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)

	Dm7             Em7/D      [5:18 - 9:19]
	 /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

	Dm7
	 /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /
	Dm7           D7
	 /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /
	Dm7              Em7/D     [2X]
	 /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

Verse 3:

	If I gave you everything that ....

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

[repeat chorus (instrumental)]

Coda:

	Dm7             Em7/D      [repeat to fade, w/fuzz organ]
	 /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /


-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers

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