Sparks Tab by The Who

Sparks tab by The Who

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Sparks
By The Who
Originally from Tommy, 1969
Live version from remastered Live at Leeds and Woodstock (Kids Are Alright
soundtrack)
Written by Pete Townshend

Previous transcription by: Mike (sef@icbr.ufl.edu)
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transcribed by
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E5   022400

[interlude from Amazing Journey; Em11 (022233) for stage versions]
    E                                 D A/C# x13
||-----0---------0----|------0-------(2)-----||
||-----0---------0----|------0--------3--2---||
||.----1---------1----|------1--------2--2--.||
||.----2---------2----|------2--------0--2--.||
||-----2---------2----|------2----------(4)--||
||--0--0--0/0-0--0--0/|-0-0--0--0/0-0--------||

    E        E/D E                       D    A/C#   x6
||-----------------------|---------------------------||
||-----------------------|---------------------------||
||.-9----9----7--9----9--|--7--9----9----7--7--6--6-.||
||.-9----9----7--9----9--|--7--9----9----7--7--7--7-.||
||--7----7----5--7----7--|--5--7----7----5--5--4--4--||
||-----------------------|---------------------------||
||[bass solo]            |                           ||
||-------------12--------|-------------12/14-14/12---||
||--------12/14---12-12--|-----12/14-14-----------12-||
||---12/14---------------|12/14----------------------||
||-12--------------------|---------------------------||
||[12-string for last two repeats]                   ||
||-----------------------|---------------------------||
||--5---5----3---5----5--|---3-5-----5---3---3--2/0--||
||-----------------------|-------------------------2-||
||-----------------------|---------------------------||
||-----------------------|---------------------------||
||-----------------------|---------------------------||

  E/B          D/B          E/B          D/B
|-7-----------|-7---------|-------------|-7----|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7---9--7--|-9-9-9-10-9--|-7----|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7---------|-9-9-9-9--9--|-7----|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7---------|-9-9-9-9--9--|-7----|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7---------|-7-7-7-7--7--|-7----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------|-0-0-0-0--0--|-0----|

[Sparks INTRO; strum down slowly to arpeggiate chord]
|-4-------|-5---0--|-4----|-5--0--|-4-----|-5--0--|-4-------|-5---0--|
|-5-------|-5------|-5----|-5-----|-5-----|-5-----|-5-------|-5--(5)-|
|-4-------|-4------|-4----|-4-----|-4-----|-4-----|-4-------|-4--(4)-|
|-0-------|-0------|-0----|-0-----|-0-----|-0-----|-0-------|-0------|
|---------|--------|------|-------|-------|-------|---------|--------|
|---------|--------|------|-------|-------|-------|---------|--------|
|[bass]                                                              |
|-----9---|-----7--|------|-------|-------|-------|-----9---|-----9--|
|----9-9--|--------|------%-------|-------%-------|----9-9-9|--------|
|-7-----7-|-5--5-5-|------|-------|-------|-------|-7-----7-|-7--7-7-|
|---------|--------|------|-------|-------|-------|---------|--------|

|-2-------|-5---0--|-4-------|-5---0---|-4---------|-------------|
|-3-------|-3---3--|-5-------|-5-------|-5---------|-------------|
|-2-------|-2---2--|-4-------|-4-------|-4---------|-------------|
|-0-------|-0---0--|-0-------|-0-------|-0---------|-------------|
|---------|--------|---------|---------|-----------|-------------|
|---------|--------|---------|---------|-----------|-------------|
                                                                 |
|-----7---|-----7--|-----9---|-----9---|-------9---|---------9---|
|----7-7-7|--------|----9-9-9|------9-9|--------9-9|----------9-9|
|-5-----5-|-5--5-7-|-7-----7-|-7--7--7-|-7-7--7--7-|-7-7-7--7--7-|
|---------|--------|---------|---------|-----------|-------------|

[MAIN RIFF]

|----------|---------------|----------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|----------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|----------|---------------|
|-2-0------|---2-0---------|-2-0------|---2-0---------|
|----------|-------3-2-0---|----------|-------3-2-0---|
|----------|-------------2-|----------|-------------2-|
|[bass]                                               |
|----------|---------------|----------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|----------|---------------|
|-7-5--5-5-|-5-7-5-3-2-0---|-7-5--5-5-|-5-7-5-3-2-0---|
|----------|-------------2-|----------|-------------2-|

|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|
|-0--------|---0------------|
|---3------|--(0)-3-2-0---0-|
|----------|------------3---|
|                           |
|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|
|-5-3--3-3-|-3-5--3-2-0-----|
|----------|------------3-5-|

  B                                B7sus4           B
|----------------|---------------|-5------5-------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|-5------5-------|-4-------------|
|----------------|---------------|-4------4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|------------4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|

[CHORUS; pedal open D throughout]

|-4--2----|-4--2--5----|-4--2----|-4--2--4---|
|-5--3----|-5--3--5----|-5--3----|-5--3--5---|
|-4--2----|-4--2--6----|-4--2----|-4--2--4---|
|-0--0----|-0--0--0----|-0--0----|-0--0--0---|
|---------|------------|---------|-----------|
|---------|------------|---------|-----------|

|-6--6----|-6--6--6----|-7----|--------|
|-7--6----|-7--6--7----|-8----|--------|
|-6--7----|-6--7--6----|-7----|--------|
|-0--0----|-0--0--0----|-0----|(0)-----|
|---------|------------|------|--------|
|---------|------------|------|--------|

                                                           x2
||-7-----8----|-7-------------------|-7-----8----|-10--|----||
||---8-----8--|---8---10-(8)-10-8---|---8-----8--|-----|----||
||.----7-----7|-----7-------------7-|-----7-----7|-----|---.||
||.-----------|---------------------|------------|-----|---.||
||------------|---------------------|------------|-----|----||
||------------|---------------------|------------|-----|----||

|-7--5---|-7--5--8---|-7---8---|-5--------|
|-8--6---|-8--6--8---|-8---8---|-6--------|
|-7--5---|-7--5--9---|-7---9---|-5--------|
|-0--0---|-0--0--0---|-0---0---|-0--------|
|--------|-----------|---------|----------|
|--------|-----------|---------|----------|

|-7--5---|-7--5--8---|-7---8---|-10-------|
|-8--6---|-8--6--8---|-8---8---|-10-------|
|-7--5---|-7--5--9---|-7---9---|-11-------|
|-0--0---|-0--0--0---|-0---0---|--0-------|
|--------|-----------|---------|----------|
|--------|-----------|---------|----------|

 [first time]
|-11----|-10----|-8-----|-10----|-11--10---|-11--10---|
|-12----|-10----|-10----|-10----|-12--10---|-12--10---|
|-11----|-11----|-9-----|-11----|-11--11---|-11--11---|
|--0----|--0----|-0-----|--0----|--0---0---|--0---0---|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|----------|----------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|----------|----------|

|-11--10--11--10-|-11--10--11--10-|
|-12--10--12--10-|-12--10--12--10-|[then
|-11--11--11--11-|-11--11--11--11-| repeat
|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-| intro]
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|

[second time]                           [to outro]
|-7--5----|-7--5--8----|-7--5----|-7----|---
|-8--6----|-8--6--8----|-8--6----|-8----|---
|-7--5----|-7--5--9----|-7--5----|-7----|---
|-0--0----|-0--0--0----|-0--0----|-0----|---
|---------|------------|---------|------|---
|---------|------------|---------|------|---

[OUTRO; pedal open D]
C/D G/D  A/D E/D   D  C/D  G/D   D   C/D
-8-|-7----5-|-4----2-|-0----3--|-2----8-|
-8-|-8----5-|-5----3-|-2----0--|-3----8-|
-9-|-7----6-|-4----2-|-0----0--|-2----9-|
-0-|-0----0-|-0----0-|-0----0--|-0----0-|
---|--------|--------|---------|--------|
---|--------|--------|---------|--------|

 G/D A/D E/D  D   A  D/A  A   D/A  A   D/A A7   D/A  A
|-7---5-|-4---2-|-0--(2)|(0)--(2)|(0)--(2)|(0)--(2)|(0)---|
|-8---5-|-5---3-|-2---3-|-2----3-|-2----3-|-5----3-|-2----|
|-7---6-|-4---2-|-2---2-|-2----2-|-2----2-|-0----2-|-2----|
|-0---0-|-0---0-|-2---4-|-2----4-|-2----4-|-5----4-|-2----|
|-------|-------|-0-----|-0------|-0------|-0------|-0----|
|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|------|
                 [pedal open A]


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