Traffic – The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys (Guitar)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
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Chords

Dm7 0 0 0 2 1 1 Em7/D 0 0 0 4 3 3 D/F# 4 0 0 x x x D7 0 3 0 2 1 x (no3) G/D 0 2 0 0 x x D5 0 0 0 2 3 x [Intro]
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|---------0---0---|  x15
A|-0-3-------------|
D|-----0-----------|

           Dm7     Em7/D
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]
              Dm7                           Em7/D
If you see something that looks like a star

          Dm7                          Em7/D
And it's shooting up out of the ground

         Dm7                  Em7/D               Dm7   Em7/D
And your     head is spinning       from a loud guitar

               Dm7                         Em7/D
And you just  can't escape from the sound

            Dm7                 Em7/D
Don't worry too much it'll happen to you

   Dm7               Em7/D               Dm7  Em7/D
We were children once       playing with toys
[Pre-Chorus]
          D                           A
And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound

        C            G           F
Of the low spark of high heeled boys
[Chorus] D/F# D7 G/D D5 x2
      D7                        G/D      D5
The percentage you're paying is too high a price

           D7                        G/D   D5
While you're living beyond all your means

     D7                          G/D        D5
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car

          F/C         C             G
From the profit he's made on your dreams

      F/C           C             G
But today you just read that the man was shot dead

     F/C              C         G
By a gun that didn't make any noise

        D                      A
But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest

         C            G           F
Was the low spark of high heeled boys
[Instrumental Piano]
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|---------0---0---|  x16
A|-0-3-------------|
D|-----0-----------|

           Dm7     Em7/D
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]
   Dm7                      Em7/D
If you had just a minute to breathe

          Dm7                  Em7/D
And they granted you one final wish

          Dm7        Em7/D               Dm7     Em/D
Would you ask for something like another chance

    Dm7                      Em7/D
Or something similar as this

       Dm7                  Em7/D
Don't worry too much it'll happen to you

   Dm7           Em7/D      Dm7    Em7/D
As sure as your sorrows are joys
[Pre-Chorus]
        D                          A
And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound

       C            G           F
Of the low spark of high heeled boys
[Chorus] D/F# D7 G/D D5 x2
      D7                        G/D      D5
The percentage you're paying is too high a price

           D7                        G/D   D5
While you're living beyond all your means

      D7                          G/D        D5
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car

          F/C         C             G
From the profit he's made on your dreams

      F/C           C             G
But today you just read that the man was shot dead

     F/C              C         G
By a gun that didn't make any noise

        D                      A
But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest

        C            G           F
Was the low spark of high heeled boys

N.C.        Dm7    Em7/D
High heeled boys
[Instrumental Sax, Piano, Organ, Guitar]
           Dm7     Em7/D
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]
     Dm7                       Em7/D
If I gave you everything that I owned

     Dm7                 Em7/D
And asked for nothing in return

          Dm7             Em7/D             Dm7    Em7/D
Would you do the same for me as I would for you

   Dm7           Em7/D
Or take me for a ride

    Dm7                     Em7/D
And strip me of everything including my pride

    Dm7               Em7/D          Dm7      Em7/D
But spirit is something that no one destroys
[Outro]
        D                          A
And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound

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