Biography:
Sparklehorse was an American alternative rock band formed in 1995 and led by Mark Linkous (September 9, 1962 - March 6, 2010), a Richmond, Virginia native and last of a long line of southern coalminers. Linkous recorded much of Sparklehorse's material in his home studio, and his Southern Gothic vision guided Sparklehorse. Drummer and multi-instrumentalist Scott Minor was a frequent collaborator.
Before his suicide in March 2010, Linkous created many albums of beauty and discord and much of Sparklehorse's music has an introspective
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Other songs:
- Piano Fire
- Almost Lost My Mind
- Apple Bed
- Babies On The Sun
- Box Of Stars Pt 1
- Caroline
- Cow
- Dead Opera Star
- Eyepennies
- Gasoline Horseys
- Getting It Wrong
- Ghost Of His Smile
- Go
- Gold Day
- Hammering The Cramps
- Happy Man
- Happy Place
- Heart Of Darkness
- Hey Joe
- Homecoming Queen
- Hundreds Of Sparrows
- Insane Lullaby
- Its A Wonderful Life
- Its Not So Hard
- Junebug
- Knives Of Summertime
- Little Fat Baby
- Marias Little Elbows
- More Yellow Birds
- Morning Hollow
- Most Beautiful Widow In Town
- Mountains
- Painbirds
- Pig
- Rainmaker
- Saturday
- Shade And Honey
- Shade Honey
- Sick Of Goodbyes
- Some Sweet Day
- Someday I Will Treat You Good
- Spirit Ditch
- Star Eyes I Cant Catch It
- Sunshine
- The Hatchet Song
- Waiting For Nothing
- Weird Sisters
- Wish You Were Here
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There's a great acoustic version by Broken Bells (DangerMouse and James Mercer)
who helped write the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ_ifMD2QEE&feature=related
It's off the Dark Night of the Soul Album.
Intro: C G Dm G
Verse:
C G
How will it turn out?
Dm
Starling meets a waiting owl
G
On the way to the dead hotel
C G
Your silent, empty life
Dm
Falling into their pretty hands
G
All of them androids have a
Chorus
Am G C
One day's flight
F Am
Take you back in time
G C
To when it wasn't such a
F G
Brand upon your breast
F G
Strain upon your back
F Ab C
When a good life was enough
Verse 2
[ C G Dm G ]
Would it be so wrong
Danny needs you up in his place
Can your batteries replace this heart?
Lying in the yard
Wanted it to be natural love
A son for a mother
Chorus 2
Am G C
Dreams float up
F Am
To fishes in the flood
G
Adding new dimensions
F G
Leaving only parts to play
F G
Needs are forming again
F Ab
A good life might never be enough
Bridge:
Dm Em F G
Dm Em F G
Instrumental Verse:
[ C G Dm G ]
Chorus 3
Am G C
Dreams float up
F Am
To fishes in the flood
G
Adding new dimensions
F G
Leaving only parts to play
F G
Needs are forming again
F Ab G
A good life will never be enough
F Ab G
A good life will never be enough
F Ab C
A good life will never be enough
Enjoy and listen to Sparklehorse ;)
Play Ab as Emajor on 4th fret
e--4
B--4
G---5
D----6
A----6
E--4
who helped write the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ_ifMD2QEE&feature=related
It's off the Dark Night of the Soul Album.
Intro: C G Dm G
Verse:
C G
How will it turn out?
Dm
Starling meets a waiting owl
G
On the way to the dead hotel
C G
Your silent, empty life
Dm
Falling into their pretty hands
G
All of them androids have a
Chorus
Am G C
One day's flight
F Am
Take you back in time
G C
To when it wasn't such a
F G
Brand upon your breast
F G
Strain upon your back
F Ab C
When a good life was enough
Verse 2
[ C G Dm G ]
Would it be so wrong
Danny needs you up in his place
Can your batteries replace this heart?
Lying in the yard
Wanted it to be natural love
A son for a mother
Chorus 2
Am G C
Dreams float up
F Am
To fishes in the flood
G
Adding new dimensions
F G
Leaving only parts to play
F G
Needs are forming again
F Ab
A good life might never be enough
Bridge:
Dm Em F G
Dm Em F G
Instrumental Verse:
[ C G Dm G ]
Chorus 3
Am G C
Dreams float up
F Am
To fishes in the flood
G
Adding new dimensions
F G
Leaving only parts to play
F G
Needs are forming again
F Ab G
A good life will never be enough
F Ab G
A good life will never be enough
F Ab C
A good life will never be enough
Enjoy and listen to Sparklehorse ;)
Play Ab as Emajor on 4th fret
e--4
B--4
G---5
D----6
A----6
E--4
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