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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Tune your G-string to a G#. This will allow you to play the
chromatic riff over full barre chords. The shapes will go as follows:
A: Am, A, Asus4, Aaddb5
D: D7, DM7, D, Daddb2
e |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G#|--5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8-|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|
Restart the riff whenever you reach another chord.
The chorus chords are voiced like this:
Bm: E:
e |----| e |--0-|
B |--3-| B |--0-|
G#|--3-| G#|--0-|
D |--4-| D |--2-|
A |--2-| A |--2-|
E |----| E |--0-|
[Verse 1]
A
To wake
A
Not swallowed by willows
D
Half eaten by widows
A
A new day's begun
[Verse 2]
A
Smile
A
'Cause nothing here matters
D
The spiders get fatter
A
Explode in the sun
[Chorus]
Bm
Oh c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
E
It's not so hard
Bm
Oh c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
E
It's not so hard
D A
It's not so hard
D A
It's not so hard
[Verse 3]
A
To trap
A
The dead dogs of summer
D
Assaulting your slumber
A
Stay drunk ever more
[Verse 4]
A
Rise
A
Your jewelry will scatter
D
On deserts and saturns
A
The rings are on fire
[Chorus]
Bm
Oh c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
E
It's not so hard
Bm
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
E
It's not so hard
Bm
Oh c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
E
It's not so hard
Bm
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
E
It's not so hard
D A
It's not so hard
D A
It's not so hard
D A
It's not so hard
chromatic riff over full barre chords. The shapes will go as follows:
A: Am, A, Asus4, Aaddb5
D: D7, DM7, D, Daddb2
e |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G#|--5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8-|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|
Restart the riff whenever you reach another chord.
The chorus chords are voiced like this:
Bm: E:
e |----| e |--0-|
B |--3-| B |--0-|
G#|--3-| G#|--0-|
D |--4-| D |--2-|
A |--2-| A |--2-|
E |----| E |--0-|
[Verse 1]
A
To wake
A
Not swallowed by willows
D
Half eaten by widows
A
A new day's begun
[Verse 2]
A
Smile
A
'Cause nothing here matters
D
The spiders get fatter
A
Explode in the sun
[Chorus]
Bm
Oh c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
E
It's not so hard
Bm
Oh c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
E
It's not so hard
D A
It's not so hard
D A
It's not so hard
[Verse 3]
A
To trap
A
The dead dogs of summer
D
Assaulting your slumber
A
Stay drunk ever more
[Verse 4]
A
Rise
A
Your jewelry will scatter
D
On deserts and saturns
A
The rings are on fire
[Chorus]
Bm
Oh c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
E
It's not so hard
Bm
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
E
It's not so hard
Bm
Oh c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
E
It's not so hard
Bm
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
E
It's not so hard
D A
It's not so hard
D A
It's not so hard
D A
It's not so hard
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