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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- 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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Sparklehorse
Maria's Little Elbows
Tabbed by Matt Langham
Chords I've Used:
C9 : x32033 or x35533
C9': x32003 or x35433
G : 320033 or 355433
D : x00232
Am : x02210
Am': x02200
Bm : 224432
Em7: x22030
Em : 022000
C : x32010
Cm7: x32000
A : x02220
Intro: C9 C9' C9 G D x2
Verse 1:
D C9 C9' C9 G D
well I'll bet my Maria's got an elbow full of lonely
C9 C9' C9 G D
now here's a little prayer so that she might get some sleep
C9 C9' C9 G D
don't let her face get skinned by the sun today
Am' Am Bm D
don't let it in when it comes knocking at your door
Chorus:
Em7
loneliness
C9
loneliness
G
loneliness
D
oh oh
Verse 2:
sometimes you feel you've got the emptiest arms in the whole world
try to make sense but it always comes out absurd
sleeping horses keep eating up your flowers
don't let it in when it comes kicking at your door
Chorus:
Em7
loneliness
C9
loneliness
G
loneliness
D
oh oh
C9
came kicking at my door
Verse 3:
G D Em C Cm7
she said I've really come to hate my body
G D Em C Cm7
and all the things that it requires in this world
G D Em C Cm7
I bet you're out there getting drunk with all your friends
A D
and it'll get you in the bathroom of a Texaco
Chorus:
Outro:
C9 C9' C9 G D repeat to fade
Riffs over outro:
e|--7-------15--14----------------------------|
B|-------------------15--17--15--12-----------|
It's also reciprocated an octave lower hence:
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--3-------8--7--3-----5--3--0---------------|
Those are the main two riffs then it's adlibbed from thereon to fade.
Maria's Little Elbows
Tabbed by Matt Langham
Chords I've Used:
C9 : x32033 or x35533
C9': x32003 or x35433
G : 320033 or 355433
D : x00232
Am : x02210
Am': x02200
Bm : 224432
Em7: x22030
Em : 022000
C : x32010
Cm7: x32000
A : x02220
Intro: C9 C9' C9 G D x2
Verse 1:
D C9 C9' C9 G D
well I'll bet my Maria's got an elbow full of lonely
C9 C9' C9 G D
now here's a little prayer so that she might get some sleep
C9 C9' C9 G D
don't let her face get skinned by the sun today
Am' Am Bm D
don't let it in when it comes knocking at your door
Chorus:
Em7
loneliness
C9
loneliness
G
loneliness
D
oh oh
Verse 2:
sometimes you feel you've got the emptiest arms in the whole world
try to make sense but it always comes out absurd
sleeping horses keep eating up your flowers
don't let it in when it comes kicking at your door
Chorus:
Em7
loneliness
C9
loneliness
G
loneliness
D
oh oh
C9
came kicking at my door
Verse 3:
G D Em C Cm7
she said I've really come to hate my body
G D Em C Cm7
and all the things that it requires in this world
G D Em C Cm7
I bet you're out there getting drunk with all your friends
A D
and it'll get you in the bathroom of a Texaco
Chorus:
Outro:
C9 C9' C9 G D repeat to fade
Riffs over outro:
e|--7-------15--14----------------------------|
B|-------------------15--17--15--12-----------|
It's also reciprocated an octave lower hence:
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--3-------8--7--3-----5--3--0---------------|
Those are the main two riffs then it's adlibbed from thereon to fade.
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