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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[Intro] D D-5 A G D A G
you wish, yeah!
[Verse 1]
D D-5 A G D A G
all you've got to do is look in the sky and wish
D D-5 A G D A G
you might see a space in the clouds or relaxing in a spirit ditch
Em F# G A G F#
he's been known to sleep on piles of dry leaves
Em G A Asus4
abandoned on October lawns
Em F# G A
sometimes he awakens with spiders on his eyelids
[Chorus]
D G
rainmaker's coming
D G
rainmaker's coming
D Em F# G A
rainmaker's coming to soak us with water
[Intro]
D D-5 A G D A G
[Verse 2]
D D-5 A G D A G
sometimes you feel just like a stone tossed into the deep
D D-5 A G D A G
all you gotta do is touch a woman's face that's warm with sleep
Em F# G A G F#
and he can show up at your, your back door in the heat
Em G A Asus4
trace him back before we was born
Em F# G A
inquiring about an honest day's work for a decent meal
[Chorus]
D G
rainmaker's coming
D G
rainmaker's coming
D Em F# G A
rainmaker's coming to soak us with water
[Bridge]
Em A D G
Em A
[Verse 3]
D D-5 A G D A G
sometimes he's hitching a ride in a freezer or appears as a mist
D D-5 A G D A G
he's also been known to introduce himself as a scientist
Em F# G A G F#
he could be the retarded son of an old woman with
Em G A Asus4
seven fingers on each hand
Em F# G A
'cos I know I reckon, he will come when he's beckoned for
[Chorus]
D G
rainmaker's coming
D G
rainmaker's coming
D Em F# G A
rainmaker's coming to soak us with water
F# G A D
to soak us with water
you wish, yeah!
[Verse 1]
D D-5 A G D A G
all you've got to do is look in the sky and wish
D D-5 A G D A G
you might see a space in the clouds or relaxing in a spirit ditch
Em F# G A G F#
he's been known to sleep on piles of dry leaves
Em G A Asus4
abandoned on October lawns
Em F# G A
sometimes he awakens with spiders on his eyelids
[Chorus]
D G
rainmaker's coming
D G
rainmaker's coming
D Em F# G A
rainmaker's coming to soak us with water
[Intro]
D D-5 A G D A G
[Verse 2]
D D-5 A G D A G
sometimes you feel just like a stone tossed into the deep
D D-5 A G D A G
all you gotta do is touch a woman's face that's warm with sleep
Em F# G A G F#
and he can show up at your, your back door in the heat
Em G A Asus4
trace him back before we was born
Em F# G A
inquiring about an honest day's work for a decent meal
[Chorus]
D G
rainmaker's coming
D G
rainmaker's coming
D Em F# G A
rainmaker's coming to soak us with water
[Bridge]
Em A D G
Em A
[Verse 3]
D D-5 A G D A G
sometimes he's hitching a ride in a freezer or appears as a mist
D D-5 A G D A G
he's also been known to introduce himself as a scientist
Em F# G A G F#
he could be the retarded son of an old woman with
Em G A Asus4
seven fingers on each hand
Em F# G A
'cos I know I reckon, he will come when he's beckoned for
[Chorus]
D G
rainmaker's coming
D G
rainmaker's coming
D Em F# G A
rainmaker's coming to soak us with water
F# G A D
to soak us with water
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