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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Hi. This tab is based on the Minnesota public radio live performance of Saturday by Sparklehorse.
Chords used:
open G: G
Special D/F# with no high F#: D*
e--0--|
B--3--|
G--2--|
D--0--|
A--0--|
E--2--|
open C: C
C/F#: C/F#
e--2--|
B--3--|
G--2--|
D--0--|
A--0--|
E--2--|
open Em: Em
open Am: Am
At the chorus Mark plays a little riff off of an open C chord with a
changing base note:
e-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G------0------0------0------0-|
D----2------0------2------0---|
A--3------2------0------2-----|
E-----------------------------|
G D* C
You are a car
G D* C
You are a hospital
G D*
I'd walk to hell and back
D/F#
To see you smile
C chorus riff
On saturday
G D* C
You are a star
G D* C
You are a sea of air
G D*
I play great keyboards
D/F#
Of horses' teeth
C chorus riff
On saturday
On saturday
G D* C
I'd like to tell you
Em D/F# Am
How I feel
D/F#
I'll probably keep it
C chorus riff
'til saturday
Oh saturday, saturday
Oh saturday, saturday
Oh saturday, saturday
Oh saturday, saturday
Oh saturday, saturday
Thanks, keep playing guitar, you'll only get better :)
Abraham
Chords used:
open G: G
Special D/F# with no high F#: D*
e--0--|
B--3--|
G--2--|
D--0--|
A--0--|
E--2--|
open C: C
C/F#: C/F#
e--2--|
B--3--|
G--2--|
D--0--|
A--0--|
E--2--|
open Em: Em
open Am: Am
At the chorus Mark plays a little riff off of an open C chord with a
changing base note:
e-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G------0------0------0------0-|
D----2------0------2------0---|
A--3------2------0------2-----|
E-----------------------------|
G D* C
You are a car
G D* C
You are a hospital
G D*
I'd walk to hell and back
D/F#
To see you smile
C chorus riff
On saturday
G D* C
You are a star
G D* C
You are a sea of air
G D*
I play great keyboards
D/F#
Of horses' teeth
C chorus riff
On saturday
On saturday
G D* C
I'd like to tell you
Em D/F# Am
How I feel
D/F#
I'll probably keep it
C chorus riff
'til saturday
Oh saturday, saturday
Oh saturday, saturday
Oh saturday, saturday
Oh saturday, saturday
Oh saturday, saturday
Thanks, keep playing guitar, you'll only get better :)
Abraham
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