Intro:
(fade in)
Dm7 [repeat to 1:15; vibra-slap enters]
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D5 E5 [2X] [piano r.B.: A5 - C5 - D5 - F5 , B5 - D5 - E5 - G5 ]
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Verse 1:
D5 E5
If you see something that looks like a star
D5 E5
And it's shooting up out of the ground
D5 E5 D5 E5
And your head is spinning from a loud guitar
D5 E5
And you just can't escape from the sound
D5 E5
Don't worry too much it'll happen to you
D5 E5 D5 E5
We were children once playing with toys
D5 A5
And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound
C5 G5 F5
Of the low spark of high heeled boys
Bridge:
(saxes arr. for guitar; doubled w/bass [2X; continue])
D7(no3) G5 D7(no3) [piano r.B5 : D5 - A5 - C5 , D5 - G5 - B5 ]
v v v v v v v v (8th-note chords)
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D7(no3) G5 D7(no3)
The percentage you're paying is too high a price
D7(no3) G5 D7(no3)
While you're living beyond all your means
D7(no3) G5 D7(no3)
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
F5 C5 G5
From the profit he's made on your dreams
F5 C5 G5
But today you just read that the man was shot dead
F5 C5 G5
By a gun that didn't make any noise
D5 A5
But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest
C5 G5 F5
Was the low spark of high heeled boys
[Instrumental break: 16-bar piano solo on Dm7]
D5 E5 [2X]
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Verse 2:
If you had just a minute to breathe
And they granted you one final wish
Would you ask for something like another chance
Or something similar as this
Don't worry too much it'll happen to you
As sure as your sorrows are joys
And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound
Of the low spark of high heeled boys
[repeat chorus]
High heeled boys
Instrumental break:
(Piano, sax, fuzz organ solos)
Dm7 Em7/D [5:18 - 9:19]
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D5
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D5 D5
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D5 E5 [2X]
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Verse 3:
If I gave you everything that I owned
And asked for nothing in return
Would you do the same for me as I would for you
Or take me for a ride
And strip me of everything including my pride
But spirit is something that no one destroys
And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound
Of the low spark of high heeled boys
Heeled boys
[repeat chorus (instrumental)]
Coda:
Dm7 Em7/D [repeat to fade, w/fuzz organ]
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-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers