The Spark That Bled The Flaming Lips
NOT MINE: Found this on another site and thought it should be on UG as well.
All credit goes to arlen b, who it looks like did a really good job with this.
"The Spark That Bled"
The Flaming Lips
from "The Soft Bulletin"
tabbed by arlen b, 05/15/03
website: http://www.geocities.com/kingoftheeskimos
what an insane song... loads of parts; hopefully i've done a decent job of
transcribing most of them. anything that i've thoroughly screwed up, feel
free to point it out to me, and i'll have another go at it, but i think this
is pretty good for the most part...
standard tuning
chords used:
Amaj7 G#m(aug) F#m(7) F#m F#dim C#m C#m/Bb A B
e--0----(0)------(0)-----2----------4----4-----0----2------------------| B--2-----4--------2------2----1-----5----5-----2----4------------------| G--1-----4--------2------2----2-----6----x-----2----4------------------| D--2-----6--------4------4----4-----6----6-----2----4------------------| A--0-----6--------4------4----3-----4----4-----0----2------------------| E--------4---------------2---------------6-----------------------------|
*note* the intro/verse chord progression is sort of irregularly arpeggiated
and played free hand. the parenthesis are indicative of the high E string
being picked at some point during the arpeggiation of each chord in question.
intro: (Amaj7 G#m(aug)) x2 F#m(7) G#m(aug) Amaj7 G#m(aug)
Amaj7 G#m(aug) Amaj7 G#m(aug)
i accidentally touched my head and noticed i had been bleeding
F#m(7) G#m(aug) Amaj7 G#m(aug)
for how long i didn't know
[F#m] what was [F#dim]this, i thought, that [C#m]struck me??[C#m/Bb]
[F#m] what kind of [F#dim]weapons have they [C#m]got??[C#m/Bb] [F#m] the softest [F#dim]bullet ever [C#m]shot[C#m/Bb]
and then some orchestration with no intelligible guitar (and not much in the way
of basic chords either...)
and then a bridge of sorts:
C#m A, basic chords, played under this riff (approximately):
e----------------------------------------------------------------------| B----------------------------------------------------------------------| G----------------------------------------------------------------------| D--------2-4-4b5-4-2---------------------------------------------------| A--(2h4)-------------4--2h4--4-2p0-------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
then what i'm calling the chorus:
E Aadd9 (x07600) Amaj7add9 (x06600) A6add9 (x04600)
i stood up and i said, "yeah!!"
[E] i stood up and i said, "[Aadd9]yeah!!"[Amaj7add9] [A6add9]
[E] i stood up and i said, "[Aadd9]hey!! [Amaj7add9]yeah!! [A6add9]yeah!!"[B]
then another bridge of sorts (this is pretty sketchy; VERY basic chords...):
[C#m]
from this moment [C#m]on, blaring like a [F#m(7)]trumpet
Amaj7 G#m(aug)
comin' from above us and somewhere below
the [F#m(7)]confidence of [C#m]knowing
descending to [F#m(7)]relieve us of the struggle to [Amaj7]believe it's [E]so
chorus:
[E] i stood up and i said, "[Aadd9]yeah!!"[Amaj7add9] [A6add9]
[E] i spoke up and i said, "[Aadd9]hey!!"[Amaj7add9] [A6add9]
[E] i stood up and i said, "[Aadd9]hey!! [Amaj7add9]yeah!! [A6add9]yeah!!"[B]
then another bridge-esque thing (notes in parenthesis indicate notes that
SHOULD be played, but are hard/impossible to get at):
Eadd9 E Caug Cmajb5 C#sus4 C#m G Gmaj7 Bsus4 Bm D5 D5maj7 D
e--2----0----4----2-----------------3----2----0-------------------2-------| B--0----0----1----1------7-----5----0----0----x----3----3----2----3-------| G--1----1----x----x------6-----6----0----0----4----4----2----2----2-------| D--2----2----2----2------6-----6----0----0----4----4----0----0----0-------| A--2----2---(3)--(3)-----4-----4----2----2----2----2----------------------| E--0----0---------------------------3----3--------------------------------|
then this trippy little thing (just the rough notes; sort of improv'ed):
[D] [E] [A]
e------5------7-------------7---------9--------------------------------| B----7------9-------10---10---10---10----------------------------------| G--7------9-------9----9---------9-------------------------------------| D----------------------------------------------------------------------| A----------------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
and it seemed to cause a chain reaction
it had momentum; it was gainin' traction
it was all the rage; it was all the fashion
the outreached hands had resigned themselves
to holdin' on to something that they...
[E] [A]
e------7------------7---9----------7---9-------------------------------| B----9---------10-------------10---------------------------------------| G--9--------/9----9---9----/9----9---9---------------------------------| D----------------------------------------------------------------------| A----------------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
...never had, and that's too bad
cos in re[F#m]ality there was [E]no reaction
(Amaj7 G#m(aug)) x2 F#m(7) G#m(aug) Amaj7 G#m(aug)
Amaj7 G#m(aug) Amaj7 G#m(aug)
i accidentally touched my head and noticed i had been bleeding
F#m(7) G#m(aug) Amaj7 G#m(aug)
for how long i didn't know
[F#m]
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