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HOW FISHES PLAY [http://submode.com/fishes/]
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Song: Sparkle
Performed by: LIVE
Album: The Distance To Here
Tabbed by: Fredrik J (fredrik.j@schoolsucks.com)
Modified by: Sebastian Rönnlund (sebbe@submode.com)
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INTRO RIFF:
Eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|---------7/8-8----10-10-10---------|
Db|--5-5-5--7/8-8-8--10-10-10--10-10--|
Ab|--5-5-5--5/6-6-8---8--8--8--10-10--|
Eb|--3-3-3--------6-------------8--8--|
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(INTRO RIFF) (2x)
(Bass only, play INTRO RIFF if you want)
I´m gatherin´ up my friends today
And those who recognize the face
As the vision that changed my mind
From hate to faith was a simple as
grapes to wine and sweet as
(INTRO RIFF)
I´m gatherin´ up my friends today
All these hookers and soldiers and swine
And would be saints
All alone in their room that sparkle in their eye
Play a song that they´ll come outside to see if
Eb5 C5 G5
Love will overcome
If this love will make us men
Love will draw us in
Bb5 C5
To wipe our tears away
(INTRO RIFF)
The day that i was so sweetly sung
By the wind and the thunder moved by someone
The feelin´ of being lived was so strong
The giver became the gift, all one
(INTRO RIFF)
The day that i was so sweetly sung
The wind seemed to whisper softly, "oh son,
Don´t wait for the seas to part or messiahs to come
Don´t sit around and waste this chance, to see it"
Eb5 C5 G5
Love will overcome
If this love will make us men
Love will draw us in
Bb5 C5
To take our fear away
Eb5 C5 G5
Love
Love
Love
Bb5 C5
Love, hey yeah
G5 Bb5 G5
Love, this day now, this day i was so sweetly sung
C5 G5
I know, i know that love will overcome
Eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------7/8-8------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----|
Db|--5-5-5--7/8-8-8----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
Ab|--5-5-5--5/6-6-8-----8--8--8--8--8--8--8-10--|
Eb|--3-3-3--------6--------------------------8--|
Eb5 C5 G5
Love will overcome
If this love will make us men
Love will draw us in
Bb5 C5
To take our fear away, wipe our tears away
[Eb5] [C5] [G5] (Repeat through following chorus)
Love, and all my friends are here
In the city i sing my song
In the face of the hooker, the soldier, the swine
I've found it, I've found it, I've found love
Love will, love will, love will overcome
[Eb5] [C5] [G5] (Repeat about 6 times)
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Jp Wanna Be |
#1 by Jp Collins at Mar 17, 1984 at 8:21 AM EST |
| "the giver became the gift, all one" = Jesus Jesus gave himself as the gift of salvation to humanity. "One" is a recurring name throughout the album to refer to Jesus. But of course the great thing about Live is it isn't that simple. We are never meant to see Jesus as the only personification of that kind of powerful spiritual love/giving. After all, the only thing the speaker seems to know for sure is that "someone" moved him, and what does it matter what we call this someone? After all, it would be a waste of time to dwell on such useless religious conventions as waiting for seas to part of messiahs to come. (See for example also most of the rest of this album, or "She" from _Birds of Prey_.) It makes perfect sense to translate this song's sentiment into marriage or a hundred other occasions of spiritual giving of love, which is really the whole point of the song (and the album) -- the miracle of love can be an everyday thing if you open yourself to it. | |
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dann Average |
#2 by dann at Nov 25, 1996 at 10:37 PM EST |
| I'm amazed no one has commented on this song. One of my favorites by Live, I think it's written from the perspective of a man on his wedding day who knows that he's found love and he doesn't need parted seas or messiahs for happiness, all he needs is "someone", who is both the giver and, on that day, the gift. Amazing lyrics, incredible song. | |
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julian Average |
#3 by julian at Sep 28, 2005 at 10:19 PM EST |
| I dont know where sein514 got the wedding thing from... I see it as a person who is searching for a universal love and is told don't wate for miracles such as parted seas or messiahs to find it. and he finds it... | |
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