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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Painbirds (Mark Linkous)
Sparklehorse
Good Morning Spider (1999)
Chord Bank:
Em (022000)
Am (x02210)
D (xx0232)
C (x32010)
Em Am Em Am
Goddamn it's so very hot
Em Am Em Am
Supposed to come a rain but it's not
D
Oh yeah,
Am C
Here come the painbirds
D
Oh yeah,
Am C
Here come the painbirds
Em Am Em Am
Spiral down those hateful dears
Em Am Em Am
Between our skins and burning spheres
D
Oh yeah,
Am C
Here come the painbirds
D
Oh yeah,
Am C
Here come the painbirds
(instrumental verse)
Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am
D Am C D Am C
(repeat either 1st or 2nd verse - they're sung simultaneously on record)
Chorus x2 ("Oh yeah, here come the painbirds" part, but you knew that)
Chorus lead riff (on 2nd bar of C chord)
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--12----------------------------|
D|--12h14p12--------------12-12~--|
A|----------12h14p12-12h14--------|
E|--------------------------------|
h|= hammer-on
p|= pull-off
~|= sustain or light vibrato
Great song, real simple.
Sparklehorse
Good Morning Spider (1999)
Chord Bank:
Em (022000)
Am (x02210)
D (xx0232)
C (x32010)
Em Am Em Am
Goddamn it's so very hot
Em Am Em Am
Supposed to come a rain but it's not
D
Oh yeah,
Am C
Here come the painbirds
D
Oh yeah,
Am C
Here come the painbirds
Em Am Em Am
Spiral down those hateful dears
Em Am Em Am
Between our skins and burning spheres
D
Oh yeah,
Am C
Here come the painbirds
D
Oh yeah,
Am C
Here come the painbirds
(instrumental verse)
Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am
D Am C D Am C
(repeat either 1st or 2nd verse - they're sung simultaneously on record)
Chorus x2 ("Oh yeah, here come the painbirds" part, but you knew that)
Chorus lead riff (on 2nd bar of C chord)
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--12----------------------------|
D|--12h14p12--------------12-12~--|
A|----------12h14p12-12h14--------|
E|--------------------------------|
h|= hammer-on
p|= pull-off
~|= sustain or light vibrato
Great song, real simple.
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