Spark Chords
Spark by Over The Rhine is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, Gm, Bb and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F C Gm Bb
verse 1:
Dm Bb
It's not the spark that caused the fire
C Dm
It was the air you breathed that fanned the flame
Dm Bb
What you think you'll solve with violence
C Dm
Will only spread like a disease until it all comes 'round again
Gm Bb
Was John the only dreamer?
F C
Sleep with one ear close to the ground
Gm Bb
And wake up screaming
F C
When we lay our cold weapons down
Gm Bb
We'll wake up dreaming
verse 2:
Dm Bb
Obsessions with self-preservation
C Dm
Faded when I threw my fear away
Dm Bb
It's not a thing you can imagine
C Dm
You either lose your fear or spend your life with one foot in the grave
Gm Bb
Is God the last romantic?
F C
Sleep with one ear close to the ground
Gm Bb
And wake up screaming
F C
When we lay our cold weapons down
Gm Bb
We'll wake up dreaming
F C Gm Bb
F C
Only love can turn this around
Gm Bb
I wake up dreaming
F C
Everything we've lost can be found
Gm Bb
We'll wake up dreaming