Chords for Sparks - Brothers in Arms

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This may look like an austere disapproving [D] dad with his long-haired layabout [Bb] son, but these two are also
Band-sharing [F] brothers.
They just don't care to advertise it
[Bb] We just think that the whole thing with being brothers is [F] corny
You know like it's not appealing when it's [Bb] flaunted in a in a certain way
_ [F] And these two seem to know all about flaunting they [Bb] may look somewhat androgynous, but they are males
[F] Ron and Russell male _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] They
Were wacky and weird and reminded their first [F] record boss of the Marx brothers
So he suggested they become [Bb] known as the sparks brothers
genius
[Ab] _ _ [C] Hated the idea of having brothers attached to the name of the band
so we kind of met him halfway and said well, we'll take the sparks bit and you can keep the brothers bit and
And to put the innocent record [Bb]-buying public off the scent even more [F] older brother Ron decided to go for an image change
We first moved to England
We probably Russell and I [C] probably looked more more alike and then I decided to get my hair cut _
_ [Bb] Our manager at the time had thought that he had just made the biggest
[A] Mistake ever because we had a new record deal with Island Records.
Everything was going really positively
I just kind of did it on a whim and in the end it worked out better than what it might have worked out
_ Looking like a member of Grateful Dead.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I
Thought it was your typical LA hype that they weren't brothers at all
You know one was a really handsome looking guy and the other was this very strange angular face with this weird Hitler mustache _ _ _ _ _ _
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Tonight [G] Ron being kind of severe on stage
Apparently had an effect on a lot of people
[Db] _ _ _ [E] It's really odd [Dm] because I don't consider [E] you know, Ron's it's not [A] frightening to me we were in Woolworth
So I think it was in [D] Birmingham actually during the first tour [C] then
The girl at the checkout [Bm] ran away screaming said I [A] can't serve him
We all [D] looked at one another and went wow.
This is having [C] an impact He _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Gb] Is the singer and the focal point and the you might hate me for saying so but the sex symbol of the band?
and I do
The keyboards and the people that I attract are a little more unusual.
Shall we say?
_ The irony is that while these brothers couldn't look more different
Spiritually and creatively they are identical twins
[G] _ _ [F] I
[C] _ _ _
_ [Em] Haven't really [F] found [Am] another band with brothers [Dm] that [G] are as close as they are
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] Part of the reason that we've been able to
_ Exist both [Eb] professionally and as brothers for so long is that we have kind of this is common vision _ _ _ _ _
_ Perhaps the most [Ab] symbiotic than other siblings are now [Eb] in that I can't imagine either one of them individually being transported [Db] into another band [F] scenario _ _ _ _ _
That's maybe because as far as anyone can tell other partners are not as important to them
That's fine and turn up the click.
They have created an insular world _
That's very unique _ and
That no one else can penetrate.
No turn me up
Turn me up.
I can't hear a thing the people that have problems with their brothers and bands
They must have some sort of backup position
_ Friends those sorts of things but in my case, I don't have a backup position.
So I have to sort of make this work _ _ _ _
Hang [C] on _ it's all about the music if that were to go away
_ because of some
[Dm] Disruption in their [Am] relationship then, [A] you know, I'm afraid their entire lives would crumble because [Am] that's what their lives are about
_ [Dm] It's an insular world without [E] commercial compromise the battiness must be in [Am] the genes
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[Am] Maybe we play it less safe being [Dm] brothers.
[A] We both want to kind of push things as far as we [Dm] can
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Think the secret of [Dm] working with your [Am] sibling is just [F] to have
Something that [Dm] you're equally [Am] as passionate [F] about.
I don't know if I could ever find another person that would be as
single-mindedly focused on achieving that [Dm] goal
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