Chords for Sparks on The One Show BBC1 4/10/2017

So, please welcome the brothers whose new album Hippopotamus
got them a top ten hit for the first time in over 40 years.
Matt, you ready?
Who are they?
You ready?
[B] Go. _ _
_ _ [A] _ Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Ron and Russell Mayle, aka _ Sparks!
[Bb] CHEERING _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hello.
_ Welcome.
How can we help you?
[Dm] _
Thanks for joining us, guys.
[N] Ron!
Nice to see you.
Nice to see you.
Thank you.
So, Ron, now, we know you as kind of the serious one,
and we normally just see you behind the keyboard,
_ but we were treated.
So, at the BBC Music Festival in Glasgow,
_ _ you came alive, shall we just say.
Occasionally I do come alive.
Wow.
Very small spurt.
_ So, Ron, here we go [C] now.
_ Wow.
And he's off.
Amazing.
I can't do that.
_ That's incredible.
Not bad for_
Do you mind me asking you, you're 72? _ _ _
Er_
I'm not going to say_
We won't go.
Tell me about the fitness routine.
My hearing isn't so good [N] now.
Because you've got an extraordinary fitness routine,
which involves something I heard.
You go walking in the same park as Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys.
That's correct.
Yeah.
When neither of us are on tour,
_ kind of the last two people in pop music that you would think
would try to go for help are Brian Wilson and myself.
But he walks in the same park that I do, and he's all by himself.
And we both are clockwise walkers.
Do you ever talk to him? _
You wouldn't do that.
_ _ Well, I tell you what, Ron,
_ Brian has been in here and he walks very slowly.
You must laugh at him a few times.
Ron laughs at me.
He might be a better songwriter than I am, but I'm a better walker.
You're a better walker.
That's all that matters.
Russell, so the new album, _ _ _ Hippopotamus,
has gone straight into the top ten.
That must be an amazing feeling, first time in 40 years.
No, it's really fantastic and heartwarming for us,
because it was Britain First that kind of embraced Sparks
back in the 70s, and now, this much later,
after having 23 albums, to now have our latest album
be in the top ten has just been an amazing feeling.
Did even Ron smile?
Ron was over the moon.
Brilliant.
In private.
_ _ [G] _ _ Let's hear one of the songs from the new album.
This is Edith Piaf, Said It Better Than Me. _
[F] Edith [Dm] Piaf said it better than [Bb]
me
_ Je [Am] ne regrette [G] rien
[F] Pretty song but [D] not [Dm] intended _ for [Bb] _ me
_ [Am] Je ne pense plus à [G] toi
[F] _ _ [Dm] Edith Piaf _ _ [Bb] said it better than me
It is [Am] a fantastic track.
Now, other [G] sibling-based [Dm] bands, not to mention any names, Oasis,
have split up in quite short [Am] lifespans compared to you guys.
How have you [G] guys managed to stick [F] together?
I [Dm] just think we both have a_
There's an unspoken mission within Sparks
just to [N] be doing a certain kind of music that's really special,
and we think in our own little universe,
and we both have that same goal,
and we just, through thick and thin, _
_ we just try to reach that goal.
I have to scream at that, though.
_ _ And you have a lot of very, very dedicated fans,
including Matt Lucas.
Ta-da!
I saw you live. _
You played with Blur at Mile End Stadium.
It was 1995.
Wow.
And I really enjoyed that.
We saw you up there.
You did, yes.
You were neck deep in mud.
That's right.
Yeah, fantastic.
What were they like, live?
They were wonderful.
What's he going to say?
Even if they weren't here,
I was going to ask them when they first met.
That's my joke.
_ _ _ But seriously, we get that question. You do?
How long have you been brothers? _ _
People ask the cause the same question, you know. _
Russell, Ron, thank you both for joining us.
Now, Sparks will be performing for us live later in the show.
Also out now is Sparks' new album, Hippopotamus,
but tonight they'll be performing a massive 1974 hit, This Town.
So let's hear it for Sparks! _
CHEERING
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Zootown, is she a new town?
The [Am] mammals are your favourite type
[Gm] And you want her to bite
[Dm] Heartbeat, increase in heart rate
You'll hear the thunder, no stop beating
[Gm] Rhinos, elephants [C] and turkey tigers
This town ain't big [E] enough for the both of us _
[Eb] [Dm] And [Bbm] a baby who's [A] gonna _ _ weep _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Tree-li-hee, domestic fly-hee
And [Am] we're nasty, but this is still [Gm] a day I'd surely be here
[Dm] Heartbeat, increase in heart rate
You want her to bite
Rhinos, elephants [Gm] _ [C] and [G] turkey tigers
This [Ab] town ain't big [A] enough for the both of _ [Bb]
[Dm] us
And a [Bbm] baby who's [A] gonna _ _ weep _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ Baby, extra for Sunday
You [Am] got her, you get her
They're the one [Gm] and only, each day
[Dm] Heartbeat, increase in heart rate _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] You [G] want her to bite
This town [Db] ain't big enough [A] for the both of [Bb] _ [Eb]
[D] us
And a [Bbm] baby who's gonna [A] _ _ _
weep
Eden, Dion said [Dm] it better than [Bb] _ me
[Am] Shall I recur to [G] Rio?
[F] Maybe some are [Dm] not intended for [Bb] me
_ [Am] Time to put some music [G] on
[F] Eden, Dion [A] said it better _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ than me
Shower, another shower
You've [Am] got to, or best for [Gm] her
I think she's everywhere
[Dm] Heartbeat, increase in heart rate
The rain is pouring, over and [Gm] on
The bullets [C] gonna cut you [G] down
No, this [Ab] town ain't big [A] enough for the both of _ [Bb]
[D] us
And [Bbm] a baby who's [A] gonna _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
weep _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Census, better need to census
It'll be [Am] long to live in town
[Gm] But I'm not too slow-bound
[Dm] Heartbeat, increase in heart rate
You know that this town isn't big enough
Not big enough for both of us
This town isn't big enough
Not big enough for both of us
I ain't over [D] her _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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