Spare Some Love

Guitar Chords

(Michael Dunford/Betty Thatcher)
© 1972 Pytheon Music Co.
From the EMI Records LP Prologue

Transcribed by Christopher Carl Heckman, incorporating Justin Benz's bass transcript and partially using Seventh String's Transcribe! utility.
HTML frame by Joe Lynn
     RIFF:

     C (add 9)        (Gm)
     >   >   >     >
E-|--3---3---3---3-3---3--| (introductory riff on acoustic guitar. Notes
B-|--3---1---3---3-1---3--|  in parentheses may be unintentional. Chords
G-|--0---0---0-----0---3--|  sound like they have been hammered on from
D-|--2---2---2---2-2--(2)-|  open strings (the EADGBE chord). Accents
A-|--3-------3------------|  indicated by >'s.)
E-|-(3)-------------------|

 Intro: RIFF x4

RIFF (C)    Gm7                    F        Fm
Shadows ... Darkness follows quiet shadows,
                  RIFF x2
You walk beside a shadow ...
C (add 9)     Gm7            G        F          G Fm7/Ab G Fm
Strangers ... People passing constant strangers,
    E    Dm Bb     C (add 9)
You walk be-side a stranger ...

Am                             Gm7             F Gm7 F Gm7/D
Spare some love, why don't you spare some love?
Am                             Gm    C7   Gm7    C7
Share your love, why don't you share your love?

C (add 9)   Gm               G       F         G Fm7/Ab G Fm
Sadness ... Finds the lonely silent, sadness,
    E      Dm   Bb   C (add 9)
Binds them hard with sadness ...
C (add 9)   Gm               G         F       G Fm7/Ab G Fm
Seeking ... Growing you will find with seeking,
    E   Dm  Bb  C (add 9)
Knowing you are seeking ...

Am                             Gm7              F Gm7/D F Gm7
Spare some love, why won't you spare some love?
Am                             Gm7   C7   Gm7   C7
Share your love, why don't you share your love?

   C7                                                      Bb
G-|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D-|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A-|--3-----3-----3-----3---1-----|--1h3----3-----3-----3---1-----|
E-|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
(ooooooooooooooooove ...)

     C  Gm/Bb C7 Bb    C  Bb
G-|---------------------------5--3-----|------------------------------|
D-|---------------------------------5--|-3--1-------------------------|
A-|--3--1-----3--1-----3--1------------|----------3--1----------------|
E-|------------------------------------|----------------3--1--2----3--|

    Drums (and occasional Bass)
G-|-----------|-------------|--------------|--------------3--1--------|
D-|-----------|-------------|--------------|--------3--1--------------|
A-|-----------|--3----------|--3-----------|--3--1--------------------|
E-|-----------|-------------|--------------|--------------------------|


G-|--------3--1------------------------|-----------------|
D-|--------------3---------2--1--------|-----------------|
A-|------------------------------3--2--|--1--------------|
E-|------------------------------------|-----------------|

 Electric guitar (same rhythm as RIFF):  |  C  |  Bb  |  C  |  Bb  |

  Bass during 4th bar:
G-|--14--12------14--12------14--12------14--12------|
D-|----------14----------14----------14----------14--|
A-|--------------------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------------------|

 Piano enters:
       Am            C Am          Gm7/D
G-||-----------------------------------------------||
D-||*--7-----7-------5h7--7--5-----5--5-----5--5--*||
A-||*-----------5h7-------------------------------*||
E-||-----------------------------------------------||

       Am       C        Gm7
G-||----------------------------------------||
D-||*--------------------5--3--2-----------*||
A-||*--0--2--3--5--3--2-----------5--3--2--*||
E-||----------------------------------------||

 A capella:
Am               Ab  Gm    F   Gm7         Gm7sus4
Spare some love, why won't you spare some love?
Am         Am7   Am  Gm    F   Gm7
Share your love, why don't you share your love?

      C            Gm7                   C             F          Em  Dm
G-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D-||*-2---2--2---------------3--------|--2---5--5------7---7---7--5---3-*||
A-||*-3---3--3---3-5---5--5--5--5--5--|--3---7------7--8---8---8--7---5-*||
E-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

     C                    Dm                     RIFF x2
G-|--------------5----------------------7-----|---------|--------|
D-|-----------5-----5----------------7--------|---------|--------|
A-|--3-----3-----------3--5-----5----------5--|--3------|--------|
E-|-------------------------------------------|---------|--------|

 RIFF x2

RIFF (C)    Gm7              G      F        G Fm7/Ab G Fm
Seasons ... Nature's pattern of the seasons,
         Em   F7  RIFF x2
Changing with the seasons ...
C          Gm7                G        F       G Fm7/Ab G Fm
Loving ... Peace will come to all with loving,
  E    Dm    Bb            C(7)
Living lives with loving ...

Am                             Gm7             F Gm7/D F Gm7
Spare some love, why won't you spare some love?
Am                             Gm7                C7
Share your love, why don't you share your love?

 The drummer hits the hi-hat for a few more seconds, and then the
 recording fades out.