Chord/Tab song: Big Time

...BIG TIME... by Peter Gabriel


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from 'So' (1986)

CAPO 1st FRET

(Original Key: G#)

Chorus 1:

[Gm] [Bb] I'm on my [C]way,
F Gm Bb, C F
I'm making it.
[Gm] [Bb] I've got to,
C F Gm Bb, C F
Make it show, yeah!

[Gm] [Bb] [C]So much,
F Gm Bb, C F
Larger than life.
[Gm] [Bb] I'm going to,
C F Gm Bb, C F
Watch it growing.

Break:

[Bb] Oh......[Gm]oh,
[Bb] Oh......[Gm]oh.

Verse 1:

[C7] The place where I come from,
[Gm] Is a small town.
[Cm] They think so small,
They use small [Gm]words.

But not [C7]me;
I'm smarter than that,
[Gm] I worked it out.
[Cm] I've been stretching my mouth,
To let those [Gm]big words come right out.

I've had e[C7]nough, I'm getting out,
To the [Gm]city, the big, big city.
[Cm] I'll be a big noise,
With all the big boys,
[Gm] There's so much stuff I will own.

Bridge 1:

[F#] And I will pray to a big God,
[C7] As I kneel in the big church.

Chorus 2:

[Gm] (Big Time),[Bb]
I'm on my [C]way, I'm [F]making it,
[Gm] (Big Time),[Bb]
Oh [C]yes.[F]
[Gm] (Big Time),[Bb]
I've got to [C]make it [F]show, yeah!

Gm Bb, C F
(Big Time),
[C] So much [F]larger,
Gm Bb, C F
Than life,
[Gm] (Big Time),[Bb]
I'm going to [C]watch it [F]growing.
[Gm] (Big Time).[Bb]

Break:

Oh-[F]oh oh, oh oh,
Oh-oh oh, oh oh.

Verse 2:

[C7] My parties have,
All the [Gm]big names,
And I greet them,
With the widest [Cm]smile.
Tell them how my life,
Is one big ad-[Gm]venture.

And always they're a[C7]mazed,
When I show them 'round,
My [Gm]house, to my bed.
I had it [Cm]made like,
A mountain range,
With a snow-white [Gm]pillow,
For my big fat head.

Bridge 2:

[F#] And my heaven will,
Be a big heaven,
[C7] And I will walk,
Through the front door.

Chorus 3:

[Gm] (Big Time),[Bb]
I'm on my [C]way, I'm [F]making it,
[Gm] (Big Time),[Bb]
Oh [C]yes.[F]
[Gm] (Big Time),[Bb]
I've got to [C]make it [F]show, yeah!

Gm Bb, C F
(Big Time),
[C] So much [F]larger,
Gm Bb, C F
Than life,
[Gm] (Big Time),[Bb]
I'm going to [C]watch it [F]growing.
Gm Bb, C F
(Big Time).

Coda:

[Gm] (Big Time),
My car is getting bigger,
[Cm] (Big Time),
My house is getting bigger.

[Gm] (Big Time),
My eyes are getting bigger,
[Cm] (Big Time),
And my [Bb]mouth.

[Gm] (Big Time),
My belly is getting bigger,
[Cm] (Big Time),
And my bank account.

[Gm] (Big Time),
Look at my, circumstance,
[Cm] (Big Time),
And the [Bb]bulge in my big big big,
Big big big [Gm]big.

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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| |_____ Tabbed by |_|
|_______| Joel from cLuMsY, 2008
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)