Album version
[Bm] Our conversation[Am] was short and sweet
[Bm] It nearly swept me[Am] off-a my feet.
And I'm [G]back in the rain, oh[C]
And you are on dry [G]land,[C]
You made it there some[Am]how
Bm Am D7/F# G . . . D/F# . . .
You're a big girl now.
Original New York version
Emaj7 . . B11 | E(iv) . . . |
[Emaj7]Our conversation [B11] was short and sweet
[Emaj7]It nearly swept me [B11] off-a my feet.
E(iv) B(ii) A
And I'm back in the rain, mm - mm
E(iv) B(ii) A
And you are on dry land, mm - mm
F#m7 )
You made it there somehow
Emaj7 B11 E(iv) . . A | E B(vii) . . |
You're a big girl now.
Bird on the horizon, sittin' on a fence,
He's singin' his song for me at his own expense
And I'm just like that bird, oh, oh,
Singin' just for you, mm-mm.
I hope that you can hear,
Hear me singin' through these tears.
Love is so simple, to quote a phrase,
You've known it all the time, I'm learnin' it these days .
Oh, I know where I can find You, oh, oh,
In somebody's room. m-mm
It's a price I have to pay
You're a big girl all the way.
Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast
Oh, but what a shame that all we've shared can't last.
I can change, I swear, mm-mm
See what you can do, mm-mm.
I can make it through,
You can make it too.
A change in the weather can be extreme
But it ain't like changing horses in midstream
I'm going out of my mind, mm-mm
With a pain that stops and starts, mm-aa
Like a corkscrew to my heart
Ever since we've been apart.
Rolling Thunder Revue live version (1976)
(one verse intro)
[Cmaj7]Our conversation [G11] was short and sweet
[Cmaj7]It nearly knocked [G11]me right off-a my feet.
And I'm [C]back in the rain, [C]oh[G][F]
And you are on dry [C]land,[C][G][F]
You made it there [Dm]somehow[G]
C F F )
You're a big girl now.
) C F F C G
. . . : (freely) : . . . : . . . :
|----3----(1)-(1)--------------------|-0----------(0)--|----------------|-3---------------
|-/5---5---1---1-----------1----1----|-1----------(1)--|----------------|-0---------------
|-/5-------2---2-----------0----2----|-0----------(0)--|----------------|-0---------------
|--------------3-----------3----3----|-2----------(2)--|----------------|-0---------------
|------------------------------------|-3----------(3)--|----------------|-2---------------
|------------------------------------|-----------------|---------0--1-2-|-3---------------
You're a now
big girl
[Bm] Our conversation[Am] was short and sweet
[Bm] It nearly swept me[Am] off-a my feet.
And I'm [G]back in the rain, oh[C]
And you are on dry [G]land,[C]
You made it there some[Am]how
Bm Am D7/F# G . . . D/F# . . .
You're a big girl now.
Original New York version
Emaj7 . . B11 | E(iv) . . . |
[Emaj7]Our conversation [B11] was short and sweet
[Emaj7]It nearly swept me [B11] off-a my feet.
E(iv) B(ii) A
And I'm back in the rain, mm - mm
E(iv) B(ii) A
And you are on dry land, mm - mm
F#m7 )
You made it there somehow
Emaj7 B11 E(iv) . . A | E B(vii) . . |
You're a big girl now.
Bird on the horizon, sittin' on a fence,
He's singin' his song for me at his own expense
And I'm just like that bird, oh, oh,
Singin' just for you, mm-mm.
I hope that you can hear,
Hear me singin' through these tears.
Love is so simple, to quote a phrase,
You've known it all the time, I'm learnin' it these days .
Oh, I know where I can find You, oh, oh,
In somebody's room. m-mm
It's a price I have to pay
You're a big girl all the way.
Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast
Oh, but what a shame that all we've shared can't last.
I can change, I swear, mm-mm
See what you can do, mm-mm.
I can make it through,
You can make it too.
A change in the weather can be extreme
But it ain't like changing horses in midstream
I'm going out of my mind, mm-mm
With a pain that stops and starts, mm-aa
Like a corkscrew to my heart
Ever since we've been apart.
Rolling Thunder Revue live version (1976)
(one verse intro)
[Cmaj7]Our conversation [G11] was short and sweet
[Cmaj7]It nearly knocked [G11]me right off-a my feet.
And I'm [C]back in the rain, [C]oh[G][F]
And you are on dry [C]land,[C][G][F]
You made it there [Dm]somehow[G]
C F F )
You're a big girl now.
) C F F C G
. . . : (freely) : . . . : . . . :
|----3----(1)-(1)--------------------|-0----------(0)--|----------------|-3---------------
|-/5---5---1---1-----------1----1----|-1----------(1)--|----------------|-0---------------
|-/5-------2---2-----------0----2----|-0----------(0)--|----------------|-0---------------
|--------------3-----------3----3----|-2----------(2)--|----------------|-0---------------
|------------------------------------|-3----------(3)--|----------------|-2---------------
|------------------------------------|-----------------|---------0--1-2-|-3---------------
You're a now
big girl
