TALKINGHEADS
The Big Country
Intro:
Guitar 1
play with a slide and let all the notes ring
|Guitar 2
| D E G A D
Guitar 1 and 2 basically play the same thing throughout the verse...
[D]I see the [E]shapes,
[G]I remember from [A]maps.
[D]I see the [E]shoreline.
[G]I see the white[A]caps.
[D]A baseball [E]diamond, [G]nice weather down [A]there.
[D]I see the s[E]chool [G]and the houses where the kids [A]are.
[D]Places to p[E]ark [G]by the fac?tries and [A]buildings.
[D]Restaunts and [E]bar [G]for later in the [A]evening.
[D]Then we come to the [E]farmlands, [G]and the undeveloped [A]areas.
[D]And I have [E]learned [G]how these things work [A]together.
[D]I see the [E]parkway [G]that passes through them [A]all.
[D]And I have [E]learned [G]how to look at these [A]things and I say,
Here's the pattern for the Chorus:
Guitar 1 (slide)
|
|Guitar 2
| C G F
[C]I wouldn?t [G]live there if you [F]paid me.
[C]I couldn?t [G]live like that, [F]no siree!
[C]I couldn?t [G]do the things the [F]way those people do.
[C]I couldn?t [G]live there if you [F]paid me to.
Outro: (While he goes Goo goo ga ga ga)
[C] [G] [F]
I tabbed this listening to the live version off of The Name of This Band is Talking
so it might be a little bit different in some parts from the album version
The Big Country
Intro:
Guitar 1
play with a slide and let all the notes ring
|-------||----------------------------------------||
|-/7----||:------9-----9/12---12-12/14----14/19--:||
|-/7----||--------9-9--9/12---12-12/14----14/19---||
|-/7----||---------9---9/12---12-12/14----14/19---||
|-------||:--------------------------------------:||
|-------||----------------------------------------||
|Guitar 2
| D E G A D
|--2----||-------0-------3----3-3-3-----------2---||
|--3----||:------0-------3----3-3-3-----------3--:||
|--2----||-------1-------0----0-0-0--2--------2---||
|--0----||-------2-------0----0-0-0--2--------0---||
|-------||:------2-------2----2-2-2--0-----------:||
|-------||-------0-------3----3-3-3---------------||
Guitar 1 and 2 basically play the same thing throughout the verse...
[D]I see the [E]shapes,
[G]I remember from [A]maps.
[D]I see the [E]shoreline.
[G]I see the white[A]caps.
[D]A baseball [E]diamond, [G]nice weather down [A]there.
[D]I see the s[E]chool [G]and the houses where the kids [A]are.
[D]Places to p[E]ark [G]by the fac?tries and [A]buildings.
[D]Restaunts and [E]bar [G]for later in the [A]evening.
[D]Then we come to the [E]farmlands, [G]and the undeveloped [A]areas.
[D]And I have [E]learned [G]how these things work [A]together.
[D]I see the [E]parkway [G]that passes through them [A]all.
[D]And I have [E]learned [G]how to look at these [A]things and I say,
Here's the pattern for the Chorus:
Guitar 1 (slide)
|---------------------------------------------|
|-17-----17\12-----12\10----------------------|
|-17-----17\12-----12\10----------------------|
|-17-----17\12-----12\10----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 2
| C G F
|-0---------3---------1----1-0-1-0-1-0---------|
|-1---------3---------1----------------1-------|
|-0---------0---------2------------------------|
|-2---------0---------3------------------------|
|-3---------2---------3------------------------|
|-----------3---------1------------------------|
[C]I wouldn?t [G]live there if you [F]paid me.
[C]I couldn?t [G]live like that, [F]no siree!
[C]I couldn?t [G]do the things the [F]way those people do.
[C]I couldn?t [G]live there if you [F]paid me to.
Outro: (While he goes Goo goo ga ga ga)
[C] [G] [F]
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|-17--17--17-17-17---12--12--12-12-12---10--10--10-10-10----------------|
|-17--17--17-17-17---12--12--12-12-12---10--10--10-10-10----------------|
|-17--17--17-17-17---12--12--12-12-12---10--10--10-10-10----------------|
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I tabbed this listening to the live version off of The Name of This Band is Talking
so it might be a little bit different in some parts from the album version
