Talking Heads – The Big Country (Guitar)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: Harlan L Thompson <[email protected]> THE BIG COUNTRY- The Talking Heads C D F F G (rpt 3 more times)
   C        D     F               F G
I see the shapes, I remember from maps

  C         D        F              F G
I see the shoreline, I see the whitecaps

  C          D       F                 F G
A baseball diamond, nice weather down there

   C        D      F                         F    G
I see the schools, and the houses where the kids are

  C         D  F                       F   G
Places to park, by the factories and buildings

 C               D   F                 F   G
Restaurants and bars for later in the evening

 Am                      G    F                       G
Then we come to the farmlands and the undeveloped areas

 Am               G      F                    G
And I have learned how these things work together

  Am               G F                        G
I see the parkways that passes through them all

 Am              G  F                        G
And I have learned how to look at these things
CHORUS
           Bb          F                   Eb
And I say, I wouldn't live there if you paid me

Bb          F                Eb
I wouldn't live there, ooh, no siree

Bb          F                Eb
I wouldn't do the things the way those people do

Bb          F                 Eb
I wouldn't live there if you paid me to
I guess it's healthy, I guess the air is clean And I guess those people have fun with their neighbors and friends Look at that kitchen and all of that food Look at them eat, I guess it tastes real good
 Am                              G  F                          F  G
They're growin' in those farmlands, then they bring it to the stores

 Am                            G  F                      F  G
They put it in their car trunks, then they bring it back home
CHORUS I'm tired of looking out the window of the airplane I'm tired of travelling, I want to be somewhere And it's not even worth talking about those people down there
 Bb              F              Eb
Do do da da da   Do do da da da Do do
(keep on doing chorus with various noises) (eventually hold the Eb a while and end on Bb) (from More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978) (sent by Harlan at [email protected])