Tom: G
D (000200)
C (032000) or (032030)
Am (002200) or (002230)
G (550000) or (520000)
[Intro]
G D / / /G D / / /G D / / /G D / / /G
[Verse 1]
D C
When I walk beside her, I am the better man
G D
When I look to leave her, I always stagger back again
D C
Once I built an ivory tower, so I could worship from above
G D
And when I climb down to be set free, she took me in again
[Chorus]
D Am
There's a big, a big hard sun
G D
Beatin' on the big people in the big hard world
[Verse 2]
D C
When she comes to greet me, she is mercy at my feet (when I)
G D
When I stay to pillage her, she just throws it back at me
D C
Once I dug an early grave, to find a better land
G D
She just smiled and laughed at me, and took her blues back again
[Chorus] (x2)
D Am
There's a big, a big hard sun
G D
Beatin' on the big people in the big hard world
[Verse 3]
D C
And when I go to cross that river she is, comfort by my side
G D
When I try to understand, she just opens up her hands
D C G D
(Violin solo over verse chords)
D C G D
[Chorus]
D Am
Ohh Oh, There's a big, a big hard sun
G D
Beatin' on the big people in the big hard world
[Verse 4]
D C
Once I stood to lose her, when I saw what I had done
G D
Mmm Burned down and threw away the hours, of her garden and her sun
D C
So I tried to warn her, and turned to see her weep
G D
Mmm 40 days and 40 nights, and it's still coming down on me
[Chorus] (x5)
D Am
There's a big, a big hard sun
G D
Beatin' on the big people in the big hard world
