Tom: Ab [Intro] D4 D D4 D D4 D D4 D D When I walk beside her C I am the better man G When I look to leave her D I always stagger back again D Once I built an Ivory tower C So I could worship from above G When I climb down to be set free D She took me in again D There's a big Am A big hard sun G Beaten on the big people D In the big hard world D When she comes to greet me C She is mercy at my feet G When I see her pin her charm D She just throws it back at me D Once I dug an early grave C To find a better land G She just smile and laughed at me D And took her rules back again D There's a big Am A big hard sun G Beaten on the big people D In the big hard world ( D ) D When I go across that river C She is comfort by my side G When I try to understand D She just opens up her hands ( D C G D ) ( D C G D ) D There's a big Am A big hard sun G Beating on the big people D In a big hard world D Once I stood to lose her C When I saw what I had done G Bound down and flew away the hours D Of her garden and her sun D So I tried to warn her C I turned to see her weep G 40 days and 40 nights D And it's still coming down on me D There's a big Am A big hard sun G Beaten on the big people D In the big hard world