Big time
(spoken :
) Higher !
Em D A - Em - A
- D
I'm on my way, I'm making
it,
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- A - D
I've got to make it, show, yeah !
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So much larger than life,
Em D
A - Em - A
I'm going to watch it growing.
Em - A - Em - A - Em - A - Em - A
+ Hey hey hey...
Em A Em A
1. The place where I come
from is a small town,
Em A Em - A
they
think so small, they use small words.
Em A - Em A
But not me, I'm smarter than
that, I worked it out,
Em A Em A
I've been stretching my mouth
to let those big words come right out.
Em A Em A
I've had enough,
I'm getting out, to the city, the big big city,
Em - A
Em A
I'll be a big noise with all the big boys, so much stuff I
will own,
D#
- A
and I
will pray to a big god, as I
kneel in the big church.
Em D A Em - A - D
Big time, I'm on my way, I'm making it, big time !
Em D A Em - A - D
big time, I've got to make it,
show, yeah, big time !
Em D A Em - A - D
Big time, so much larger than life !
Em D A Em
big time, I'm gonna
watch it growing, big time !
A - Em - A
- Em -
A
+ Oh oh oh ...
Em A Em
2. My parties have all the big
names,
A Em
and I
greet them with the widest smile.
A Em
Tell them how my life is one
big adventure,
A Em
and
always they're amazed,
A Em A
When I show them round my
house, to my bed,
Em A
I had it made like a mountain
range,
Em A
with
a snow-white pillow for my big fat head.
D#
And my heaven will be a big
heaven,
A
and I
will walk through the front door.
+ CHORUS + A
Em - G D
A
Big time, my car getting bigger
!
Em - G D
A
Big time, my house getting bigger
!
Em - G D A
Big time, my eyes getting bigger
!
Em - G
D - A
Big time, and my mou......th !
Em - G D
A
Big time, my belly is getting bigger
!
Em - G D A
Big time, and my bank account !
Em - G D A
Big time, look at my circumstance
!
Em - G D A Em
Big time, and the bulge in my big big big big
big big .... big!
(orig. = capo 4th) (Peter
Gabriel)