The Big Country Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[C]I see the sha[D]pes,
[F]I remember from map[G]s
[C]I see the shorelin[D]e
[F]I see the whitecaps
[G]
[C]A baseball dia[D]mond,
[F]nice weather down the[G]re
[C]I see the sch[D]ool
[F]and the houses where the kids are[G]
[C]Places to par[D]k
[F]by the factories and bui[G]ldings
[C]Restaurants and bar[D]s
[F]for later in the eve[G]ning

[Pre-chorus 1]
[Am]Then we come to the farmlands,
[F]and the undeveloped are[G]as
[Am]And I have learned
how [F]these things work [G]together
[Am]I see the parkway
[F]that passes through them all[G]
[Am]And I have learned
[F]how to look at these things
and [G]I say

[Chorus 1]
[Bb]I wouldn't live [F]there if you paid [Eb]me
[Bb]I wouldn't live [F]like that, no si[Eb]ree!
[Bb]I wouldn't do th[F]e things
[Eb]the way those people do
[Bb]I wouldn't live [F]there if you paid [Eb]me to

[Verse 2]
[C]I guess it's hea[D]lthy,
[F]I guess the air is cle[G]an
[C]I guess those people[D]
[F]have fun with their neighbors and fri[G]ends
[C]Look at that kit[D]chen
[F]and all of that foo[G]d
[C]Look at them eat[D] it
[F]I guess it tastes real goo[G]d

[Pre-chorus 2]
[Am]They grow it in those farmlands,
[F]And they bring it to the sto[G]res
[Am]They put it in the car trunk
[F]And they bring it back home
And [G]I say

[Chorus 2]
[Bb]I wouldn't live [F]there if you paid [Eb]me
[Bb]I wouldn't live [F]like that, no si[Eb]ree!
[Bb]I wouldn't do th[F]e things
[Eb]the way those people do
[Bb]I wouldn't live [F]there if you paid [Eb]me to

[Verse 3]
[C]I'm tired of lookin[D]g
[F]out the window of the air[G]plane
[C]I'm tired of tra[D]veling,
[F]I want to be somewhe[G]re
[C]It's not even worth tal[D]king
[F]About those people down the[G]re

[Interlude 1]
[Bb]Goo Goo Ga Ga Ga
[F]Goo Goo Ga Ga Ga
[Eb]Goo Goo Ga Ga Ga
Goo Goo Ga Ga Ga
[Bb]Goo Goo Ga Ga Ga
[F]Goo Goo Ga Ga Ga
[Eb]Goo Goo Ga Ga Ga

[Outro 1]
Goo Goo Goo Goo Ga Ga Ga Ga
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