Big Bad World One/Tabs

Big Bad World One

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Original transcription by M_pony, revised by Suuuupaadave.

To get a feel for any tricky bits, check out my guitar lesson for this song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg7jz-2tbCU

Chords

E/A    x02100
Amaj7  x02120
Em     022000
D      xx0232
G      3x0033
G/F    xx3033
G/E    xx2033
G/Eb   xx1033
Cadd9  x32033
G/B    x20033
Asus4  x02230
C#m7b5 x4545x
Cm     x35443
C      x32010
Am     x02210
Bb     x1333x
C(alt) x3555x

Intro |E/A Amaj7|E/A Amaj7|

Verse 1
E/A              Em           
All alone by the table of food
      D        G           D
in my wrinkled suit and my borrowed tie
E/A              Em              
Only thinking of something to say
       D      G         D
in the moment after the girl goes by
G         G/F            G/E            G/Eb           
 Everyone else is having fun or else pretending to
G       G/F         G/E  G/Eb           
 I eat another crudite

Chorus
Cadd9    G/B
 I quit, I'm done
 Asus4                          D
'cause I don't think it's gonna turn out OK
     Cadd9            G/B
It's no fair and it's no fun
   Asus4                 D
If every time it's gonna end the same way:
C#m7b5     Cm             G
 Me: zero, Big bad world: one

Verse 2

E/A                 Em             
At the office we're all having cake
            D         G          D
'cause it's someone's birthday I don't know who
E/A                  Em               
Get my plate and I'm scanning the room
        D    G             D
and the only seat is right next to you
G          G/F           G/E                G/Eb           
 I get the nod, the tiny smile that doesn't come with teeth
G          G/F              G/E   G/Eb           
 Maybe you don't know who I am

Chorus
Cadd9    G/B
 I quit, I'm done
  Asus4                          D
'cause I don't think it's gonna turn out OK
     Cadd9            G/B
It's no fair and it's no fun
   Asus4                 D
If every time it's gonna end the same way:
C#m7b5     Cm             G
 Me: zero, Big bad world: one

Bridge
           C             G
Staying in-side lying in bed
         Am                   Em
Noticing something that's not there
          C                G
Follow my heart, follow my head
            Bb            C(alt)                E/A
I'll follow anything that might get me somewhere

Re-Intro: |E/A Amaj7|E/A Amaj7|

Verse 3

E/A                      Em               
Catch her eye when she's pouring my coffee
    D         G           D
and search my head for an opening line
E/A              Em              
But I see by the look on her face
     D       G               D
if I keep my mouth shut I'll save some time
G            G/F             G/E           G/Eb           
 What if the best that I can be just isn't good enough?
G         G/F           G/E   G/Eb           
 Isn't it better not to know?

Chorus
Cadd9    G/B
 I quit, I'm done
  Asus4                          D
'cause I don't think it's gonna turn out OK
     Cadd9            G/B
It's no fair and it's no fun
   Asus4                 D
If every time it's gonna end the same way:
C#m7b5     Cm             
 Me: zero, Big bad world: one