In A Big Country chords by American Authors

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

       E MajorE
(Shot! Shot!)

Verse 1:

E MajorE               A augmentedA
I've never seen you look like this without a reason

E MajorE            A augmentedA
Another promise fallen through

    F# minorF#m  A augmentedA   BB
Another season passes by you

Hook:

BB A augmentedA    F# minorF#m
  (Shot!)

Verse 2:

E MajorE            A augmentedA
I never took the smile away from anybody's face

E MajorE               A augmentedA
And that's a desperate way to look

      F# minorF#m   A augmentedA   BB
For someone who is still a child

Chorus:

C# minorC#m   E MajorE      A augmentedA    BB
And in a big country dreams stay with you

C# minorC#m  E MajorE                  A augmentedA
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside

   F# minorF#m E MajorE F# minorF#m
Stay alive

Verse 3:

E MajorE                  A augmentedA
I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered

          C# minorC#m    F# minorF#m            E MajorE
But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered

Solo:
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE

Verse 4:

E MajorE             A augmentedA
I'm not expecting to grow flowers in a desert

E MajorE
But I can live and breathe

  A augmentedA    F# minorF#m  A augmentedA   BB
And see the sun in wintertime

Chorus:

C# minorC#m   E MajorE      A augmentedA    BB
And in a big country dreams stay with you

C# minorC#m  E MajorE       C# minorC#m    E MajorE      A augmentedA
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside

   F# minorF#m
Stay alive

C# minorC#m E MajorE      A augmentedA    BB
In a big country dreams stay with you

C# minorC#m  E MajorE                  A augmentedA
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside

   F#F#
Stay alive

Instrumental:
E MajorE A augmentedA C# minorC#m F# minorF#m

Bridge:

E MajorE               A augmentedA
So take that look out of here it doesn't fit you

C# minorC#m              F# minorF#m
Because it's happened doesn't mean you've been discarded

E MajorE                A augmentedA
Pull up your head off the floor, come up screaming

C# minorC#m            F# minorF#m
Cry out for everything you ever might have wanted

E MajorE                  A augmentedA
I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered

    C# minorC#m         F# minorF#m            E MajorE
But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered

Hook:

E MajorE A augmentedA    E MajorE
  (Shot!)

Final Verse:

E MajorE             A augmentedA
I'm not expecting to grow flowers in a desert

E MajorE
But I can live and breathe

  A augmentedA    F# minorF#m  F#F#  BB
And see the sun in wintertime

Chorus:

C# minorC#m   E MajorE      A augmentedA    BB
And in a big country dreams stay with you

C# minorC#m  E MajorE       C# minorC#m    E MajorE      A augmentedA
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside

   F# minorF#m
Stay alive

C# minorC#m E MajorE      A augmentedA    BB
In a big country dreams stay with you

C# minorC#m  E MajorE                  A augmentedA
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside

   F# minorF#m
Stay alive