Big American Headliner chords by Corb Lund

Chords with lyrics

Key: D MajorD

🎸 Intro:

D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
D A augmentedA



🎸 Verse 1:
D MajorD    G+G   D MajorD    G+G
Had me a dream, almost obscene
D MajorD       G+G     A augmentedA
I never had a dream any finer
D MajorD    G+G   D MajorD       G+G
Had me a taste in the land of waste
    D MajorD       G+G
And the dream that we chased
    A augmentedA             D MajorD
As we became the big American headliner
    G+G  D MajorD  G+G A augmentedA
Oh yeah, uh-huh

🎸 Verse 2:
D MajorD       G+G    D MajorD       G+G
Foamin' at the mouth we up and headed south
D MajorD         G+G  A augmentedA
South of the parallel 49er
D MajorD    G+G    D MajorD         G+G
Had us a dream of Rolling Stone magazine
    D MajorD        G+G
And the girls they don't screamed
   A augmentedA             D MajorD
We became the big American headliner
    G+G  D MajorD  A augmentedA
Oh yeah, uh-huh


🎸 Verse 3:
G+G     D MajorD         G+G   D MajorD
Visions of sold out shows and candy for your nose
  G+G    D MajorD             A augmentedA
In America, anything goes, as we were soon to find
  G+G          D MajorD
It doesn't matter what they place is
G+G        D MajorD
You can act like Oasis
    G+G        D MajorD
Screw 'till yer blue in the faces
      A augmentedA             D MajorD
When you become the big American headliner
    G+G  D MajorD  A augmentedA
Oh yeah, uh-huh

🎸 Verse 4:
  G+G      D MajorD
And Leno said he loved our sound
  G+G          D MajorD
As we were the toast of tinsel town
G+G         D MajorD        A augmentedA
Everyone and their dog came 'round to the scene
A augmentedA
To be seen
  G+G      D MajorD
We did a “guest spot” on Friends
  G+G         D MajorD
And sang our songs on Letterman
  G+G         D MajorD
We looked towards the mighty Yen
      A augmentedA         N.C.           D MajorD
'Cause the Japanese
Japanese love the big American headliner
    G+G  D MajorD  G+G A augmentedA
Oh yeah, uh-huh


Guitar 🎸 Solo:
D MajorD  G+G D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD


🎸 Bridge:
D MajorD                   G+G
Woke up in a hotel room in downtown Saskatoon
D MajorD       N.C.         A augmentedA
We gotta leave this afternoon for Regina


🎸 Verse 5:
D MajorD           G+G
Yeah, we've got us an opening slot
   D MajorD           G+G
These warmup gigs they never pay a lot
  D MajorD          G+G
My patience, nerves and credit is shot
  A augmentedA
But tonight we open for
A augmentedA
They keep the door
           D MajorD
The big American headliner
G+G D MajorD
Oh yeah


🎸 Outro:
    G+G       D MajorD G+G
And you gotta be on at 9er
A augmentedA            D MajorD
And the off by half past 9er
G+G D MajorD
Oh yeah
    G+G          D MajorD  G+G
And we can't use their drum riser
A augmentedA             D MajorD
So we drink their fucking rider
D MajorD G+G
Oh yeah, uh-huh
A augmentedA          D MajorD
The big American Headliner