Big Blue Ball chords by Peter Gabriel

Song: Big blue ball (Bonus track version)
Artist: Karl Wallinger, Peter Gabriel & Manu Katche
Album: Big blue ball
Tabbed by DJ
16th Oct 2015

G  = 320003  C/D = xx0010  Em7/D = xx0000
C/G = 3x2013  D  = xx0232  Bm  = x24432
G/B = x20003  D4 = xx0233  F   = 133211
C  = x32010  Em = 022000

In the verses you don't need to play the full chords for this change,
you could just play the bass notes:
  (G/B)(C)
e |-----------|
B |-----------|
G |-----------|
D |-----------|
A |---2---3---|
E |-----------|

You can hear the song at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMUt5gHpcvo

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[Intro]
 [2 bars drums]
| / / / / | / / / / |

  G    C/G  G    C/G  G    C/G  G    C/G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |


[Verse 1]
 G          G/B
Johnny says I'm out of here,
 C           C/D   G   C/G  G    C/G
Mary knows she's staying in a - lone,   | / / / / |
 G           G/B   C            C/D  G  C/G
Find it hard to get a - long, wonder about the price of happy homes,
 G    G/B C  D       D4  D      Em   Em7/D C    G  C/G
| / / / /__/ |  Sometimes feel like they're caught in a landslide,
 G    G/B C  D       D4  D    Em   Em7/D C      G  C/G
| / / / /__/ |  Sometimes eve - rything seems to make no sense at all!


[Chorus]
G    C/G   G     Bm      F       C
  But it's so clear, ...bright, the other side of maybe,
C/D     G   Bm       F        C  C/D    G    Bm
Yes, it's clear, bright----, that no one sees at all, it's so clear, ...bright,
       F      C         G   C/G       G  C/G
You're just living out a life on a big blue ball,  no trouble at all!


[Verse 2]
 G         G/B   C            C/D G  C/G  G    C/G
Fuzzy in the after - noon, drifting into thoughts about a war,  | / / / / |
  G           G/B  C           C/D      G  C/G
Drawing lines and taking sides,  we're getting tired, seen it be - fore,
 G    G/B C  D      D4  D     Em  Em7/D C    G  C/G
| / / / /__/ |   Spacemen see there's no heaven  a - bove us,
 G    G/B C  D     D4  D   Em    Em7/D C    G  C/G
| / / / /__/ |   If you want, you can say there's no hell below!


[Chorus]
G    C/G    G     Bm     F       C
 'Cause it's so clear, ...bright, the other side of maybe,
C/D    G     Bm      F       C    C/D  G     Bm
It's so clear and bright---, that no one sees at all, yes, it's clear, ...bright,
       F      C         G   C/G       G
You're just living out a life on a big blue ball,  no trouble at all,
   C/G    G     C/G    D  D4 D  Em  Em7/D   C   G    C/G
On a big blue ball, no trouble at all-------! (Ah---, ah - ah, ah!) | / / / / |
 D  D4 D  Em  Em7/D   C   G    C/G
(Ah--------, ah---, ah - ah, ah!) | / / / / |


[Chorus]
G     C/G   G     Bm      F      C
  'Cause it's so clear, ...bright, the other side of maybe,
C/D    G   Bm       F       C    C/D    G    Bm
It's so clear, bright----, that no one sees at all, yes, it's so clear, ...bright,
       F      C         G   C/G       G  Bm
You're just living out a life on a big blue ball,  no trouble at all,
   F      C   C/D    G    Bm     F   C
The other side of maybe, it's so clear, ...bright, (...yeah - eah,)
C/D    G      Bm          F        C    C/D    G
It's so clear, (woo--,hoo-oo), you're just ...living out a life on a big blue ball,
   C/G      G     C/G    G    C/G    G
(No trouble!) Blue ball, no trouble at all, on a big blue ball,
   C/G    G   C         G  C/G  G    C/G
No trouble at all,   no trouble at all!   | / / / / |


[Coda]
 D  D4 D   Em   Em7/D   C   G    C/G  G    C/G
(Oo--------, la---, la - la, la!) | / / / / | / / / / |

 D  D4 D   Em   Em7/D   C   G    C/G  G    C/G  G