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Big Blue Ball Chords by Peter Gabriel

Big Blue Ball chords by Peter Gabriel

Guitar chords with lyrics

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 |-----------|
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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

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