In A Big Country chords by Kirsten Adamson

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: D

🎸 Intro:

D   G/D   D    G/D     D   G/D    D   G/D




🎸 Verse 1:
D                            G
Ive never seen you look like this without a reason
D                      G
Another promise fallen through
        Em     D/F#   D/A
Another season passes by you

   Link:
G     Em9


   🎸 Verse 2:
D                      G
I never took the smile away from anybody's face
D                             G
And that's a desperate way to look
            Em     F#      A
For someone who is still a child


   🎸 Chorus:
Bm7  D           G      A
In a big country dreams stay with you
Bm7    D             Bm7       D       D/A
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside
G    Em9    D    Em   D   G
Stay alive
🎸 Verse 3:
D                                  Gmaj7
I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered
        Bm                   Em                        D
But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered


   Link:
D     G/D    D   G/D   D   G/D    D   G/D


   🎸 Bridge:
D5                            G5
So take that look out of here it doesn't fit you
B5                            E5
Because it's happened doesn't mean you've been discarded
D5                               G5
Pull up your head off the floor, come up screaming
B5                         E5
Cry out for everything you ever might have wanted
D5                                 G5
I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered
        B5                   E5                        D
But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered
🎸 Instrumental:
D5     G5    B5     E5
D5     G5    B5     E5
D5     G5    B5     E5
D5     G5    B5     E5


   🎸 Verse 4:
D                         G
I'm not expecting to grow flowers in a desert
D                  G
But I can live and breathe
            Em     G     A
And see the sun in wintertime


   🎸 Chorus:
Bm7  D           G      A
In a big country dreams stay with you
Bm7    D             Bm7       D       D/A
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside
G    Em9
Stay alive


   🎸 Chorus:
Bm7  D           G      A
In a big country dreams stay with you
Bm7    D             Bm7       D       D/A
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside
G    Em9
Stay alive


   🎸 Instrumental:
D5     G5    B5     E5
D5     G5    B5     E5


   🎸 Bridge:
D5                            G5
So take that look out of here it doesn't fit you
B5                            E5
Because it's happened doesn't mean you've been discarded
D5                               G5
Pull up your head off the floor, come up screaming
B5                         E5
Cry out for everything you ever might have wanted
D5                                 G5
I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered
        B5                   E5                        D
But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered


   Link:
D5     G5    B5     E5
D5     G5    B5     E5
D5     G5    B5     E5
D5     G5    B5     E5


   🎸 Chorus:
Bm7  D           G      A
In a big country dreams stay with you
Bm7    D             Bm7       D       D/A
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside
G    Em9
Stay alive


   🎸 Chorus:
Bm7  D           G      A
In a big country dreams stay with you
Bm7    D             Bm7       D       D/A
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside
G    Em9
Stay alive

G    Em7
Stay alive


   🎸 Outro:
D5     G5    B5     E5



Mark W