Ordinary Days - Big Picture chords by Misc Musicals

• Difficulty: Advanced

Key: F

Intro:

C      G         C            G5




            C
I’ll have a mocha caramel latte-chino
            G        C
Made with skim milk, no whipped cream
C
Please put that in a Grande cup
Am        D        C         F
But use the same amount of coffee
      G                C
That you’d put into a Tall
 C                    F
That way, there’s about an inch
F

Of extra room on top
F/C
To stir in my own nutmeg
                       C
Without spilling any coffee at all
C
What do you want?
C
I’ll have a tea
C
What kind?
C
Just  tea?
 (building up)
C                              G
He’ll have your green Darjeeling tea
C
Which I am sure you know cannot be steeped
 G
For more than ninety-five seconds
 C     F
Shall we?



Verse 1:
F
So, what’s your deal?
F
My what?
F
Your deal. What are you about?
C                         D
Well
I’m about five foot five
I guess
C                          F
You really don’t find me funny at all?
Am
Funny, yes
G#dim
Amusing, no
Ddim             C
But seriously
Warren
F          C
I want to know
C
Describe to me
F
Your big picture
A#          Gm7
Well, there’s this Picasso

Chorus:
G7       C
Don’t start
          F
Everyone’s got
D#      A#
A big picture
          G
Something they shoot for
G7               C
That sets them apart
F
We’ve all got
         E
An awful lot
Am                 Fm
To do before we’re dead
Dm                  C
So, where do you see yourself
Fm             D7
In, say, five years?

Verse 2:

G7                G           C
I haven’t thought that far ahead
F
Are you gonna be serious?
C
Do I have to?
F            C           F
Well
I work for an artist
F
Tell me what you do
A7          Dm
I dunno
I watch his cat
Dm                  C          F
And this morning I fixed his curtain rod
Am
Sure, okay
Fdim
That pays the rent
Ddim           C
But that is not exactly
F         C
What I meant

Chorus:
C
When I asked to hear
F
Your big picture
D#          A#
Something beyond
G
Your daily routine
C
Talk about
F
Your big picture
A#
The fairy tale ending
F                   G
That you’ve always seen
      F
I am sure
            E7
There’s something more
   Am                Fm    Dm
To you than doing chores
                       F
Everyone’s got a big picture in mind

Verse 3:
G            C
So, what’s yours?
C
Well, since you asked
F                            A#           F
In five years
I’ll have an amazing apartment
C
With bookshelves built into the walls
A#                            F
A window that looks out on someplace big
C
And a personal assistant who screens my calls
F                                    E
The book I write will be required reading
Am                                D
To get into the seminars that I’ll be leading
F
That’s the plan
E7                 Am
As far as I can see it
D      Fm
And yet it
Dm               F
Isn’t quite apparent
C                 F
What I’m supposed to do
       C
To get it
(slowly)
C
Some big picture
C
How’s your tea?
C
My what?
F
Your tea?
F
Oh, it’s sort of… gotten cold

(building up)

C                           Dm
These stupid "baristas" don’t know how
Dm           C
To heat a proper –
F
Deb, it’s really okay

Bridge:
G         Am
Look
I know
Dm
That we just met
Dm
But it seems to me that maybe
C              F
You might wanna get
G
Some perspective on
C               F
This "big picture"
D#            A#
"Big," after all, is
G
A relative term
C
Maybe this whole
F
"Big picture"
                A#
Shouldn’t be something
               G
On which you stand firm
C
You’re in a rut
F             E7
Who cares, so what
Am                    C
If your picture’s not quite clear?
Fm
I mean, you and me
E            Am
And lukewarm tea
Dm7
This could be
C             G                 C
Your really big picture right here

(slowly)

C
Oh my God, you’re right
F
See?
F                     G
Sitting here at Starbucks drinking mediocre coffee
                     C
with a professional cat sitter is all my life is going to amount to
C
That’s not really what I meant
N.C
No, it’s okay
I’m a strong woman
I can handle it


Outro:

(building up)
C                       C5
Oh my God, what time is it?
F
I have to go
G
Where are you going
Claire?
G
You don’t have to go
C
Please don’t –
C
Claire, stop
C#m7
Yes
I do
I’m late for my appointment
C#m7
Not now
C#m7
Deb, there’s something I want to show you
C                             G
You can’t just leave me in the rain
G
And hope that things will wash away
Claire
G
I can't
G
But Deb

Not now
G
Then soon?
G
It's not my fault that it's raining
G
Yes, later
Warren
G
Promise?
G
Answer me!
G
I promise, later
Warren
G
It's not my fault that it is raining, is it?
G
Call me then
G
You'll call me later?
G7
I'll call you later
G
Jesus
Claire!
C                         C7
Where are you going
Claire?
C                             D
Can’t you just talk to me
Claire?