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Big Day Coming chords by Yo La Tengo

Chords with lyrics

"Big Day Coming (Acoustic)" by Yo La Tengo.

This is an easy arrangement for the sweet, laidback version of Yo La Tengo's "Big Day Coming (Acoustic)",
off their album "Extra Painful", disc 2 or something.

Those are the chord diagrams for this approach:

Chord diagramG+G = 320003       Chord diagramC majorC = X320010     Chord diagramD MajorD = XX0232     Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2 = XX0230

Strumming pattern goes:

Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramC majorC
Down,DownUP,UpDownUp-Down,DownUP,upDownup...

Chords are super basic. One instrumental measure follows each verse, so play the G-C-G-C stuff after
"take our time...", "know our mind...", "we won't care...", etc etc.

Listen to the record to get it right.
Verse:

Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC
   Let's be undecided, let's take our time
       Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC
   And sooner or later we will know our mind
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC
   We'll be on the outside, we won't care
      Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC
   Because we're together, that's somewhere


Chorus:

              Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC
And there's a big day coming, 'bout a mile away
          Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G
There's a big day coming, I can hardly wait


Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC
   Let's wake up the neighbors, let's turn up our amps,
Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC
   The way that we used to, without a plan
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC
   We can play a Stones song, sitting on a fence,
              Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC
   And it'll sound pretty good, till I forget how it ends

Chorus:

              Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC
And there's a big day coming, 'bout a mile away
          Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G
There's a big day coming, I can hardly wait


Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC
   I woke up early, couldn't go back to sleep,
Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC
   'Cause I'd been thinking of where it all would lead
Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC
   So I made you wake up, said, "Let's take a walk,
           Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC
   I wanna hold your hand, we don't have to talk"

Chorus:

              Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC
And there's a big day coming, 'bout a mile away
          Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G
There's a big day coming, I can hardly wait

Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC majorC
   I can hardly wait
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC majorC
   I can hardly wait.

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