Big Black Car Chords & Tabs
Big Black Car by Gregory Alan Isakov
Album: This Empty Northern Hemisphere
tabbed by zmdeez theacousticstyles@gmail.com
Capo 3
intro: middle finger on the B string reach and play
the bass notes on the 6th string with your
pinky for the 3(G) and index for the 1(F) and
the 0h2 played with ring. ~~~~means hold note
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|------1----------1--------1----1----1----1--|
G|----0---0------0---0--------0h2--0h2--0h2---|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--0-----------------------------------------|
E|------------3----------1--------------------|
e|-----------------------------0~~~~~~--------|
B|------1----------1---------1--------1-------|
G|----0---0------0---0-----0------------0-----|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--0-----------------------------------------|
E|------------3----------1--------------------|
verse 1:
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|------1----------1---------1----------------|
G|----0---0------0---0-----0---0-----0----0---|repeat
D|--------------------------------------------| 4x
A|--0------------------------------3----2-----|
E|------------3----------1--------------------|
you were a phonograph, i was a kid
i sat with an ear close, just listening
i was there when the rain tapped her way down your face
you were a miracle i was just holdin your space
end of verse transition...
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|----0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---------|repeat
D|------0h2-----------------------------------| 2x
A|--0---------3---0-------0---3---0-----------|
E|--------------------3-----------------------|
verse 2:
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|------1----------1---------1----------------|
G|----0---0------0---0-----0---0-----0----0---|repeat
D|--------------------------------------------| 4x
A|--0------------------------------3----2-----|
E|------------3----------1--------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/gregory_alan_isakov/big_black_car_tab.html ]
well time has a way of throwing it all in your face
the past, she is haunted, the future is laced
heartbreak, ya know, drives a big black car
swear i was in the back seat, just minding my own
end of verse transition...
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|----0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---------|repeat
D|------0h2-----------------------------------| 2x
A|--0---------3---0-------0---3---0-----------|
E|--------------------3-----------------------|
chorus: for the chorus I just use a random picking pattern
that keeps with the beat using the chords G C Am and D
G C
and through the glass, the corn crows come like rain
G Am
they wont stay, they wont stay for
C
too long now
G C
this could be all that we know..
D
of love and all.
verse 3:
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|------1----------1---------1----------------|
G|----0---0------0---0-----0---0-----0----0---|repeat
D|--------------------------------------------| 4x
A|--0------------------------------3----2-----|
E|------------3----------1--------------------|
well you were a dancer, i was a rag
the song in my head, well was all that i had
hope was a letter i never could send
love was a country we couldnt defend.
Pick around on the Am here for a moment before
last chorus...
G Am C G
and through the carnival we watch them go round and round
Am C G
all we knew of home was just a sunset and some clowns ohhhhhhh
verse 3:
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|------1----------1---------1----------------|
G|----0---0------0---0-----0---0-----0----0---|repeat
D|--------------------------------------------| 4x
A|--0------------------------------3----2-----|
E|------------3----------1--------------------|
well you were a magazine, i was a plane jane
just walking the sidewalks all covered in rain
love to just get into one of your stories
just me and all of my plane jane glory
