The Big Boom Chords & Tabs
Chords:
A5 x022xx
F#m(maj7) 243222
Dmaj7 xx0222
Dm(maj7) xx0221
Riffs:
A riff:
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22-22-2-|
22-22-2-|
00-02-3-|
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E riff:
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22-22-2-|
22-22-2-|
00-02-3-| repeat
Bridge:
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2--2--2-|0--0--0-|2--2--2-|2--2--2-|
2--2--2-|2--2--2-|4--4--4-|3--3--3-|
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--------|0--0--0-|1--1--1-|3--3--3-|
2--2--2-|0--0--0-|2--2--2-|2--2--2-|
2--2--2-|2--2--2-|4--4--4-|3--3--3-|
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5--5--5-|
2--2--2-|
2--2--2-|
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A5 A riff
It was 3 AM when I heard the sound
E riff
Stuck my head outside and I looked around
D
In the echo the car alarms ringing
F#m F#m(maj7)
The sense that something terrible had happened again
F#m7 B F#m F#m(maj7)
Cut the lights and put the TV on
F#m7 B
And they said that Michigan was gone
Bm E
Gone for good
D A
And now I'm waiting for the big boom
E F#m
It knows where I'm gonna be
D A
The big boom
E
I'm always getting closer to
D A
The big boom
E F#m
And it will catch up to me
Dmaj7 Dm(maj7)
The big boom
A riff
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jonathan_coulton/the_big_boom_crd.html ]
There are few safe places left today
E riff
Every night they come and take one away
D
Early on we believed we had a chance
F#m F#m(maj7)
Now there's no one who thinks that way anymore
F#m7 B F#m F#m(maj7)
And the infrastructure's coming down
F#m7 B
And the government went underground
Bm E
Gone for good
D A
And now I'm waiting for the big boom
E F#m
It knows where I'm gonna be
D A
The big boom
E
I'm always getting closer to
D A
The big boom
E F#m
And it will catch up to me
Dmaj7 Dm(maj7)
The big boom
Bridge
A5 A riff
Only move by night, only move alone
E riff
Keep the fires low and stay off the phone
D
Keep on moving or stay right where you are
F#m F#m(maj7)
What's the difference, it's only a matter of time
F#m7 B F#m F#m(maj7)
And one by one the cities fall
F#m7 B
Soon there won't be anything at all
Bm E
Gone for good
D A
And now I'm waiting for the big boom
E F#m
It knows where I'm gonna be
D A
The big boom
E
I'm always getting closer to
D A
The big boom
E F#m
And it will catch up to me
Dmaj7 Dm(maj7)
The big boom
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This was tabbed by "yngve" on jonathancoulton.com and not by me
