Something Big Chords & Tabs
SOMETHING BIG - tom petty
The tuning and chords enable you to play the main bassline.
Tuning: DADGBe
Intro:
v v
e|----/------------------------------/----/
B|3---/------------------------3-----/3---/
G|2---/----0-----0-----0-----0---2---/2---/
D|0---/--0-----0-----0-----0-------0-/0---/
A|0---/------------------3-----------/0---/
E|0---/5-----3-----5-----------------/0---/
D5 - A - C - F - D -
D5 - A - C -
D5 - A - C - F - D -
D5 - A - C -
D5
Well it didn't feel like Sunday
D5
Didn't feel like June
[ch]D5/G[/ch]
When he met his silent partner
[ch]D5/G[/ch] D5
In that lonely corner room
F5 D5
That overlooked the marquee
F5 D5
Of the plaza all-a - dult
[ch]A7/E[/ch]
And he was not lookin' for romance
Gadd9 [ch]G9/F[/ch] D5 D5
Just someone he could trust
F5 D5
And it wasn't no way to carry on
F5 D5
It wasn't no way to live
[ch]A7/E[/ch]
But he could put up with it for a little while
Gadd9 [ch]Gadd9/F[/ch] D5
He was workin' on some - thing big
D5 - A - C - F - D -
D5 - A - C -
D5
Speedball rang the night clerk
D5
Said, " Send me up a drink"
[ch]D5/G[/ch]
Now the night clerk said, "It's Sunday man
[ch]D5/G[/ch] D5
Wait a minute, let me think"
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F5 D5
"There' a little place out - side of town
F5 D5
Might still have some wine"
[ch]A7/E[/ch]
Speedball said, "Forget it
Gadd9 [ch]Gadd9/F[/ch] D5
Can I have an outside line?"
F5 D5
And it wasn't no way to carry on
F5 D5
It wasn't no way to live
[ch]A7/E[/ch]
But he could put up with it for a little while
Gadd9 [ch]Gadd9/F[/ch] D5
He was workin' on some - thing big
Break:
D5 - A - C - F - D -
D5 - A - C -
[ch]Em7/C[/ch] - C -
Dm11/C - C - A - C -
D5 - A - C - F - D -
D5 - A - C -
[ch]Em7/C[/ch] - C -
Dm11/C - C -
Bb -
[ch]D5/G[/ch] -
D5 - A - C - F - D -
D5 - A - C -
D5
It was Monday when the day maids
D5
Found the still made bed
[ch]D5/G[/ch]
All except the pillows
D5 D5
That lay stacked up at the head
F5 D5
And one said, "I know I've seen his face,
F5 D5
I wonder who he is"
[ch]A7/E[/ch]
And the other said, "Probably it's just another clown
Gadd9 [ch]Gadd9/F[/ch] D5
Workin' on some - thing big"
F5 D5
And it wasn't no way to carry on
F5 D5
It wasn't no way to live
[ch]A7/E[/ch]
But he could put up with it for a little while
Gadd9 [ch]Gadd9/F[/ch] D5
He was workin' on some - thing big
D5 - A - C - F - D -
F5 D5
And it wasn't no way to carry on
F5 D5
It wasn't no way to live
[ch]A7/E[/ch]
But he could put up with it for a little while
Gadd9 [ch]Gadd9/F[/ch] D5
He was workin' on some - thing big
Outro:
(D5) - A - C - F - D
Aahh
D5 - A - C -
D5 - A - C F - D D5
some - thing big
(D5) - A - C -
D5 REP & FADE
D5 00023x
A x0xxxx
C x3xxxx
D xx0xxx
F xx3xxx
[ch]D5/G[/ch] 5x023x
F5 3335xx
A7 202020
Gadd9 50000x
[ch]G9/F[/ch] 30000x
[ch]Em7/C[/ch] x3203x
C x32010
Dm11/C x32031
Bb x1333x
