The Big Country
Talking HeadsVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
I see the shapes, I remember from maps
I see the shoreline, I see the whitecaps
A baseball diamond, nice weather down there
I see the schools, and the houses where the kids are
Places to park, by the factories and buildings
Restaurants and bars for later in the evening
Then we come to the farmlands and the undeveloped areas
And I have learned how these things work together
I see the parkways that passes through them all
And I have learned how to look at these things
And I say, I wouldn't live there if you paid me
I wouldn't live there, ooh, no siree
I wouldn't do the things the way those people do
I wouldn't live there if you paid me to
I guess it's healthy, I guess the air is clean
And I guess those people have fun with their neighbors and friends
Look at that kitchen and all of that food
Look at them eat, I guess it tastes real good
They're growin' in those farmlands, then they bring it to the stores
They put it in their car trunks, then they bring it back home
I'm tired of looking out the window of the airplane
I'm tired of travelling, I want to be somewhere
And it's not even worth talking about those people down there
Do do da da da Do do da da da Do do
(keep on doing chorus with various noises)
(eventually hold the Eb a while and end on Bb)
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Readable chord sheet for The Big Country by Talking Heads
[C] [D] [F] [F] [G] I[C] see the s[D]hapes, [F]I remember from m[F]aps[G] I[C] see the sh[D]oreline, I[F] see the whiteca[F]ps [G] A[C] baseball di[D]amond, ni[F]ce weather down the[F]re [G] I[C] see the s[D]chools, [F]and the houses where the ki[F]ds are[G] P[C]laces to pa[D]rk, [F]by the factories and buil[F]dings[G] R[C]estaurants and ba[D]rs fo[F]r later in the even[F]ing [G] T[Am]hen we come to the farmla[G]nds an[F]d the undeveloped areas [G] A[Am]nd I have learned [G]how thes[F]e things work together[G] I[Am] see the parkways [G]tha[F]t passes through them all [G] A[Am]nd I have learned[G] how[F] to look at these things [G] A[Bb]nd I say, I w[F]ouldn't live there if[Eb] you paid me I[Bb] wouldn't liv[F]e there, ooh, no s[Eb]iree I[Bb] wouldn't do [F]the things the way[Eb] those people do I[Bb] wouldn't liv[F]e there if you paid[Eb] me to I guess it's healthy, I guess the air is clean And I guess those people have fun with their neighbors and friends Look at that kitchen and all of that food Look at them eat, I guess it tastes real good T[Am]hey're growin' in those farmlands[G], th[F]en they bring it to the stor[F]es [G] T[Am]hey put it in their car trunks,[G] the[F]n they bring it back hom[F]e [G] I'm tired of looking out the window of the airplane I'm tired of travelling, I want to be somewhere And it's not even worth talking about those people down there D[Bb]o do da da da D[F]o do da da da Do[Eb] do (keep on doing chorus with various noises) (eventually hold the Eb a while and end on Bb)