Gordon Peterson – Big Hard Sun chords

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Big Hard Sun | Gordon Peterson (Indio) | 1989
Lyrics are the original ones, not the Vedder version.
Drop D on low E string. You can capo first fret for original tuning, but itÂ’s 
easier to sing without the capo.

All chords normal fingering, except G which is 
G -3-|
-0-| -0-| -0-| -5-| -5-| Tabbed by Newfie49
D When I walk beside her
Cadd9I am the better man
GWhen I look to leave her
DI always stagger back again
DOnce I built an Ivory tower
Cadd9so I could worship from above
GAnd when I climbed down to be set free
Dshe took me in again
CHORUS
D there's a big
Am7A big hard sun
Gbeaten on the big people
Din the big hard world
END CHORUS
DWhen she comes to greet me
Cadd9She is mercy at my feet
GWhen I stay to pillage her
DShe just throws it back at me
DOnce I dug an early grave
Cadd9To find a better land
GShe just smiled and laughed at me
DAnd took her blues back again
CHORUS X2
DWhen I go to cross that river
Cadd9She is comfort by my side
GWhen I try to understand
DShe just opens up her hands
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK CHORUS
DOnce I stood to lose her
Cadd9And when I saw what I had done
GBurned down and threw away the hours
Dof her garden and her sun
Dso I tried to warn her
Cadd9And turned to see her weep
G40 days and 40 nights
Dand it's still coming down on me
CHORUS > fade
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