Talking Heads - The Big Country guitar tab

From: Harlan L Thompson

THE BIG COUNTRY- The Talking Heads

C D F F G (rpt 3 more times)

C D F F G

I see the shapes, I remember from maps

C D F F G

I see the shoreline, I see the whitecaps

C D F F G

A baseball diamond, nice weather down there

C D F F G

I see the schools, and the houses where the kids are

C D F F G

Places to park, by the factories and buildings

C D F F G

Restaurants and bars for later in the evening

Am G F G

Then we come to the farmlands and the undeveloped areas

Am G F G

And I have learned how these things work together

Am G F G

I see the parkways that passes through them all

Am G F G

And I have learned how to look at these things

CHORUS

Bb F Eb

And I say, I wouldn't live there if you paid me

Bb F Eb

I wouldn't live there, ooh, no siree

Bb F Eb

I wouldn't do the things the way those people do

Bb F Eb

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

Am G F F G

They're growin' in those farmlands, then they bring it to the stores

Am G F F G

They put it in their car trunks, then they bring it back home

CHORUS

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

Bb F Eb

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)

(from More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978)

(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)