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TALKINGHEADS The Big Country Intro: Guitar 1 play with a slide and let all the notes ring |-------||----------------------------------------|| |-/7----||:------9-----9/12---12-12/14----14/19--:|| |-/7----||--------9-9--9/12---12-12/14----14/19---|| |-/7----||---------9---9/12---12-12/14----14/19---|| |-------||:--------------------------------------:|| |-------||----------------------------------------|| |Guitar 2 | D E G A D |--2----||-------0-------3----3-3-3-----------2---|| |--3----||:------0-------3----3-3-3-----------3--:|| |--2----||-------1-------0----0-0-0--2--------2---|| |--0----||-------2-------0----0-0-0--2--------0---|| |-------||:------2-------2----2-2-2--0-----------:|| |-------||-------0-------3----3-3-3---------------|| Guitar 1 and 2 basically play the same thing throughout the verse...
DI see the Eshapes, GI remember from Amaps. DI see the Eshoreline. GI see the whiteAcaps. DA baseball Ediamond, Gnice weather down Athere. DI see the sEchool Gand the houses where the kids Aare. DPlaces to pEark Gby the fac'tries and Abuildings. DRestaunts and Ebar Gfor later in the Aevening. DThen we come to the Efarmlands, Gand the undeveloped Aareas. DAnd I have Elearned Ghow these things work Atogether. DI see the Eparkway Gthat passes through them Aall. DAnd I have Elearned Ghow to look at these Athings and I say,
Here's the pattern for the Chorus: Guitar 1 (slide) |---------------------------------------------| |-17-----17\12-----12\10----------------------| |-17-----17\12-----12\10----------------------| |-17-----17\12-----12\10----------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| | |Guitar 2 | C G F |-0---------3---------1----1-0-1-0-1-0---------| |-1---------3---------1----------------1-------| |-0---------0---------2------------------------| |-2---------0---------3------------------------| |-3---------2---------3------------------------| |-----------3---------1------------------------|
CI wouldn't Glive there if you Fpaid me. CI couldn't Glive like that, Fno siree! CI couldn't Gdo the things the Fway those people do. CI couldn't Glive there if you Fpaid me to.
Outro: (While he goes Goo goo ga ga ga) C G F |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-17--17--17-17-17---12--12--12-12-12---10--10--10-10-10----------------| |-17--17--17-17-17---12--12--12-12-12---10--10--10-10-10----------------| |-17--17--17-17-17---12--12--12-12-12---10--10--10-10-10----------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| I tabbed this listening to the live version off of The Name of This Band is Talking so it might be a little bit different in some parts from the album version