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Big Black Car

• B

Capo 3 

intro:  middle finger on the B string reach and play 
        the bass notes on the 6th string with your  
        pinky for the 3(G) and index for the 1(F) and 
        the 0h2 played with ring. ~~~~means hold note 

e|--------------------------------------------| 
B|------1----------1--------1----1----1----1--| 
G|----0---0------0---0--------0h2--0h2--0h2---| 
D|--------------------------------------------| 
A|--0-----------------------------------------| 
E|------------3----------1--------------------| 


e|-----------------------------0~~~~~~--------| 
B|------1----------1---------1--------1-------| 
G|----0---0------0---0-----0------------0-----| 
D|--------------------------------------------| 
A|--0-----------------------------------------| 
E|------------3----------1--------------------| 

verse 1: 
e|--------------------------------------------| 
B|------1----------1---------1----------------| 
G|----0---0------0---0-----0---0-----0----0---|repeat  
D|--------------------------------------------|  4x 
A|--0------------------------------3----2-----| 
E|------------3----------1--------------------| 

you were a phonograph, i was a kid 
i sat with an ear close, just listening 
i was there when the rain tapped her way down your face 
you were a miracle i was just holdin your space 

end of verse transition... 

e|--------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------| 
G|----0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---------|repeat 
D|------0h2-----------------------------------|  2x 
A|--0---------3---0-------0---3---0-----------| 
E|--------------------3-----------------------| 


verse 2: 
e|--------------------------------------------| 
B|------1----------1---------1----------------| 
G|----0---0------0---0-----0---0-----0----0---|repeat  
D|--------------------------------------------|  4x 
A|--0------------------------------3----2-----| 
E|------------3----------1--------------------| 

well time has a way of throwing it all in your face 
the past, she is haunted, the future is laced 
heartbreak, ya know, drives a big black car 
swear i was in the back seat, just minding my own 

end of verse transition... 

e|--------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------| 
G|----0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---------|repeat 
D|------0h2-----------------------------------|  2x 
A|--0---------3---0-------0---3---0-----------| 
E|--------------------3-----------------------| 

chorus: for the chorus I just use a random picking pattern  
        that keeps with the beat using the chords G C Am and D 

G                                               C 
and through the glass, the corn crows come like rain 
           G                Am 
they wont stay, they wont stay for  
C 
too long now 
              G           C 
this could be all that we know.. 
    D  
of love and all. 


verse 3: 
e|--------------------------------------------| 
B|------1----------1---------1----------------| 
G|----0---0------0---0-----0---0-----0----0---|repeat  
D|--------------------------------------------|  4x 
A|--0------------------------------3----2-----| 
E|------------3----------1--------------------| 

well you were a dancer, i was a rag 
the song in my head, well was all that i had 
hope was a letter i never could send 
love was a country we couldnt defend. 

Pick around on the Am here for a moment before  
last chorus... 
G                      Am                 C          G 
and through the carnival we watch them go round and round 
               Am              C                G     
all we knew of home was just a sunset and some clowns  ohhhhhhh 

verse 3: 
e|--------------------------------------------| 
B|------1----------1---------1----------------| 
G|----0---0------0---0-----0---0-----0----0---|repeat  
D|--------------------------------------------|  4x 
A|--0------------------------------3----2-----| 
E|------------3----------1--------------------| 

well you were a magazine, i was a plane jane 
just walking the sidewalks all covered in rain 
love to just get into one of your stories 
just me and all of my plane jane glory  

x

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