Big Time Uke tab by Peter Gabriel

12 Chords used in the song: Gm, Gm/Bb, C/E, C7sus4, Dsus4/G, C7/G, Am/G, Cm7/G, F, B5, C7/E, Fsus4

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Gm Gm  Gm/Bb Gm/Bb      C/E C/E      C7sus4 C7sus4/F  Gm Gm  Gm/Bb Gm/Bb  C/E C/E  C7sus4 C7sus4/F 
I'm on my way, I'm making it.
Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F
I've got to make it show, yeah!
Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F
So much larger than life.
Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F
I'm going to watch it growing.

Break:

Gm Gm Dsus4/G Dsus4/G Gm Gm C7/G C7/G Am/G Am/G Gm Gm
Oh...

Verse 1:

C7/G C7/G C7sus4 C7sus4/G
The place where I come from, is a small town.
Cm7/G Cm7/G Gm Gm
They think so small, they use small words.
C7/G C7/G C7sus4 C7sus4/G
But not me; I'm smarter than that; I worked it out.
Cm7/G Cm7/G
I've been stretching my mouth,
Gm Gm
To let those big words come right out.

C7/G C7/G C7sus4 C7sus4/G
I've had e-nough, I'm getting out, to the city, the big, big city.
Cm7/G Cm7/G
I'll be a big noise, with all the big boys,
Gm Gm
There's so much stuff I will own.

Bridge 1:

F F b5 C7/E C7/E
And I will pray to a big God, as I kneel in the big church.

Chorus 2:

Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F
(Big Time), I'm on my way, I'm making it,
Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F
(Big Time), oh yes.
Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F
(Big Time), I've got to make it show, yeah!

Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F
(Big Time), so much larger than life.
Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F
(Big Time), I'm going to watch it growing.
Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb
(Big Time).

Break:

Fsus4 Fsus4 F F Fsus4 Fsus4 F F
Oh-oh oh, oh oh, oh-oh oh, oh oh.

Verse 2:

C7/G C7/G C7sus4 C7sus4/G
My parties have all the big names,
Cm7/G Cm7/G
And I greet them with the widest smile.
Gm Gm
Tell them how my life is one big ad-venture.
C7/G C7/G
And always they're a-mazed,
C7sus4 C7sus4/G
When I show them 'round my house, to my bed.
Cm7/G Cm7/G
I had it made like a mountain range,
Gm Gm
With a snow-white pillow for my big fat head.

Bridge 2:

F F b5
And my Heaven will be a big Heaven,
C7/E C7/E
And I will walk through the front door.

Chorus 3:

Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F
(Big Time), I'm on my way, I'm making it,
Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F
(Big Time).
Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C7sus4 C7sus4
(Big Time), I've got to make it show, yeah!

Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F
(Big Time), so much larger than life.
Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F
(Big Time), I'm going to watch it growing.
Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C7sus4 C7sus4
(Big Time).

Coda:

Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F
(Big Time), my car is getting bigger,
Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F
(Big Time), my house is getting bigger.
Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F
(Big Time), my eyes are getting bigger,
Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb Fsus4 Fsus4 F F
(Big Time)... and my mouth...

Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F
(Big Time), my belly is getting bigger,
Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F
(Big Time), and my bank ac-count.
Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb C/E C/E C7sus4 C7sus4/F
(Big Time), look at my, circum-stance,
Gm Gm Gm/Bb Gm/Bb Fsus4 Fsus4
(Big Time), and the bulge in my,
Gm Gm
Big, big, big, big, big, big, big.

Uke tab by , 19 Feb 2020

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About this song: Big Time

Big Time is a song by Peter Gabriel from his 1986 album So. It was his second top-ten single along with Sledgehammer on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 8. The Police drummer Stewart Copeland played the drums on the track. The song’s bass guitar part is unique in that backing bassist Tony Levin and then-backing drummer Jerry Marotta teamed up for the main bassline. Using one of Levin’s fretless basses, Levin handled the fingerings while Marotta hit his drumsticks on the strings, which is why the bass part sounds percussive. Read more on Last.fm.

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