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Intro: B5 A5 E5

B5 A5

E5              B5               
Woah oh oh oh woah

A5 E5

B5                                  A5  
I tip my head back, and I'm staring at the stars
              E5
Just pissing this night away
B5                                  A5                  E5
I've been praying for something to come down and save meeeee,
             B5            A5                   E5  
It's been a long one working for the man all day
             B5           A5               E5    
It's been a long one dying just to get away

          B5
Well it's a roll of the dice
A5
Your luck's finally run.
E5
You're picking your lucky numbers 'cause you're lucky number one
B5                                A5
Digging into your pockets scrimping scraping every hole
E5
For the things that you wanted, You're at the pump woah!
B5                A5
you belong to them in your own mind
E5
you got to break your back to break even almost every time
B5                   A5
Work days, week days, weak plays.
 E5
Something's gotta change before you go insane.

G5
And you know,
B5
(It's a big bad world)
A5                                 G5
This goes on and on and on and on you know
B5
(It's a big bad world)
A5                                      G5
This goes on and on, the same old song you know.
B5
(It's a big bad world)
A5
This goes on and on, and it's the same old song
G5
There's nothing you can do,
B5
But break your back in two.
A5
But you just can't quit.

       B5             A5
So you work, and you pay.
   E5
And you break your back for another day,
         B5           A5              E5    
In this big bad world, well it's a big bad world.
        B5             A5
And you work, and you pay
   E5
And you break your back for another day
         B5           A5         E5
In this big bad world, it's a big bad world.

              B5
Well it's a toss up
                         A5
All around the world a suit and tie pawn shop
E5
It's a blue collar prop placed in regular sweat shops
        B5                                       A5 
It's a new game they play that goes around the whole clock
            E5
But what's the difference when you're running around and you're trying to get ahead STOP!
B5
Twenty bucks at the pump, hey.
A5
Twenty bucks more the same day.
E5
Twenty bucks at the pump, hey. They got you going crazy
          B5                                  A5
Welcome to the party break your back at the front door
   E5
Check your checks and call a party at the pump war.

G5
And you know,
B5
(It's a big bad world)
A5                                 G5
This goes on and on and on and on you know
B5
(It's a big bad world)
A5                                      G5
This goes on and on, the same old song you know.
B5
(It's a big bad world)
A5
This goes on and on, and it's the same old song
G5
There's nothing you can do,
B5
But break your back in two.
A5
But you just can't quit.

       B5             A5
So you work, and you pay.
   E5
And you break your back for another day,
         B5           A5              E5    
In this big bad world, well it's a big bad world.
        B5             A5
And you work, and you pay
   E5
And you break your back for another day
         B5           A5         E5
In this big bad world, it's a big bad world.

Solo: Bm A Em (i think 8 times, but i'm not sure ;) )

       B5             A5
So you work, and you pay.
   E5
And you break your back for another day,
         B5           A5              E5    
In this big bad world, well it's a big bad world.
        B5             A5
And you work, and you pay
   E5
And you break your back for another day
         B5           A5         E5
In this big bad world, it's a big bad world.

B5 A5 E5
La de da, la da da de da
La de da, la da da de da
La de da, la da da de da

          B5
No more work, WORK!
          A5
No more play, PLAY!
             E5
Don't wanna break my back for one more day
         B5           A5          E5
In this big bad world, it's a big bad world.
            B5 *             A5 *           E5 *
And we are waiting for that new day to come.

*just play the cord 1 time
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