• Song:

    Big Bad World One

  • Artist:

    Jonathan Coulton

  • Album:

    Thing a Week Four

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Chords

E/A    x02100
Amaj7  x02120
Em     022000
D (xx0232@1)    xx0232
G (320003@1)    3x0033
G/F    xx3033
G/E    xx2033
G/Eb   xx1033
Cadd9  x32033
G/B    x20033
Asus4  x02230
C#m7b5 x4545x
Cm     x35443
C (x32010@1)    x32010
Am     x02210
Bb     x1333x
C(alt) x3555x

Intro |E/A Amaj7|E/A Amaj7|

Verse 1
E/A (002100@1)            Em (022000@1)         
All alone by the table of food
      D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)         Din (xx0232@1)my wrinkled suit and my borrowed tie
E/A (002100@1)            Em (022000@1)            
Only thinking of something to say
       D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)       Din (xx0232@1)the moment after the girl goes by
G (320003@1)       G/F (120003@1)          G/E (020003@1)          G/Eb           
 Everyone else is having fun or else pretending to
G (320003@1)     G/F (120003@1)       G/E (020003@1)G/Eb           
 I eat another crudite

Chorus
Cadd9    G/B
 I quit, I'm done
 Asus4 (x02230@1)                        D'cause (xx0232@1)I don't think it's gonna turn out OK
     Cadd9 (x32030@1)          G/BIt's (143121@7)no fair and it's no fun
   Asus4 (x02230@1)               DIf (xx0232@1)every time it's gonna end the same way:
C#m7b5     Cm (x3101x@1)           G (320003@1)Me: zero, Big bad world: one

Verse 2

E/A (002100@1)               Em (022000@1)           
At the office we're all having cake
            D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)        D'cause (xx0232@1)it's someone's birthday I don't know who
E/A (002100@1)                Em (022000@1)             
Get my plate and I'm scanning the room
        D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)           Dand (xx0232@1)the only seat is right next to you
G (320003@1)        G/F (120003@1)         G/E (020003@1)              G/Eb           
 I get the nod, the tiny smile that doesn't come with teeth
G (320003@1)        G/F (120003@1)            G/E (020003@1) G/Eb           
 Maybe you don't know who I am

Chorus
Cadd9    G/B
 I quit, I'm done
  Asus4 (x02230@1)                        D'cause (xx0232@1)I don't think it's gonna turn out OK
     Cadd9 (x32030@1)          G/BIt's (143121@7)no fair and it's no fun
   Asus4 (x02230@1)               DIf (xx0232@1)every time it's gonna end the same way:
C#m7b5     Cm (x3101x@1)           G (320003@1)Me: zero, Big bad world: one

Bridge
           C (x32010@1)           GStaying (320003@1)in-side lying in bed
         Am (x02210@1)                 EmNoticing (022000@1)something that's not there
          C (x32010@1)              GFollow (320003@1)my heart, follow my head
            Bb (x1333x@1)          C(alt)                E/AI'll (002100@1)follow anything that might get me somewhere

Re-Intro: |E/A Amaj7|E/A Amaj7|

Verse 3

E/A (002100@1)                    Em (022000@1)             
Catch her eye when she's pouring my coffee
    D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)         Dand (xx0232@1)search my head for an opening line
E/A (002100@1)            Em (022000@1)            
But I see by the look on her face
     D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)             Dif (xx0232@1)I keep my mouth shut I'll save some time
G (320003@1)          G/F (120003@1)           G/E (020003@1)         G/Eb           
 What if the best that I can be just isn't good enough?
G (320003@1)       G/F (120003@1)         G/E (020003@1) G/Eb           
 Isn't it better not to know?

Chorus
Cadd9    G/B
 I quit, I'm done
  Asus4 (x02230@1)                        D'cause (xx0232@1)I don't think it's gonna turn out OK
     Cadd9 (x32030@1)          G/BIt's (143121@7)no fair and it's no fun
   Asus4 (x02230@1)               DIf (xx0232@1)every time it's gonna end the same way:
C#m7b5     Cm (x3101x@1)           
 Me: zero, Big bad world: one

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