The tuning is dropped a half step and I play with the capo on the 2nd fret INTRO D, G, D, G, Bm (x2), G, Em, G, D VERSE A G You may have seen a thread of silver, On the window in the bathroom Bm D That was thicker than the thread your heart was hanging from A G You may have seen a lid of darkness, Clamping down upon a sunset F#m A No less tightly than your heart was being strung CHORUS D G D In the bigger picture theres a thread thirteen times thinner F#m G Gm In the bigger picture theres a lid fourteen times tighter D G Bm In the bigger picture theres a night fifteen times darker D G Em G D And it ll hold you like no other in the bigger picture VERSE A G You may have seen the first star flickering, In the park one summer evening Bm D No less faintly than the dream that you were wishing on A G You may have seen the seagulls circling, On the haze above the factory F#m A With more purpose than the course your life was on Em F#m But if you haven t seen the places you have come from, G A Then you haven?t seen how far you have come CHORUS D G D In the bigger picture theres a star sixteen times fainter F#m G Gm In the bigger picture theres a course seventeen times straighter D G Bm In the bigger picture theres a dream eighteen times greater D G Em G D And it ll steer you like no other in the bigger picture VERSE A G You may have seen a blazing bonfire, Burning bright with fickle beauty Bm D That was turned to lifeless ashes in the morning A G You may have seen a single snowdrop, Where it shivered in the graveyard F#m A No less fragile than the soul to which you cling Em F#m But if you haven t seen the people you have come from, G A Then you haven t seen the person youve become CHORUS D G D In the bigger picture theres no answer to your prayers F#m G Gm In the bigger picture but theres a billion other fires D G Bm In the bigger picture you ll learn how to build yours higher D G Em G D When you?ve seen the savage wonder in the bigger picture D G Bm In the bigger picture theres a sea breeze three times fresher D G Em G D And it ll make your two eyes water in the bigger picture