#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 11:24:43 -0800 From: Adam Gaverluk Subject: CRD: big_fish.crd by Moxy Fruvous Big Fish Written And Recorded by Moxy Fruvous >From the Album "B" (WEA CD-15223, 1996) Transcibed by Adam Gaverluk (agaverluk@wwdc.com) Capo 2nd fret Intro:Cm G Cm G B7 (descending notes G, F#, E) Verse: Em A7 As young boy Michael helped his mother cook Em B7 Down by her apron strings the whole day long Em A7 Knife in hand her eyes trained on the recipe book C D He'd salivate as she sang out this song Chorus: G C Cut the onions, start the dicing, D G Listen up Mike, it's the right thing G C Chop the parsnip, for a rich dish, Cm G In the small pond you'll be a big fish Cm G (B7) In the small pond you'll be a big fish Verse: When in college our lad made some special friends Kept him from subversives and their kind Swirled within a world of sports and dividends And the song they sang was etched apon his mind Chorus: Cut the hair off the hippies sleeping Listen up Mike, it's the right thing Chop the fringes, off the freakish In the small pond you'll be a big fish In the small pond you'll be a big fish Verse: 35 a burning drive possessed him To be the greatest golfer in North Bay Sometimes a fear of failure near obsessed him And then he'd hear the other golfers say Chorus: Cut the motion on your back swing Listen up Mike, it's the right thing Chop the golf ball with a big swish In the small pond you'll be a big fish In the small pond you'll be a big fish Verse: Now he's breaking bread with heads of industry The Capitan in the Autumn of his years He proceeds with masionical rapidity When he echos mothers words he hears the cheers Chorus: Cut the welfare and public housing Listen up Mike it's the right thing Chop the healthcare, you'll get your wish In the small pond you'll be a big fish (everyone!) Cut the child care and the schooling Listen up Mike it's the Right Wing Chop the free lunch for the poorish In the small pond you'll be a big fish In the small pond you'll be a big fish In the small pond you'll be a big fish!