Key: C major, Time: 6/8, Tempo: 93

Intro: 

: C5        Ab5       : (x 2)

C5  F5  C5    F5  C5  F5    
E5   /F#5 /G5   /Ab5 A5  /B5  /C5   /A5  

F5     /C5     
D5     /A5     G5      F5  F#5 
G5           


Verse 1: {With piano only, tempo rubato} (0:54-)

C5                   Ab5           
   The wine's all drunk    and so am I
C5                             Ab5           
   Here with the hoi-poloi, don't    ask me why
C5      F5  C5       F5         C5   F5      
   We're cele-brat-in' an-ticipatin' end of the year
E5         /F#5  /Ab5 A5               
   Everybody come,     everybody here

F5                 
   Well more or less,  
D5       /E5   /F#5    G5    F5  F#5 
   Some al-read-y  in a mess
G5                                  
    I guess they're waiting for the big  one.


[Verse 2] {Enters the band, play the intro} (1:44-)

 Wonder why I'm cold. How did I get this far?
 Had no money, had no car
 I pray the snow goes, be bad if it settles
 'Cos I follow my nose and the dried up rose petals

 Like the man says, 
 Sure hope Moses knows his roses
 Or we'll all be waiting for the big one.


Interlude 1: (2:31-)

 | C     |  (x 4 bars)

F5    G5    Ab5   Bb5   C5         

D5   Eb5   F5    G5    Ab5   Bb5   



[Verse 3] (3:03-)

 Once I was the credit to my credit card
 spent what I hadn't got, wasn't hard
 No trust in judgement no trust in money
 Someday I'll find myself like a bee finding honey, oh

 But in the meantime, ah
 I'm gonna have me some fun
 Waiting for the big one.


[Verse 4] (3:50-)

 One too many, where ego I go too
 Looking for the real thing
 It don't come from what I do
 No real communication moves out of my face
 I'm beginning to think, yeah, I'm just out of place, a-ha

 Won't get in too deep, 
 I want to get some sleep
 To be ready for the big one, 

 To be ready for the big one


Interlude 2: (4:43-)

 | C     |  (x 4 bars)

F5    G5    Ab5   Bb5   
C5                   

D5   Eb5   F5    G5    Ab5   Bb5   


(Intro) (5:20-) {Bluesy guitar solo} 


Coda: (6:07-)

 | C     |  (x 4 bars)

{Enter female vocals, tempo rubato}
F5    G5    Ab5   Bb5             
 Ah,   ah,   uh,   waiting for the
C5                  
 big one________

D5   Eb5   F5    G5    Ab5   
 Ah,   ah,   ah,   ah,   uh,
Bb5              C5      
 wainting for the big one___

{Drum solo} 
 |       |       |       |  | 

D5   Eb5   F5    G5    
 Ah,   ah,   ah,   ah,
Ab5   Bb5   C5         
 Uh,   uh,   uh,______