• Song:

    Big Eyes

  • Artist:

    Cheap Trick

  • Album:

    The Collection

artist:  Cheap Trick
author:  Rick Nielsen
title:   Big Eyes
album:   In Color and in Black and White/At Budokan
tuning:  Standard   E A D G B E

Guitar Tablature by John Dissinger 
withnai1@aol.com or jd@mekel.com


--INTRO--

   spoken: big eyes!

E----------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------0-------3---
G--------------------------0-----0-------3-----
D-----------------0-------1-----2-------4------  x2
A---------------1-------2----------------------
E-12----------2-------------------------------
   slide------| 
  


   D    B
E----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G---7----4-------------------------------
D---7----4-------------------------------  x2
A---5----2---1-2-1-0---------------------
E---------------------3-0----------------



--VERSE ONE--
       
        G
     It's not the way you look 
     It's not the way you walk     
        C    
     Your eyes are somethin' good
     You know they're clear and bright
     It's not the color of your hair
  
   G rock shuffle        C
E------------------------------------------  
B---------------------------------6--------  
G------------------------5--------5--------  
D------------------------5--------5--------  
A--5--5--7--5------------3--------3--------  
E--3--3--3--3-etc...--------then-----------  


--CHORUS ONE--

     D   B
    Big eyes, I keep falling for those
    Big eyes, they keep calling my name
    (repeat)

    D    B
E----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G---7----4-------------------------------
D---7----4-------------------------------  x2
A---5----2---1-2-1-0---------------------
E---------------------3-0----------------

--VERSE TWO--
         

      You're such a losing cause
      Why don't you go and get lost     
      Who says you write the laws
      You're such a losing cause 
      Go on, get outta here


guitar 1 plays same pattern as verse one, guitar 2 plays following lead fill
repeatedly


      1/2
E------------3---
B----------3-----
G-----5^--------
D----------------  
A----------------
E----------------
      b

--CHORUS TWO-- (same as chorus one, except it is played only once)

--BRIDGE--

E------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------0----------
D--2-1-2-------------------0--------2-1-2-------------1------------
A--------2-3-2-0---------2---------------2-3-2-0---2---------------
E--------------------2-3-------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------0---- x2
D--2-1-2-------------------0--------2-1-2-------------0-----1------
A--------2-3-2-0---------2---------------2-3-2-0----1-----2--------
E--------------------2-3--------------------------2----------------

--SOLO--

      ain't doin it

--VERSE THREE--

      lyrics: repeat verse two, then verse one

      guitar: plays stock verse pattern twice, second time with palm muting

--CHORUS THREE--

      same as chorus two

--VARIATION ON INTRO--


E----------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------0-----------
G--------------------------0-----0-------------
D-----------------0-------1-----2-------4-vib--  x3
A---------------1-------2----------------------
E--------------2-------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------0-------3---
G--------------------------0-----0-------3-----
D-----------------0-------1-----2-------4------  x1
A---------------1-------2----------------------
E--------------2-------------------------------


--CHORUS FOUR--


    lyrics: same as chorus one


    D    B
E---------------------------
B---------------------------
G---7----4------------------
D---7----4------------------  x1
A---5----2---1-2-1-0--------
E---------------------3-0---

    D    B
E------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------
G---7----4---------------------------------
D---7----4---------------------------------  x1
A---5----2---1-2-1-0---------1-2-1-0-------
E---------------------3-0-------------3-0--

    D    B
E---------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------
G---7----4------------------------------------------------------
D---7----4------------------------------------------------------  x1
A---5----2---1-2-1-0-------1-2-1-0-------1-2-1-0----------------
E---------------------3-0-----------3-0-----------3-0-----------

    D    B
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------
G---7----4-----------------------------------------------------------
D---7----4-----------------------------------------------------------  x1
A---5----2---1-2-1-0-------1-2-1-0-------1-2-1-0-------1-2-vib-------
E---------------------3-0-----------3-0-----------3-0----------------


--OUTRO--

   guitars 1, 2 and bass guitar: noise and palm muted strumming centered
around B chord
   then a single strum of B5
   
   lyrics: Big eyes


        
E------------------------------------
B------------------------------------
G------------------------------------
D------------------------------------  x1
A------1-2-1-0---------1-2-1-0-------
E---------------3-0-------------3-0--
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