Big Hard Sun | Gordon Peterson (Indio) | 1989
Lyrics are the original ones, not the Vedder version.
Drop D on low E string. You can capo first fret for original tuning, but it's 
easier to sing without the capo.

All chords normal fingering, except G which is 
  G (320003@1)-3-|
 -0-|
 -0-|
 -0-|
 -5-|
 -5-|

Tabbed by Newfie49

D (xx0232@1)     
When I walk beside her 
Cadd9
I am the better man
GWhen (320003@1)I look to leave her 
           DI (xx0232@1)always stagger back again

DOnce (xx0232@1)I built an Ivory tower 
Cadd9
so I could worship from above
GAnd (320003@1)when I climbed down to be set free 
    Dshe (xx0232@1)took me in again

CHORUS
D (xx0232@1)     
there's a big
                Am7A (x02010@1)big hard sun
                Gbeaten (320003@1)on the big people
                Din (xx0232@1)the big hard world
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DWhen (xx0232@1)she comes to greet me
Cadd9
She is mercy at my feet
GWhen (320003@1)I stay to pillage her
           DShe (xx0232@1)just throws it back at me
DOnce (xx0232@1)I dug an early grave 
Cadd9
To find a better land
GShe (320003@1)just smiled and laughed at me 
               DAnd (xx0232@1)took her blues back again

CHORUS X2

DWhen (xx0232@1)I go to cross that river
Cadd9
She is comfort by my side
GWhen (320003@1)I try to understand
        DShe (xx0232@1)just opens up her hands

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
CHORUS

DOnce (xx0232@1)I stood to lose her
Cadd9
And when I saw what I had done
GBurned (320003@1)down and threw away the hours
       Dof (xx0232@1)her garden and her sun

Dso (xx0232@1)I tried to warn her
Cadd9
And turned to see her weep
G40 (320003@1)days and 40 nights
                 Dand (xx0232@1)it's still coming down on me

CHORUS > fade