• Song:

    The Big Boom

  • Artist:

    Jonathan Coulton

  • Album:

    Thing a Week Four

Riffs:
A5 riff:
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E5 riff:
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22-22-2- | 
22-22-2- | 
00-02-3- |  repeat

Bridge:
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2--2--2- | 2--2--2- | 4--4--4- | 3--3--3- | 
00000000 | 00000000 | 00000000 | 00000000
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2--2--2- | 0--0--0- | 2--2--2- | 2--2--2- | 
2--2--2- | 2--2--2- | 4--4--4- | 3--3--3- | 
00000000 | 00000000 | 00000000 | 00000000
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A5                                 A5 riff
It was 3 AM when I heard the sound
                                         E5 riff
Stuck my head outside and I looked around
D5
In the echo the car alarms ringing
                                                F#5 F#m(7M)
The sense that something terrible had happened again
        F#5               B5    F#5 F#m(7M)
Cut the lights and put the TV on
         F#5           B5
And they said that Michigan was gone
B5       E5
Gone for good

                            D5   A5
And now I'm waiting for the big boom
   E5               F#5
It knows where I'm gonna be
    D5   A5
The big boom
    E5
I'm always getting closer to
    D5   A5
The big boom
       E5          F#5
And it will catch up to me
    D5 Dm(7M)
The big   boom

A5 riff

There are few safe places left today
                                         E5 riff
Every night they come and take one away
D5
Early on we believed we had a chance
                                          F#5 F#m(7M)
Now there's no one who thinks that way anymore
        F#5             B5           F#5 F#m(7M)
And the infrastructure's coming down
        F#5            B5
And the government went underground
B5       E5
Gone for good

                            D5   A5
And now I'm waiting for the big boom
   E5               F#5
It knows where I'm gonna be
    D5   A5
The big boom
    E5
I'm always getting closer to
    D5   A5
The big boom
       E5          F#5
And it will catch up to me
    D5 Dm(7M)
The big   boom

Bridge

A5                                 A5 riff
Only move by night, only move alone
                                         E5 riff
Keep the fires low and stay off the phone
D5
Keep on moving or stay right where you are
                                             F#5 F#m(7M)
What's the difference, it's only a matter of time
    F#5           B5          F#5 F#m(7M)
And one by one the cities fall
           F#5        B5
Soon there won't be anything at all
B5       E5
Gone for good

                            D5   A5
And now I'm waiting for the big boom
   E5               F#5
It knows where I'm gonna be
    D5   A5
The big boom
    E5
I'm always getting closer to
    D5   A5
The big boom
       E5          F#5
And it will catch up to me
    D5 Dm(7M)
The big   boom
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