Big Black Car Chords

by Gregory Alan Isakov
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 3rd fret
Author lydiamcginnis12 [a] 132.
8 contributors total, last edit on Nov 28, 2024
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Chords

Am
G
F
C
Em
Dsus2

Strumming

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Capo 3
 
 
[Intro]
 
Am G F C
Am G F C
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
Am         G            F        C
You were a phonograph, I was a kid
   Am         G               F      C
I sat with an ear close, just listening
      Am             G               F             C
I was there when the rain tapped her way down your face
           Am       G          F             C
You were a miracle, I was just holdin' your space
 
Am C G C
Am C G C
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
      Am         G                  F            C
Well, time has a way of throwing it all in your face
    Am           G            F          C
The past, she is haunted, the future is laced
Am             G              F         C
Heartbreak, ya know, drives a big black car
     Am             G              F          C
Swear I was in the back seat, just minding my own
 
Am C G C
Am C G C
 
 
[Chorus]
 
    G                                           C
And through the glass, the corn crows come like rain
            G                Am
They won't stay, they wont stay for
Em           C
Too long now
               G           Am
This could be all that we know...
    Dsus2
Of love and all
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
      Am         G       F        C
Well, you were a dancer, I was a rag
     Am         G              F          C
The song in my head, well, was all that I had
Am         G        F           C
Hope was a letter I never could send
Am         G          F           C
Love was a country we couldn't defend
 
Am C G C
Am C G C
 
 
[Bridge]
 
    G                 F                  C          G
And through the carnival we watch them go round and round
G                F                C               G
All we knew of home was just a sunset and some clowns, ohhhhhhh
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
      Am         G         F       C
Well, you were a magazine, I was a plain Jane
     Am             G          F           C
Just walking the sidewalks all covered in rain
Am            G        F            C
Love to just get into some of your stories
Am          G          F           C
Just me and all of my plain Jane glory
 
Am G F C
 
Am          G         F          C
Just me and all of my plain Jane glory
 
Am C G C
Am C G C
 
Am  G  F    C
Heyayayayay
 
Am G F C
(Repeat through the end of the song.)
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Big Black Car – Gregory Alan Isakov
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11 comments
OffbeatPK
Chorus is like this G C Through the glass the corn crows come like rain, G Am Em They won't stay, they won't stay for too long now. C G Am This could be all that we know, D Of love and all Otherwise good tab
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eleanorpound
some of the lyrics are wrong and it messes up the pace of the song!!
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emily.picks
would anyone possibly know a possible strumming pattern? (on the ukulele preferably)? (: thank you
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