Big Black Coffin Chords

Artist: Peter Bjorn And John
Song: Big Black Coffin
Album: Falling Out (2004)
 
Tabbed by: Cambell Doyle
E-mail: cambelldoyle@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
 
This is my first tab. I hope someone can get as much enjoyment out of this song as I have.
 
 
Intro:
e|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------------------------------|
B|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Verse:
                                Em
It's coming back the things you said to me,
 
                        Bm               G
I'm hiding away from reality
 
          Bm             C
Denying myself all the better parts
 
                                  F
Then you slip back and say don't take it hard
 
                            Em
And then I find it hard to sleep at all
 
                              Bm            G
Wishing I could give someone else a call
 
                Bm              C
Someone that's closer, closer, close to me
 
                              Am
Forgetting someone might come over me
 
                 G          Am                      G
Do you know the bar?                The way to the bar?
 
 
 
Chorus:
 
C                G
       But it's clear and bright now,
 
Bm               F                    C
       from the statements to the lies
 
                 G
       From the big black coffin,
 
Bm             F                   C
       to the black under your eyes
 
               G               Bm        F                   C
       But if life is complex,           why present a fake?
 
                G                Bm      F                 Em
       And when I close my eyes,         I still see this face
 
G                F              Em
Looking upon me, still upon me, still...
 
 
e|-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--8-8-8-8--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
2nd Verse (same progression as first verse)
 
No competition over ecstasy
Find ebb and tide when you're confronting me
I will admit all of my weaker parts
But I shut up if you don't want my point
My point of view to stand against your own
But I don't need to be put down this way
I'm going down this way, but you can stay
 
Do you know the bar? Know the way to the bar?
 
 
Chorus:
But it's clear and bright now,
from the statements to the lies
From the big black coffin,
to the black under your eyes
But if life is complex, why present a fake?
And when I close my eyes, I still see this face
Looking upon me, still upon me, still...
 
Em
 
 
Bridge:
 
          C               Am                  G
And it's black, because I know it will never work for me
 
          C               Am                G
And it's black, because I know I don't want us to be
 
 Em
Another opportunity, wasted by all of these,
Loose-ends,"they don't know their own best" -friends
 
And "let's pretend"...
 
 
Tab:
         Am             Am                      G
e|-------7p5------------7p5---------------------5p3-----3-3------------------|
B|-------5--5-----------5--5--------------------3--3---3--3------------------|
G|-------5---5----------5---5-------------------4---4-4---4------------------| X2
D|-------5--------------5---------------------- 5----5---5-------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
         Am             Am                      G
e|-------7p5------------7p5---------------------5p3-----3-3------------------|
B|-------5--5-----------5--5--------------------3--3---3--3------------------|
G|-------5---5----------5---5-------------------4---4-4---4------------------| X2
D|-------5--------------5---------------------- 5----5---5-------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
            "and it's clear and bright now, from the statments to the lies,
             from the big black coffin, to the black under your..."
 
 
"Eyes"
C       Am      G       X2
 
Outro:
 
"bah,bah,bah"
C       Am      G       Em
 
 
Notes:
 
The "tab" part is missing a few minor but intricate parts. I will try to figure these
out in the future, or maybe someone else already has?.
 
If you have any comments, questions or corrections, please feel free to email me.. Otherwise ENJOY
 
This album is highly underrated!
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