Big Hat, No Cattle Chords by Randy Newman

[Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
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Since I was a child, _ [Bb] tried to be what I am not.
_ _ _ [C] I've lied and I've enjoyed it [F] all my life.
_ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _ I lied to my dear mother, _ _ [Bb]
to my sisters and my brother.
_ _ [C]
Now I'm lying to my children and my [F] wife.
_ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ Bigger had _ no cattle, _ [Bb] bigger had no brakes.
_ [C] Big snake, no rattle, I _ _ forever [F] remain. _ _
Bigger _ had no cattle, _ [Bb] I knew from [G] the start. _ _ _
[C] Big old no cattle, _ big belly [F] no heart.
_ [Gm] _
[F] _ _ _ Can't remember why I do it, _ _ [Bb] _ oh maybe I can.
_ _ _ [C] And I'll spend these days hard [F] to find. _ _
_ _ _ I only know we're living _ [Bb] in _ unforgiving [G] land.
_ [C] And a little lie could buy some real big peace [F] of mind.
_ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ Oft times I've wondered _ [Dm] what might I have become.
_ _ _ [C] Had I but knuckle down and really [F] tried. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ But when it came down to the wire, I [Dm] called my family to my side.
_ _ _ [G] Stood up straight, threw my head back, then [C] I lied like.
_ _ _ [Gb] Bigger had no cattle, _ [B] big shoes, well you know.
_ Big [Db] horse, no saddle, _ he goes _ wherever [Gb] I go.
_ _ Bigger had no cattle, _ _ [B] right [Ab] thumb stuck.
_ _ [Db] _ Big guns, no battle, _ big _ belly, [Gb] no heart.
_ _ [Bb] _ When _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ it came down to the wire, _ [Ebm] called my little family to my side. _
_ _ [Ab] Stood up straight, threw my head back, then [Db] I lied, lied, lied. _
_ [D] _ Lied, lied.
_ [Em] _
[Gb] [G] Bigger had no cattle, _ [C] big head, no brain. _
[D] Big stick, _ no wrap, I _ forever [G] remain. _
Bigger _ had no cattle, _ [C] right thumb [A] stuck.
_ Big [D] horse, no cattle, _ big belly, [G] no heart.
_ [D] Big horse, _ no cattle, _ big _ belly, _ no _ _
_ _ [G] _ heart. _ _ _
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