The Big Country Chords by Talking Heads

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_ [C] _ _ I see [D] the shapes, _
_ [F] _ cotton and the thumbnails.
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_ [C] _ _ I see the [D] shoreline.
_ [F] _ _ I see the white [G] _
[C] class, _ a [D] baseball diamond.
_ [F] _ Nice weather down there.
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_ [C] _ _ I see [D] the schools _
_ [F] _ and the houses where the kids [G]
are.
[C] _ _ Places [D] to park, _
_ [F] _ all the factories and [G] buildings.
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] Restaurants and bars _ [F] for later in the _ [G]
evening.
[Am] _ Then we come to the _ farmlands [F] _ and the undeveloped [G] areas.
_ [Am] _ And I have learned [F] how these things work together.
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_ [Am] _ I see the _ parkway [F] _ that passes through them _ [G] _
[Am] all.
_ And I have learned _ [F] _ how to look at these [G] things.
And I [Bb] say, _ I [F] wouldn't live there if it [Eb] paid for. _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ I [F] wouldn't live there if there was [Eb] no slurry. _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Bb] _ I [F] wouldn't do the [Eb] things that those people do. _
_ [Bb] _ _ I [F] wouldn't live there [Gm] if you [Eb] paid me to. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ I [D] guess it's healthy. _
_ [F] _ _ I guess the air [G] is clean.
[C] _ _ I guess [D] those people _ [F] have _ fun with their neighbors [G] and [C] friends.
_ Look at [D] that kitchen _
_ [F] _ _ and all of that food.
[G] _
_ [C] _ _ Look at [D] them eating. _
_ [F] I guess it tastes good.
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_ [Am] _ They put it in those _ farmlands.
[F] _ Then they bring it to the store.
[G] _
_ [Am] _ They put it in the car trunk.
_ [F] _ Then they bring it back [G] home.
And I [Bb] say, _ I [F] wouldn't live there [Eb] if it paid for. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ I [F] wouldn't live there if there [Eb] was no slurry. _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] I wouldn't do the [Eb] things that those people do. _
_ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] I wouldn't live there [Eb] if you paid me to. _ _ _
_ [C] _ I'm tired [D] of looking _
_ [F] _ out the window of the [G] airplane.
_ [C] _ _ I'm [D] tired of traveling. _
_ [F] _ _ I want to be [G]
somewhere.
[C] _ It's not even [D] worth talking _
_ [F] _ about those people [G] down there.
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ Who fight like [Bb] that guy.
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