The Big Picture Chords by Bright Eyes

_ You [C] need to [D] keep_
_ Wait, what?
The [G] picture's far too big [D] to look at, kid
Your eyes won't [G] open wide enough
And you're constantly [Eb] surrounded
[G] By the swirling stream of what is and what [C] was
While we all made our predictions
But the truth [G] still isn't out _ _ _ _ _ _
But if [D] you wanna see the future, go _
_ Stare [G] into a cloud
And _ _ _ _ keep trying to find your way out
Of that maze of memories
It all sorta looks familiar
Until you get up close and then it's different, [C] clearly
But each time [E] you turn a corner
_ _ You're right [C] back where you were
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] And your only hope [C] is that [Gbm] forgetting might _
_ [D] Make a [G] door appear
Was [F] _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] it your [Em] fear of being buried
[F] That makes you so [Gb] afraid to speak?
[Db] And I will let out [G] shove opinions
Like the one [Eb] that fell that I'm now underneath
It was my voice that moved the first rock
_ And I would do it all [Em] again
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] So I mean it's cool if [D] you keep quiet
But _ I don't [Eb] like singing [Gb] again _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ So I'll be holding my note
_ _ [Em] Stomping and strumming the feeling [E]
so that it works
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
And [B] there is nothing I'm not
Except this lifetime's one moment wishing [F] we'll just leave it
[G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Can [F] try and let it darken
But you will never shake the light
And it [G] will greet you every [Gm] morning
And it will make you more aware
With its absence at [C] night when you're wrapped up
[A] In a _ blanket's veil
[Ab] That comfortable _ [D] cocoon
_ _ [Db] _ _
_ But [D] I've seen the day of your awakening, boy
And it's [G] coming soon
So _ _ _ _ _ go ahead and lose [Eb] yourself in liquor
[G] And you can praise the clouded mind
But it isn't what [Eb] you're thinking of
[D] It's the course of history, your position in line
[C] You're just a piece of the puzzle, so
I think you'd better [Em] find your place
_ _ [G] _ _
_ And [D] don't go blaming your knowledge on
Some fruit [G] you ate
Cause _ _ _ _ _ there's been a great deal of discussion, yes
About the properties of man
_ Animal or angel, you were carved from bone
But your heart is just sand
[C] And the wind is gonna scatter it
And cover [G] everything with love _ _ _ _ _
So if it makes [D] you happy, then keep kneeling, mama
But I'm standing [G] up _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Because this veil, it has been lifted, yes
My eyes are wet with clarity
I've been a witness to such wonders
I've searched for them all across this [C] country
But I think I'll be returning now
To that town where I was born _ _ _ _ _
And I [D] understand you must keep moving, _ friend
But I'm headed [G] home _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, [D] I'm gonna follow the road
And let the scenery sweeping by
Easily [G] enter my body _ _ _
_ _ _ And I'll send you all [D] this message in code
Underground, over mountains, through forests and [G] deserts and cities
[C] _ _ [G] Ah, ah, ah, ah, across [C] electric wire
It's a faded line, yeah, the hooks in deep, boys
There's no more time so you can struggle in the water
Be too stubborn to die, or you could just let go
And be lifted to [D] the sky
I _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [N] _ _ _
[B] _ basically woke up to all this noise
[C] It was nothing much
[Gbm] _ _ Hollywood, maybe
_ [B] _ Well, I took history [F] class
_ [E] _ That's a pretty old standard
[Ab] Yeah
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
I mean, [Gbm] that's okay
_ Do you remember your [Bm] song?
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] I do
_ _ [Bm] _ _ I realized it was Saturday and that's when I knew [Dbm] it was real
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] I realized that I like what it is I'm [A] doing _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _