Big Dipper Chords

by Built to Spill
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author squidlee [pro] 73.
4 contributors total, last edit on Aug 17, 2021

Chords

A
F#m
Bm
Dm
E

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[Verse 1]
N.C.
Once
A           F#m            Bm     Dm      A
When I was little someone pointed out to me
A           F#m            Bm     Dm      A
Some constellations but the big dipper's all I could see
A           F#m            Bm     Dm      A
That brontasaurus must have stood a thousand miles high
A           F#m            Bm     Dm      A
That brontasaurus laying on its side up in the sky
 
[Chorus]
Bm               Dm
Bottoms up and this time
A                F#m
Won't you let me be?
Bm               Dm
Bottled up but this time
A                F#m
Won't you rescue me?
E                          Bm                           Dm
You should have been here last night and heard what the big dipper said to me
 
[Break]
A F#m Bm Dm A
A F#m Bm Dm A
 
[Verse 2]
A                    F#m                  Bm     Dm      A
Jack thought it twice and thought that that that made it true
A                 F#m
Some brains just work that way
            Bm      Dm      A
that's what chemicals can do
A                F#m
 He thought he'd have a beer
  Bm      Dm      A
he thought he was alone
A                 F#m
He thought an Albertson's stir fry 
       Bm      Dm      A
dinner would make his apartment a home
 
[Chorus]
Bm               Dm
Bottoms up and this time
A                F#m
Won't you let me be?
Bm               Dm
Bottled up but this time
A                F#m
Won't you rescue me?
E                          Bm                           Dm
You should have been here last night and heard what the big dipper said to me
 
[Solo]
A F#m Bm Dm A
A F#m Bm Dm A
 
A F#m Bm Dm A
A F#m Bm Dm A
 
A F#m Bm Dm A
A F#m Bm Dm A
 
[Verse 3]
N.C.         F#m
 I thought I bored me but 
  Bm         Dm         A
I learned to think like you
A              F#m
 Now nothing bores me 
            Bm       Dm         A
that's that nothing is thought through
A    F#m    Bm Dm A
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?
A    F#m    Bm Dm A
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?
 
[Chorus]
Bm               Dm
Bottoms up and this time
A                F#m
Won't you let me be?
Bm               Dm
Bottled up but this time
A                F#m
Won't you rescue me?
Bm                  Dm
Thought it up, but this time
A              F#m
It's all I can see
E                      Bm                           Dm
Should have been here last night and heard what the big dipper said 
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6 comments
jaydub
pretty much all right, but it sounds alot better with f#m in place of fm. good other wise!
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hahvahd
right. on. nailed. it.
+1
MrOtter
Great tab man, sounds dead on to me, my only gripe is that you didn't put in the chords for the parts when he isn't singing, they are the same as the verses and it is pretty obvious, but when playing along with the tab it makes it easy to accidently jump straight to the next part...oh and jaydub, it is a F#m, what are you talking about?...anyway cheers
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