Big Hard Sun | Gordon Peterson (Indio) | 1989
Lyrics are the original ones, not the Vedder version.
Drop D on low E string. You can capo first fret for original tuning, but it’s
easier to sing without the capo.
All chords normal fingering, except G which is
G
-3-|
-0-|
-0-|
-0-|
-5-|
-5-|
Tabbed by Newfie49
D
When I walk beside her
Cadd9
I am the better man
G
When I look to leave her
D
I always stagger back again
D
Once I built an Ivory tower
Cadd9
so I could worship from above
G
And when I climbed down to be set free
D
she took me in again
CHORUS
D
there's a big
Am7
A big hard sun
G
beaten on the big people
D
in the big hard world
END CHORUS
D
When she comes to greet me
Cadd9
She is mercy at my feet
G
When I stay to pillage her
D
She just throws it back at me
D
Once I dug an early grave
Cadd9
To find a better land
G
She just smiled and laughed at me
D
And took her blues back again
CHORUS X2
D
When I go to cross that river
Cadd9
She is comfort by my side
G
When I try to understand
D
She just opens up her hands
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
CHORUS
D
Once I stood to lose her
Cadd9
And when I saw what I had done
G
Burned down and threw away the hours
D
of her garden and her sun
D
so I tried to warn her
Cadd9
And turned to see her weep
G
40 days and 40 nights
D
and it's still coming down on me
CHORUS > fade
