Biography:
Big Country were a new wave/alternative rock band which formed in Dunfermline, Scotland in 1981. The band consisted of Stuart Adamson (vocals, guitar), Bruce Watson (guitar, vocals), Tony Butler (bass) and Mark Brzezicki (drums). Adamson was a former member of the Scottish punk band The Skids. The band was best known for using the device known as the "e-bow" to alter their guitars to sound like bagpipes. Despite having 15 Top 40 hits in the UK, the band has remained a one hit wonder in the US with their third single "In A Big Country".
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Big Country – In a Big Country
E – A – C#m – F#m
E A
Come up screaming…
C#m A
Come up screaming…
C#m – F#m
E . . .
E A
I've never seen you look like this without a reason,
E A F#m A B
Another promise fallen through, another season passes by you.
B – A – F#m
*shot!*
E A
I never took the smile away from anybody's face,
E A F#m A B
And that's a desperate way to look for someone who is still a child.
[Hook]
C#m E A B C#m
And in a big country, dreams stay with you,
E F#m E B
Like a lover's voice, fires the mountainside
A F#m
Stay alive
E – F#m
E A
I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered
C#m F#m E
But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered
E . . .
E A
I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert,
E A F#m A B
But I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime
[Hook]
C#m E A B C#m
And in a big country, dreams stay with you,
E F#m E B
Like a lover's voice, fires the mountainside
A F#m
Stay alive
C#m E A B C#m
And in a big country, dreams stay with you,
E F#m E B
Like a lover's voice, fires the mountainside
A F#m
Stay alive
E – A – C#m – F#m
E A
So take that look out of here, it doesn't fit you.
C#m F#m
Because it's happened doesn't mean you've been discarded
E A
Pull up your head off the floor, come up screaming
C#m F#m
Cry out for everything you ever might have wanted
E A
I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered
C#m F#m E
But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered
E . . .
E A
I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert,
E A F#m A B
But I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime
[Hook]
C#m E A B C#m
And in a big country, dreams stay with you,
E F#m E B
Like a lover's voice, fires the mountainside
A F#m
Stay alive
C#m E A B C#m
And in a big country, dreams stay with you,
E F#m E B
Like a lover's voice, fires the mountainside
A F#m
Stay alive
C#m E A B C#m
And in a big country, dreams stay with you,
E F#m E B
Like a lover's voice, fires the mountainside
A F#m
Stay alive
E – A – C#m – F#m
E A
Come up screaming…
C#m A
Come up screaming…
C#m – F#m
E . . .
E A
I've never seen you look like this without a reason,
E A F#m A B
Another promise fallen through, another season passes by you.
B – A – F#m
*shot!*
E A
I never took the smile away from anybody's face,
E A F#m A B
And that's a desperate way to look for someone who is still a child.
[Hook]
C#m E A B C#m
And in a big country, dreams stay with you,
E F#m E B
Like a lover's voice, fires the mountainside
A F#m
Stay alive
E – F#m
E A
I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered
C#m F#m E
But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered
E . . .
E A
I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert,
E A F#m A B
But I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime
[Hook]
C#m E A B C#m
And in a big country, dreams stay with you,
E F#m E B
Like a lover's voice, fires the mountainside
A F#m
Stay alive
C#m E A B C#m
And in a big country, dreams stay with you,
E F#m E B
Like a lover's voice, fires the mountainside
A F#m
Stay alive
E – A – C#m – F#m
E A
So take that look out of here, it doesn't fit you.
C#m F#m
Because it's happened doesn't mean you've been discarded
E A
Pull up your head off the floor, come up screaming
C#m F#m
Cry out for everything you ever might have wanted
E A
I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered
C#m F#m E
But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered
E . . .
E A
I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert,
E A F#m A B
But I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime
[Hook]
C#m E A B C#m
And in a big country, dreams stay with you,
E F#m E B
Like a lover's voice, fires the mountainside
A F#m
Stay alive
C#m E A B C#m
And in a big country, dreams stay with you,
E F#m E B
Like a lover's voice, fires the mountainside
A F#m
Stay alive
C#m E A B C#m
And in a big country, dreams stay with you,
E F#m E B
Like a lover's voice, fires the mountainside
A F#m
Stay alive
Big Dismal
Big Drill Car
Big Dumb Face
Big Fat Snake
Big Fish