Biography:
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, record producer and humanitarian who rose to fame as the original lead singer and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, Gabriel launched a successful solo career with "Solsbury Hill" as his first single. His 1986 album, So, is his best-selling release and is certified triple platinum in the UK and five times platinum in the U.S. The album's most successful single
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Other songs:
- Big Time
- Blood Of Eden
- Book Of Love
- In Your Eyes
- Solsbury Hill
- The Book Of Love
- A Wonderful Day In A One Way World
- Altus Silva
- And Through The Wire
- Apres Moi
- Big Blue Ball
- Biko
- Burn You Up Burn You Down
- Come Talk To Me
- Digging In The Dirt
- Diy
- Dont Give Up
- Down The Dolce Vita
- Down To Earth
- Excuse Me
- Family Snapshot
- Father Son
- Flotsam And Jetsam
- Flume
- Games Without Frontiers
- Growing Up
- Here Comes The Flood
- Heroes
- Humdrum
- I Grieve
- I Have The Touch
- I Think Its Gonna Rain Today
- Kiss That Frog
- Listening Wind
- Love To Be Loved
- Lovetown
- Mercy Street
- Mirrorball
- Modern Love
- Moribund The Burgermeister
- Mother Of Violence
- My Body Is A Cage
- On The Air
- Red Rain
- Secret World
- Shaking The Tree
- Shock The Monkey
- Sky Blue
- Sledgehammer
- Slowburn
- So
- Spiel Ohne Grenzen
- Street Spirit Fade Out
- That Voice Again
- Thatll Do
- The Boy In The Bubble
- The Power Of The Heart
- Waiting For The Big One
- Washing Of The Water
- When Youre Falling
- Whole Thing
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...BIG TIME... by Peter Gabriel
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*from 'So' (1986)*
(modified from Johnny Couchman's original tab: [email protected])
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: G#m)
Chorus 1:
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
I'm on my way, I'm making it.
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
I've got to make it show, yeah!
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
So much larger than life.
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
I'm going to watch it growing.
Break:
Gm Dsus4/G, Gm C7/G, Am/G, Gm
Oh...
Verse 1:
C7/G C7sus4/G
The place where I come from, is a small town.
Cm7/G Gm
They think so small, they use small words.
C7/G C7sus4/G
But not me; I'm smarter than that; I worked it out.
Cm7/G
I've been stretching my mouth,
Gm
To let those big words come right out.
C7/G C7sus4/G
I've had e-nough, I'm getting out, to the city, the big, big city.
Cm7/G
I'll be a big noise, with all the big boys,
Gm
There's so much stuff I will own.
Bridge 1:
F#b5 C7/E
And I will pray to a big God, as I kneel in the big church.
Chorus 2:
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), I'm on my way, I'm making it,
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), oh yes.
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), I've got to make it show, yeah!
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), so much larger than life.
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), I'm going to watch it growing.
Gm Gm/Bb
(Big Time).
Break:
Fsus4 F Fsus4 F
Oh-oh oh, oh oh, oh-oh oh, oh oh.
Verse 2:
C7/G C7sus4/G
My parties have all the big names,
Cm7/G
And I greet them with the widest smile.
Gm
Tell them how my life is one big ad-venture.
C7/G
And always they're a-mazed,
C7sus4/G
When I show them 'round my house, to my bed.
Cm7/G
I had it made like a mountain range,
Gm
With a snow-white pillow for my big fat head.
Bridge 2:
F#b5
And my Heaven will be a big Heaven,
C7/E
And I will walk through the front door.
Chorus 3:
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), I'm on my way, I'm making it,
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time).
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F Gm Gm/Bb, C7sus4
(Big Time), I've got to make it show, yeah!
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), so much larger than life.
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), I'm going to watch it growing.
Gm Gm/Bb, C7sus4
(Big Time).
Coda:
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), my car is getting bigger,
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), my house is getting bigger.
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), my eyes are getting bigger,
Gm Gm/Bb Fsus4 F
(Big Time)... and my mouth...
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), my belly is getting bigger,
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), and my bank ac-count.
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), look at my, circum-stance,
Gm Gm/Bb Fsus4
(Big Time), and the bulge in my,
Gm
Big, big, big, big, big, big, big.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F Dsus4/G C7/G Am/G
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
355333 x10333 xx2010 113311 300033 335353 302210
C7sus4/G Cm7/G F#b5 C7/E Fsus4 F C7sus4
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
335363 335343 2343xx 032310 133311 133211 x35363
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008 ([email protected])
--------------.................
*from 'So' (1986)*
(modified from Johnny Couchman's original tab: [email protected])
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: G#m)
Chorus 1:
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
I'm on my way, I'm making it.
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
I've got to make it show, yeah!
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
So much larger than life.
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
I'm going to watch it growing.
Break:
Gm Dsus4/G, Gm C7/G, Am/G, Gm
Oh...
Verse 1:
C7/G C7sus4/G
The place where I come from, is a small town.
Cm7/G Gm
They think so small, they use small words.
C7/G C7sus4/G
But not me; I'm smarter than that; I worked it out.
Cm7/G
I've been stretching my mouth,
Gm
To let those big words come right out.
C7/G C7sus4/G
I've had e-nough, I'm getting out, to the city, the big, big city.
Cm7/G
I'll be a big noise, with all the big boys,
Gm
There's so much stuff I will own.
Bridge 1:
F#b5 C7/E
And I will pray to a big God, as I kneel in the big church.
Chorus 2:
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), I'm on my way, I'm making it,
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), oh yes.
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), I've got to make it show, yeah!
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), so much larger than life.
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), I'm going to watch it growing.
Gm Gm/Bb
(Big Time).
Break:
Fsus4 F Fsus4 F
Oh-oh oh, oh oh, oh-oh oh, oh oh.
Verse 2:
C7/G C7sus4/G
My parties have all the big names,
Cm7/G
And I greet them with the widest smile.
Gm
Tell them how my life is one big ad-venture.
C7/G
And always they're a-mazed,
C7sus4/G
When I show them 'round my house, to my bed.
Cm7/G
I had it made like a mountain range,
Gm
With a snow-white pillow for my big fat head.
Bridge 2:
F#b5
And my Heaven will be a big Heaven,
C7/E
And I will walk through the front door.
Chorus 3:
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), I'm on my way, I'm making it,
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time).
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F Gm Gm/Bb, C7sus4
(Big Time), I've got to make it show, yeah!
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), so much larger than life.
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), I'm going to watch it growing.
Gm Gm/Bb, C7sus4
(Big Time).
Coda:
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), my car is getting bigger,
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), my house is getting bigger.
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), my eyes are getting bigger,
Gm Gm/Bb Fsus4 F
(Big Time)... and my mouth...
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), my belly is getting bigger,
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), and my bank ac-count.
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F
(Big Time), look at my, circum-stance,
Gm Gm/Bb Fsus4
(Big Time), and the bulge in my,
Gm
Big, big, big, big, big, big, big.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Gm Gm/Bb C/E C7sus4/F Dsus4/G C7/G Am/G
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
355333 x10333 xx2010 113311 300033 335353 302210
C7sus4/G Cm7/G F#b5 C7/E Fsus4 F C7sus4
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
335363 335343 2343xx 032310 133311 133211 x35363
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008 ([email protected])
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