Intro: F# C# x4 Verse: C# When I walk beside her B I am the better man F# When I look to leave her C# I always stagger back again C# Once I built an Ivory tower B so I could worship from above F# When I climb down to be set free C# she took me in again Chorus: C# thereʼs a big G#m A big hard sun F# beaten on the big people C# in the big hard world Verse: C# When she comes to greet me B She is mercy at my feet F# When I see her pin her charm C# She just throws it back at me C# Once I dug an early grave B To find a better land F# She just smile and laughed at me C# And took her bruise back again Chorus: C# thereʼs a big G#m A big hard sun F# beaten on the big people C# in the big hard world C# thereʼs a big G#m A big hard sun F# beaten on the big people C# in the big hard world Verse: C# Once I stood to lose her B when I saw what I had done F# bound down and flew away the hours C# of her garden and her sun C# so I tried to warn her B I turned to see her weep F# 40 days and 40 nights C# and itʼs still coming down on me Chorus: C# thereʼs a big G#m A big hard sun F# beaten on the big people C# in the big hard world C# thereʼs a big G#m A big hard sun F# beaten on the big people C# in the big hard world