THE BIG COUNTRY- The Talking Heads

C D F  F G (rpt 3 more times)
CC Piano Chord 
        DD Piano Chord 
     FF Piano Chord 
               FF Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 

I see the shapes, I remember from maps
CC Piano Chord 
         DD Piano Chord 
        FF Piano Chord 
              FF Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 

I see the shoreline, I see the whitecaps
CC Piano Chord 
          DD Piano Chord 
       FF Piano Chord 
                 FF Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 

A baseball diamond, nice weather down there
CC Piano Chord 
        DD Piano Chord 
      FF Piano Chord 
                         FF Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 

I see the schools, and the houses where the kids are
CC Piano Chord 
         DD Piano Chord 
  FF Piano Chord 
                       FF Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 

Places to park, by the factories and buildings
CC Piano Chord 
               DD Piano Chord 
   FF Piano Chord 
                 FF Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 

Restaurants and bars for later in the evening
AmAm Piano Chord 
                      GG Piano Chord 
    FF Piano Chord 
                       GG Piano Chord 

Then we come to the farmlands and the undeveloped areas
AmAm Piano Chord 
               GG Piano Chord 
      FF Piano Chord 
                    GG Piano Chord 

And I have learned how these things work together
AmAm Piano Chord 
               GG Piano Chord 
 FF Piano Chord 
                        GG Piano Chord 

I see the parkways that passes through them all
AmAm Piano Chord 
              GG Piano Chord 
  FF Piano Chord 
                        GG Piano Chord 

And I have learned how to look at these things

CHORUS
BbBb Piano Chord 
          FF Piano Chord 
                   EbEb Piano Chord 

And I say, I wouldn't live there if you paid me
BbBb Piano Chord 
          FF Piano Chord 
                EbEb Piano Chord 

I wouldn't live there, ooh, no siree
BbBb Piano Chord 
          FF Piano Chord 
                EbEb Piano Chord 

I wouldn't do the things the way those people do
BbBb Piano Chord 
          FF Piano Chord 
                 EbEb Piano Chord 

I wouldn't live there if you paid me to

I guess it's healthy, I guess the air is clean
And I guess those people have fun with their neighbors and friends
Look at that kitchen and all of that food
Look at them eat, I guess it tastes real good
AmAm Piano Chord 
                              GG Piano Chord 
  FF Piano Chord 
                          FF Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 

They're growin' in those farmlands, then they bring it to the stores
AmAm Piano Chord 
                            GG Piano Chord 
  FF Piano Chord 
                      FF Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 

They put it in their car trunks, then they bring it back home
CHORUS

I'm tired of looking out the window of the airplane
I'm tired of travelling, I want to be somewhere
And it's not even worth talking about those people down there
BbBb Piano Chord 
              FF Piano Chord 
              EbEb Piano Chord 

Do do da da da   Do do da da da Do do
(keep on doing chorus with various noises)
(eventually hold the Eb a while and end on Bb)

(from More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978)