Better Before You Were Big Time chords by Shooter Jennings, Ted Russell Kamp

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 (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major) You were better
before you were big time
C 
You  (C major) were real before you were prime time
G 
 (G major) And that tightrope walkin' on a fine line
C 
You  (C major) were better before you
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were big time  (B flat major)  (F major)  (C major) 
F 
You  (F major) say your limousines
don't change a thing
C 
It  (C major) seems to me that they do, that they do
F 
 (F major) You used to laugh
about the red carpet on TV
C 
Now  (C major) that red carpet's walking you
G 
 (G major) You were better before you were big time
C 
You  (C major) were real before you
G 
were prime time  (G major) 
Now you're tightrope
walkin' on a fine line
C 
You  (C major) were better before
G 
C 
you were big time  (G major)  (C major) 
F 
Your  (F major) song on the TV and the radio
C 
Might  (C major) get you on the talk shows
and the Rolling Stone
F 
Another  (F major) all -night party
with a blonde or two
C 
But I  (C major) heard your brand -new record
just don't read that review
E 
F 
Less  (E major) time with music and your  (F major) family
C 
G 
And  (C major) all that time with  (G major) a mirror,
C 
G 
you still  (C major) can't see  (G major) 
You were better before you were big time
C 
 (C major) You were better before
you were prime time
G 
 (G major) And now you're tightrope
walkin' on a fine line
C 
 (C major) You were better before you were big
G 
C 
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time  (G major)  (C major)  (F major) 
C 
F 
 (C major)  (F major) 
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F 
C 
 (G major)  (F major)  (C major) 
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 (G major) You were better before, you were big time
C 
You  (C major) were real before, you were crime time
G 
 (G major) And that tight rope, walkin' on a fine line
C 
You  (C major) were better before
you were big time
G 
You were better before you were big  (G major) time
You were better before
C 
you were big time  (C major) 
Do the parody now,
I guess you don't like it
Made your choice,
G 
now it's  (G major) showtime
You made your choice,
now it's showtime
C 
Showtime!  (C major) 
You were better before you were big time
G 
Oh -oh -oh  (G major) -oh -oh!
You were better before
you were big time
C 
Better before you were  (C major) big time
You were real before you
were prime time
G 
moving on the fire line  (G major) 
You were better before you were big time
C 
Oh -oh  (C major) -oh -oh
C 
Lord, you sure was pretty now  (C major) 
Yowza!