Big Black Car chords by
Gregory Alan Isakov

2009Folk4.1K views

Key: C minor

Intro 1

Am

C

F

C

Am

C

F

C

Verse 1
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
You were a phonograph, I  was a kid
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
I sat with an ear close,
F F 
 
C C 
 
just listening
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
I was there when the rain tapped
F F 
 
C C 
 
the way down your face
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
You were a miracle, I  was just
F F 
 
C C 
 
holdin' your space
Am Am 
 
Am Am 
 
Am Am 
 
Am Am

Verse 2
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Well, time has a way
F F 
 
C C 
 
of throwing it all in your face
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
The past, she is haunted,
F F 
 
C C 
 
the future is laced
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
Heartbreak, you know, drives a big black car
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
I swear I was in the back seat,
F F 
 
C C 
 
just minding my own
Am Am 
 
Am Am 
 
Am Am 
 
Am Am

Bridge 1
G G 
 
And through the glass
C C 
 
the corn crows come like rain
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
They won't stay, they won't stay
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
for too long now
C C 
 
G G 
 
This could be all
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
that we know of love and all

Verse 3
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Well, you were a dancer
F F 
 
C C 
 
and I  was a rag
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
The song in my head,
F F 
 
C C 
 
it was all that I had
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
Hope was a  letter I never could send
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Well, love was a country
F F 
 
C C 
 
we couldn't defend

Interlude 1

Am

C

F

C

Am

C

F

C

Bridge 2

G

F

C

Through the carnival we watch them go

G

round and round

G

F

C

All we knew of home was just a sunset

G

and some clowns, ah- aah

Verse 4
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Well, you were a magazine,
F F 
 
C C 
 
I  was a Plain Jane
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Just walking the sidewalks
F F 
 
C C 
 
and covered in rain
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Love to just get
F F 
 
C C 
 
into some of your stories
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
Me, all of my Plain Jane glory
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Just me  and all
F F 
 
C C 
 
of my Plain Jane glory
Am Am 
 
Am Am 
 
Am Am 
 
Am Am

Outro 1

Am

C

F

C

Am

C

F

C

[Repeat and fade]

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