Big lie, small world chords by Sting

SimplifiedC · Baug · Em · B · A …

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C
Baug
Em
B
A
Esus4
Bm
G
Am
Bb
D
Dm
F
E
C#m
F#sus4
F#m
F#aug
Bbaug
F#

Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
 (C major) I sat
down and wrote this letter
Telling you that I felt better
Em 
B 
Em 
B 
Em 
Since  (E minor) you've gone and  (B major) I   (E minor) was  (B major) free  (E minor) 
I'm so happy

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Verse 2

I have so little time to spare now

I'm wanted almost everywhere now

I make out like Casanova

Friends are always coming over

Verse 3

I signed my name as if I meant it

And sealed it with a kiss and sent it

The letter headed through my mood

Happy in my solitude

Verse 4

But halfway home I changed my tune

And when I saw my lonely room

The mirror caught my eye

When I sat down, I cried

Verse 5

Big lie, small world

It was a big lie, small world

I had to intercept that

Verse 6
letter
Telling you that I was better
Em 
Esus4 
I  (E minor) raced to catch  (Esus4) the      post
Em 
Esus4 
 (E minor) man's  (Esus4) van
Em 
He was  (E minor) leaving as I ran
C 
I  (C major) missed the bus, I missed the train

Verse 7
C 
 (C major) 
Bm 
I end up walking in the  (B minor) rain
Em 
 (E minor) Big dog chased me down the street
Hadn't had a bite to eat
C 
 (C major) Feeling sorry for myself

Verse 8
G 
Bm 
And  (G major) wishing I was someone else  (B minor) 
A 
I  (A major) walked across the city
Because I couldn't stand
Am 
C 
Bb 
C 
Em 
your pity  (A minor)  (C major)  (B flat major)  (C major)  (E minor) 
B 
 (B major) Big lie,

Verse 9

small world

It was a big lie, small world

The place you live looks op

Verse 10
Em 
G 
 (E minor) u    (G major) lent
D 
And  (D major) obviously a higher rent
Dm 
F 
Dm 
Than a  (D minor) cozy  (F major) little room  (D minor) 
Em 
E 
I had  (E minor) this sense of  (E major) doom
Em 
 (E minor) Your landlord says you're out

Verse 11
of town
D 
But  (D major) your new boyfriend's
always around
C#m 
F#sus4 
B 
C#m 
The hour  (C sharp minor) was  (F sharpsus4) get       ting  (B major) late  (C sharp minor) 
A 
F#m 
D 
F#aug 
 (A major) So  (F sharp minor) I     sit down  (D major)  (F sharpaug) 
Bbaug 
F# 
Em 
 (B flataug) an (F sharp major) d    (E minor) wait

Interlude 1

Here's the postman with

Verse 12
my letter
Coming down the path he better
Em 
 (E minor) Give that thing to me
I have to make him see
C 
 (C major) Begging doesn't do

Verse 13
the trick
He thinks that I'm a lunatic
Bm 
Em 
 (B minor) But  (E minor) then who comes upon the scene
But your new boyfriend, Mr. Clean
C 
I  (C major) hit the postman, hit

Verse 14
your lover
Em 
B 
Em 
B 
Grabbed  (E minor) the  (B major) letter, ran  (E minor) for  (B major) cover
Bb 
The po (B flat major) lice arrived in time for tea
D 
A 
They  (D major) said  (A major) they'd like to question me
C 
But  (C major) I  can only curse

Verse 15
my fate
B 
Bm 
G 
Em 
I  (B major) had  (B minor) to face the  (G major) magistrate  (E minor) 
A 
 (A major) It hasn't been the best of days
Bb 
Em 
I'd like to fly away  (B flat major)  (E minor) 
B 
 (B major) Big lie,