The Big Ones Get Away (Featuring Buffy Sainte-Marie chords by Buffy Sainte-Marie, Sandi Thom

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) Hey, Baby I just got back from town
Bm 
Where the bribes are  (B minor) paid
Honey, they turned my offer down
G 
A 
 (G major) They say the deal's already  (A major) made
F# 
A 
F# 
D 
So now  (F sharp major) I  (A major) gotta  (F sharp major) stand  (D major) and watch
Bm 
While it all comes  (B minor) down
G 
And the buzzards and the hawks  (G major) 
And the judges and the mob
A 
Circle round  (A major) 

Verse 2
A 
G 
D 
Bm 
Now  (A major) if I were  (G major)  (D major) the queen of all the  (B minor) world
G 
A 
I would go in  (G major) chains just to see you  (A major) free
F#m 
A 
G 
D 
Of the ropes  (F sharp minor) that  (A major) bind  (G major)  (D major) you
Bm 
And the role you  (B minor) play
G 
And the pride that hooks  (G major) you
While the big ones get
A 
 (A major) away
G 
D 
C 
 (G major)  (D major)  (C major) 

Verse 3

Love junkies wanna change

the world:

It quickly stays the same

Money junkies hire all the

smart ones

Power junkies run the game

Verse 4
A 
G 
D 
One step  (A major)  (G major) at a time  (D major) 
Bm 
Polarity  (B minor) Hill
G 
If the bad guys don't  (G major) get you, baby
A 
Then the good guys  (A major) will
G 
A 
F#m 
G 
D 
 (G major) With  (A major) angels  (F sharp minor) on  (G major)  (D major) the take
Bm 
And the gangsters in the  (B minor) yard
Hey don't the wars come
G 
 (G major) easy
A 
Hey don't the peace come  (A major) hard

Verse 5
A 
 (A major) 
G 
Em 
D 
Bm 
Now if I  (G major)  (E minor) had  (D major) a  way to reach the  (B minor) sky
G 
I'd grab that crescent moon  (G major) 
Wield it like a knife
A 
Save you from  (A major) the lies
Bm 
D 
From the ropes that  (B minor) bind  (D major) you
Bm 
And the role you  (B minor) play
Em 
G 
And the game that  (E minor) hooks  (G major) you
A 
While the big ones get  (A major) away