The Big Three Killed My Baby chords by The White Stripes (Official Version)

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Chorus 1

The big three killed my baby

No money in my hand again

The big three killed my baby

Nobody's comin' home again

Verse 1
G5 
 (G5) Their ideas made me want to spit
F5 
 (F5) A hundred dollars goes down the pit
G5 
 (G5) Thirty-thousand wheels are rollin'
F5 
 (F5) And my stick shift hands are swollen
G5 
 (G5) Everything involved is shady
F5 
G5 
F5 
 (F5) The big three killed my  (G5) baby  (F5) 
G5 
F5 
Yeah, yeah, yeah  (G5)  (F5) 

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Chorus 2

The big three killed my baby

No money in my hand again

The big three killed my baby

Nobody's comin' home again

Verse 2
G5 
 (G5) Why don't you take the day
off and try to repair?
F5 
 (F5) A billion others don't seem to care
G5 
 (G5) Better ideas are stuck in the mud
F5 
 (F5) The motors runnin' on tucker's blood
G5 
 (G5) Don't let 'em tell you the futures electric
Bb5 
 (B flat5) 'Cause gasoline's not measured in metric
B5 
 (B5) Thirty-thousand wheels are spinnin'
C5 
 (C5) And oil company faces are grinnin'
C#5 
 (C sharp5) Now my hands are turnin' red
D5 
G5 
F5 
 (D5) And I found out my baby is  (G5) dead  (F5) 
G5 
F5 
Yeah, yeah, yeah  (G5)  (F5) 

Chorus 3

The big three killed my baby

No money in my hand again

The big three killed my baby

Nobody's comin' home again

Verse 3
G5 
 (G5) Well, I've said it now, nothing's changed
F5 
 (F5) People are burnin' for pocket change
G5 
 (G5) And creative minds are lazy
F5 
G5 
F5 
 (F5) And the big three killed my  (G5) baby  (F5) 
G5 
F5 
Yeah, yeah, yeah  (G5)  (F5) 

Bridge 1

And my baby's my common sense

So don't feed me planned obsolescence

Yeah, my baby's my common sense

So don't feed me planned obsolescence

Outro 1

I'm about to have another blowout

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: G majorBPM: 80

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

G5: 3-5-x-x-x-x
F5: 1-3-x-x-x-x
Bb5: x-1-3-x-x-x
B5: x-2-4-x-x-x
C5: x-3-5-x-x-x
C#5: x-4-6-x-x-x
D5: x-5-7-x-x-x
F#5: 2-4-x-x-x-x

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This is the definitive original version of The Big Three Killed My Baby by The White Stripes, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of G major. It suits players who want to learn The Big Three Killed My Baby the way The White Stripes intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.