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Big Black Car Tab by Gregory Alan Isakov

Capo: No capo
  • Am7

  • C/G

  • Fsus2

  • C

  • C/B

  • G

  • Em

  • G/D

  • D9

    4
  • Fmaj7

Intro 1
Am7
C/G
Fsus2
C
C/B
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Am7
C/G
Fsus2
C
C/B
You
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Verse 1
Am7
C/G
Fsus2
C
C/B
were a phonograph, I was a kid I sat
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Am7
C/G
with an ear close,
Fsus2
C
C/B
just listening
Am7
C/G
I was there when the rain tapped
Fsus2
C
the way down your face
C/B
Am7
C/G
You were a miracle, I was just
Fsus2
C
C/B
holdin' your space
Am7
Am7
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Am7
Am7
Well, time
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Verse 2
Am7
C/G
has a way
Fsus2
C
of throwing it all in your face
C/B
Am7
C/G
The past, she is haunted,
Fsus2
C
C/B
the future is laced
Am7
C/G
Fsus2
C
Heartbreak, you know, drives a big black car
C/B
Am7
C/G
I swear I was in the back seat,
Fsus2
C
C/B
just minding my own
Am7
Am7
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Am7
Am7
And
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|------0-------0-------0-------0---|------0-------0-------0-------0---| D|---------0h-2---------------------|----------------------------------| A|-0---------------3-------0--------|---------0-------3-------0--------| E|----------------------------------|-3--------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Bridge 1
G
through the glass
C
the corn crows come like rain
G
Am7
They won't stay, they won't stay
Em
G/D
for too long now
C
G
This could be all
Am7
D9
that we know of love and all
Verse 3
Am7
C/G
Well, you were a dancer
Fsus2
C
C/B
and I was a rag
Am7
C/G
The song in my head,
Fsus2
C
C/B
it was all that I had
Am7
C/G
Fsus2
C
Hope was a letter I never could send
C/B
Am7
C/G
Well, love was a country
Fsus2
C
C/B
we couldn't defend
Interlude 1
Am7
C/G
Fsus2
C
C/B
Am7
C/G
Fsus2
C
C/B
Bridge 2
G
Fmaj7
C
Through the carnival we watch them go
G
round and round
G
Fmaj7
C
All we knew of home was just a sunset
G
and some clowns, ah- aah
Verse 4
Am7
C/G
Well, you were a magazine,
Fsus2
C
C/B
I was a Plain Jane
Am7
C/G
Just walking the sidewalks
Fsus2
C
C/B
and covered in rain
Am7
C/G
Love to just get
Fsus2
C
C/B
into some of your stories
Am7
C/G
Fsus2
C
C/B
Me, all of my Plain Jane glory
Am7
C/G
Fsus2
C
C/B
Am7
C/G
Just me and all
Fsus2
C
C/B
of my Plain Jane glory
Am7
Am7
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Am7
Am7
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|------0-------0-------0-------0---|------0-------0-------0-------0---| D|---------0h-2---------------------|----------------------------------| A|-0---------------3-------0--------|---------0-------3-------0--------| E|----------------------------------|-3--------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Outro 1
Am7
C/G
Fsus2
C
C/B
Am7
C/G
Fsus2
C
C/B
[Repeat and fade]
2009Folk
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