{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2387247,"song":"Under The Big Black Sun","artist":"X","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11493179-under-the-big-black-sun-chords-by-x/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2387247?type=chord","rating":4.59222,"votes":5,"content":"Version from album of the same name.  Lyrics taken from record inner sleeve.\r\n\r\nStrumming pattern isn't super complicated; just listen to the song a couple times.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat I did on my vacation[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor the last ten years[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nTook pictures of your town[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPlaid perfume on my breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI mean I've been drinking Scotch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhile touring through your town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAdultery makes you give things away[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt gets you confused[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAdultery takes a one-room vacation[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen it gets you alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTurns it into a honeymoon scream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen you have to change the sheets[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSmoke in one hand looking for a light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMartini in the other hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nPointing at midnight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow that you pulled the school underwater[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd drowned the prom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhich man will you save for this Friday[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou can put him in a fish pond[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd watch him swim around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen have a Catholic dinner[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf it isn't men it's death[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's the same Old Testament[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt the cross her station keeping[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStood the mournful mother weeping[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhere my man extended hung[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDriven with nails to wood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSmoke in one hand looking for a drink[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDrink in the other hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nPointing at midnight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt my desk as you're sleeping[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs the big deal of death[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nKills me and starts leaving[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEverybody asks me how I'm doing[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm doing everything alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nRave on children and try to sleep[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nLarks must sing grave deep melodies[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHappy they that die[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe sly brown fox pulled up a glass[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPulled up a chair[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd yanked out my hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen I tried to sit I fell down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen I woke up he was gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo one has a smoke, one has a drink[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe man is gone, Mary's dead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nGood morning midnight[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] \r\n\r\n(repeat till end)","plain_text":"Version from album of the same name.  Lyrics taken from record inner sleeve.\n\nStrumming pattern isn't super complicated; just listen to the song a couple times.\n\n\n[Intro]\nD\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\nD\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\nD\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\nD \n\n(repeat till end)","chords":["D","Bm","A","G","E","B","C","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}