{"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":63855,"song":"Big Boys","artist":"Elvis Costello","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11542642-big-boys-chords-by-elvis-costello/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/63855?type=chord","rating":4.73121,"votes":19,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\nDate: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 10:16:47 -0400 (EDT)\r\n\r\n\r\nBig Boys (demo)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI am starting to function[/tab]\r\nIn the usual way\r\nEverything is so provocative\r\nVery very, temporary\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI shall walk (I shall walk)[/tab]\r\nOut of this place (out of this place)\r\nI shall walk\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOut on you[/tab]\r\n'Cause you go silly\r\nIf she's willing\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTrying so hard to be like the big boys[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo you take her to the pictures[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTrying to become a fixture[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nInch by inch trying to reach her[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAll the way through the second feature[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWorrying about your physical fitness[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTell me how you got this sickness, Oh ohhhh..[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was caught in the suction[/tab]\r\nBy a face like a truncheon\r\nI was down upon one knee\r\nStroking her vanity\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was stuck on a hammerhead[/tab]\r\nI came alive and left for dead\r\nAs my face returned to red\r\nChoking on my pride and pity\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe can talk (we can talk)[/tab]\r\nUntil your face is blue ('til your face is blue)\r\n\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe can talk but she'll get to you[/tab]\r\nAfter you've been loved and hated\r\nBy the ones you've watched and waited\r\nFound that they were overrated\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe'll be the one - when the party's over[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe'll be the one - when the girls have gone home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe'll be the one - that you'll wish you'd held onto[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe'll be the one - but it's too late for you to[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe'll be the one - who knows all your history[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe'll be the one -[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo you can cross her off your list[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd you try so hard[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd you try so hard[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd you try so hard[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo be like the big boys[/tab]","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\nDate: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 10:16:47 -0400 (EDT)\n\n\nBig Boys (demo)\n\n\nIn the usual way\nEverything is so provocative\nVery very, temporary\n\n\nOut of this place (out of this place)\nI shall walk\n\n\n'Cause you go silly\nIf she's willing\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBy a face like a truncheon\nI was down upon one knee\nStroking her vanity\n\n\nI came alive and left for dead\nAs my face returned to red\nChoking on my pride and pity\n\n\nUntil your face is blue ('til your face is blue)\n\n\nAfter you've been loved and hated\nBy the ones you've watched and waited\nFound that they were overrated","chords":["E","A","B","G","Em","C","D"],"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]},"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]}}}