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From the 2009 album "One Fast Move or I'm Gone" w/Benjamin Gibbard
Capo 2
DSettling down with warm glow woodstove and Emkerosene&#8232;
GPeace you're looking for Peace you'll findD  
                                                           Em&#8232;
In the tangled mad cliffsides and crashing dark 
of Big GSur
of Big ASur
                                                       D  Em&#8232;
Rapturous ring of silence Pacific fury
                                                                  G  D&#8232;
Flashing on the rocks the sea shroud towers
&#8232;The innocence of health and stillness in the wildsEm  
of Big GSur
of Big ASur
                                                                             Em  G&#8232;
This whole surface of the world as we know it now
                                                                                 Em  G&#8232;
Will be covered with the silt of a billion years in time 
Verse chords for interlude
DI see as much as doors will Emallow
&#8232;I’m a long way from Gthe beat generationA  
D&#8232;Here comes the nightly moth to his nightly death&#8232;      Em  
in Big SurG  
in Big SurA  
                                                        D  Em&#8232;
The best thing to do is not to be false
                                                                                      G  A&#8232;
The rocks of the valley have left no howl of complaint
                                                              D     Em&#8232; 
I’m just a sick clown and so is everybody else&#8232;      
in Big SurG  
in Big SurA  
Verse Chords again, end on D

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Big Sur

by Jay Farrar

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

From the 2009 album "One Fast Move or I'm Gone" w/Benjamin Gibbard

Capo 2

D Em

Settling down with warm glow woodstove and kerosene 

G D

Peace you're looking for Peace you'll find

In the tangled mad cliffsides and crashing dark

of Big Sur

D Em

Rapturous ring of silence Pacific fury

G D

Flashing on the rocks the sea shroud towers

 The innocence of health and stillness in the wilds

of Big Sur

Em G

This whole surface of the world as we know it now

Em G

Will be covered with the silt of a billion years in time

Verse chords for interlude

D Em

I see as much as doors will allow

G A

 I’m a long way from the beat generation

D Em

 Here comes the nightly moth to his nightly death 

in Big Sur

D Em

The best thing to do is not to be false

G A

The rocks of the valley have left no howl of complaint

D Em

I’m just a sick clown and so is everybody else 

in Big Sur

Verse Chords again, end on D

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