[INTRO]
[G] [F] [C] x4
[VERSE]
[G]Everyone is busy with the regular routin[Em]e
The sni[D]per just takes his aim [G]
[C]Everyone is window shopping, no one is amazed [Am]
[C]Even if he hits you, you'd still think it's ju[Am]st a graze
[D]You go to a movie, you[G] go t[D]o a show
You think that you're living, you do[G]n't re[D]ally know
[CHORUS]
[C]Big t[G]ears me[C]an nothin[D]g
[C]You can cou[G]nt them as[Am] they fall [D]
[C]Big t[G]ears me[C]an nothi[D]ng
When you're lying in [A]your coffin [D]
[G] [F] [C] [D] [G] [F] [C] x4
Tell me who's been taken in
[VERSE]
[F]Oh, yo[C]u tal[G]k about the new boss automatic clause[Em]
But of cour[D]se they make it all up for you [G]
[C]Always fascinated by the weird edge of [Am]town
[C]Come home disappointed every time they put you dow[Am]n
[D]Laughing with the old boys, sayin[G]g that i[D]t's all noise [G]
[CHORUS]
[D]I suppose big t[C]ears[G] mean no[C]thing [D]
[C]You can coun[G]t them as[Am] they fall [D]
[C]Big t[G]ears m[C]ean nothin[D]g
When you're lying in [A]your coffin [D]
[G] [F] [C] [D] [G] [F] [C] x4
Tell me who's been taken in
[VERSE]
[G]All the buttons of my overcoat [Em]
They have fallen o[D]ff one by one [G]
[C]You wouldn't even like me if you'd never had a drink [Am]
[C]You wouldn't even like me if you never stopped to t[Am]hink
[D]Standing in the shadow, turnin[G]g wive[D]s to widows [G]
[CHORUS]
[D]Don’t you know big tears[C] mea[G]n nothin[C]g [D]
[C]You can coun[G]t them as[Am] they fall [D]
[C]Big t[G]ears me[C]an nothing[D]
When you're lying and[A] you’re coughin’ [D]
[G] [F] [C] [D] [G] [F] [C] x2
Tell me who's been taken in
[G] [F] [C] [D] [G] [F] [C] x2
Tell me who's been taken in
[G] [F] [C] [D] [G] [F] [C] x2
Tell me who, me or you’s been taken in
[G]Te[F]ll[C] me, [G]te[F]ll[C] me,[G] t[F]el[C]l me
[G] [F] [C] x4
[VERSE]
[G]Everyone is busy with the regular routin[Em]e
The sni[D]per just takes his aim [G]
[C]Everyone is window shopping, no one is amazed [Am]
[C]Even if he hits you, you'd still think it's ju[Am]st a graze
[D]You go to a movie, you[G] go t[D]o a show
You think that you're living, you do[G]n't re[D]ally know
[CHORUS]
[C]Big t[G]ears me[C]an nothin[D]g
[C]You can cou[G]nt them as[Am] they fall [D]
[C]Big t[G]ears me[C]an nothi[D]ng
When you're lying in [A]your coffin [D]
[G] [F] [C] [D] [G] [F] [C] x4
Tell me who's been taken in
[VERSE]
[F]Oh, yo[C]u tal[G]k about the new boss automatic clause[Em]
But of cour[D]se they make it all up for you [G]
[C]Always fascinated by the weird edge of [Am]town
[C]Come home disappointed every time they put you dow[Am]n
[D]Laughing with the old boys, sayin[G]g that i[D]t's all noise [G]
[CHORUS]
[D]I suppose big t[C]ears[G] mean no[C]thing [D]
[C]You can coun[G]t them as[Am] they fall [D]
[C]Big t[G]ears m[C]ean nothin[D]g
When you're lying in [A]your coffin [D]
[G] [F] [C] [D] [G] [F] [C] x4
Tell me who's been taken in
[VERSE]
[G]All the buttons of my overcoat [Em]
They have fallen o[D]ff one by one [G]
[C]You wouldn't even like me if you'd never had a drink [Am]
[C]You wouldn't even like me if you never stopped to t[Am]hink
[D]Standing in the shadow, turnin[G]g wive[D]s to widows [G]
[CHORUS]
[D]Don’t you know big tears[C] mea[G]n nothin[C]g [D]
[C]You can coun[G]t them as[Am] they fall [D]
[C]Big t[G]ears me[C]an nothing[D]
When you're lying and[A] you’re coughin’ [D]
[G] [F] [C] [D] [G] [F] [C] x2
Tell me who's been taken in
[G] [F] [C] [D] [G] [F] [C] x2
Tell me who's been taken in
[G] [F] [C] [D] [G] [F] [C] x2
Tell me who, me or you’s been taken in
[G]Te[F]ll[C] me, [G]te[F]ll[C] me,[G] t[F]el[C]l me
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