Chords for Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar "Big Sur" Live in Studio
Tempo:
120.5 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
F#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Ben moving to the piano and Jay once again picking up the guitar.
[B]
[F#m]
[A]
[B]
[E] [B]
[A]
[F#m]
[B]
[F#m]
[A]
[B]
[E] [B]
[A]
[F#m]
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E
B
A
F#m
F#
E
B
A
_ Ben moving to the piano and Jay once again picking up the guitar.
The song is called Big Sur. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] A big sur, _ _ _ _ _ a rapturous [B] ring of silence, [F#m] pacific fury, _ _ _ flashing [A] on the rocks, _ _ sea [B] shroud _ towers, _ _
the [E] _ innocence [B] of health and stillness [A] in the _ _ _ wilds.
A [F#m] big sur, _ _ _ [E] a big _ sur, _ _ this [A] whole surface of the world,
as we [E] know it now, _ _ _ [F#m] be covered with the silt of a billion years [A] in time. _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I see as [B] much as doors [F#m] will allow, _ _ a long [A] way _ from _ _ beat [B] _ generation. _ _ _
Here [E] _ comes the [B] nightly mob to its [A] nightly _ _ death. _
In [F#m] Big Sur, _ _ _ in [E] Big Sur, _ _ _ _ _ the best thing [B] to do is not [F#m] be false. _ _
The rocks [A] of the valley _ _ have left no [B] howl of _ complaints. _
_ _ [E] I'm just a [B] sick clown and so [A] is everybody else. _
In [F#m] Big Sur, _ _ _ [E] in Big Sur. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] Once again, live song in our soundcheck studio.
Jay Farrar singing, playing the harmonica and the guitar.
Ben Gibbard singing and playing our piano.
Big Sur
The song is called Big Sur. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] A big sur, _ _ _ _ _ a rapturous [B] ring of silence, [F#m] pacific fury, _ _ _ flashing [A] on the rocks, _ _ sea [B] shroud _ towers, _ _
the [E] _ innocence [B] of health and stillness [A] in the _ _ _ wilds.
A [F#m] big sur, _ _ _ [E] a big _ sur, _ _ this [A] whole surface of the world,
as we [E] know it now, _ _ _ [F#m] be covered with the silt of a billion years [A] in time. _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I see as [B] much as doors [F#m] will allow, _ _ a long [A] way _ from _ _ beat [B] _ generation. _ _ _
Here [E] _ comes the [B] nightly mob to its [A] nightly _ _ death. _
In [F#m] Big Sur, _ _ _ in [E] Big Sur, _ _ _ _ _ the best thing [B] to do is not [F#m] be false. _ _
The rocks [A] of the valley _ _ have left no [B] howl of _ complaints. _
_ _ [E] I'm just a [B] sick clown and so [A] is everybody else. _
In [F#m] Big Sur, _ _ _ [E] in Big Sur. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] Once again, live song in our soundcheck studio.
Jay Farrar singing, playing the harmonica and the guitar.
Ben Gibbard singing and playing our piano.
Big Sur