Shadows Of The Big Man Chords by Chris Rea

Tempo:
151.8 bpm
Chords used:

Am

Gm

Bb

Dm

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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CHRIS REA -shadows of the big man chords
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[A]
[G]
[Gm]
[Bb] [C] [Dm]
[Am] [Gm]
[Bb] [C] [D]
Oh, you've been so long [Dm] in the shadows [Gm] of the big man.
[Bb] [C] [D]
How long can you take it?
[Am] How far [Gm] can you go?
[Bb] [C] [D]
Don't you know how strong is the [Am] shadows [Gm] of the big man?
[Am]
[Bb] [C] [Dm] [D]
Why he [Dm] smiles in the sunlight, [Am] you can [Gm] die and go.
[Am]
[Bb] [C] [D]
Oh, [Dm]
oh, the shadows [Gm] of the big man.
[Am]
[Bb] [C] [Dm]
Oh, oh, the [Am] shadows [Gm] of the big man.
[Am]
[Bb] [C] [Dm]
Spend your life in the [Am] shadows [Gm] of the big man.
[A]
[Bb] [C] [Dm]
Sell your wife and children if it [Am] made [Gm] him smile.
[Am]
[Bb] [C] [Dm]
How long can you take it?
Oh, [Am] do [Gm] you really?
[Am]
[Bb] [C] [Dm] You're sitting in the shadows, [Am] shadows [Gm] of the big man.
[Am]
[Bb] [C] [Bb]
And you'd love all [Am] the world to see [Gm]
how you break your chains and [F] set yourself free.
[Am] [Bb]
And all you gotta [Am] do is walk [Gm] away, walk [Bbm]
away.
[Gm] [A]
[Bb] And [C] [Dm] all you gotta do is walk away, walk away.
[Am] Shadows [Gm] of the big man.
[Am]
[Bb] [Dm] How you get out from [Am] the shadows [Gm] of the big man?
[Am]
[Bb] [C] [Dm]
Shadows [Gm] of the big man.
[Am]
[Bb] [C] [Dm]
And you can't get out from the [Am] shadows [F] [Gm] of the big man.
And [Am]
[Bb] [F] [D]
you can't [Dm] get out [Gm] from the shadows of [F]
[Bb] [G] [Dm]
[Gm]
[Am]
[Bb] [F] [Dm]
the big man.
[Gm] [Am]
[Bb] [G] [Dm]
[Gm]
[N]
Key:  
Am
2311
Gm
123111113
Bb
12341111
Dm
2311
C
3211
Am
2311
Gm
123111113
Bb
12341111
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To learn Chris Rea - Shadows Of The Big Man chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: Bb, Dm, Gm, Bb, Am, Bb, Gm and Am. A strategic approach would be to train at 76 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 152. With D Minor as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ Oh, you've been so long _ [Dm] in the shadows [Gm] of the big man. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ How long can you take it? _
_ [Am] How far [Gm] can you go? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ Don't you know how strong _ is the [Am] shadows [Gm] of the big man?
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _
_ Why he [Dm] smiles in the sunlight, [Am] you can _ [Gm] die and go.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
Oh, _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ oh, the shadows [Gm] of the big man.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
Oh, oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ the [Am] shadows _ [Gm] of the big man.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _
Spend your life _ in _ _ the [Am] shadows [Gm] of the big man.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _
Sell your wife and children _ _ _ if it [Am] made [Gm] him smile.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _
How long can you take it? _ _
_ Oh, [Am] do [Gm] you really?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] You're _ _ sitting in the shadows, _ _ _ _ _ [Am] shadows _ [Gm] of the big _ _ man.
_ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ And you'd love all [Am] the world to see _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
how you break your chains and [F] set yourself _ free.
_ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ And all you gotta _ [Am] do _ _ is walk [Gm] away, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ walk _ [Bbm] _
away.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [A] _
[Bb] And _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ all you gotta do is walk away, walk away. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ Shadows [Gm] of the big man. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] _ How you get out _ _ _ _ _ from [Am] the shadows [Gm] of the big man?
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Shadows [Gm] of the big man.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
And you can't get out _ _ _ from the [Am] shadows [F] [Gm] of the big man.
And _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _
you can't _ _ [Dm] get out _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] from the shadows of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ the big man.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _

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This song finds its place within the The Blue Cafe album.

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