The Big Heat Chords by Stan Ridgway
Tempo:
88.8 bpm
Chords used:
B
D
C#
E
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [G] [E] [D]
[B] [E] [D] [E]
[B] [D] [D] [C#]
[B] [C#] [D] [E]
[B] The room was [C#] dark, looked like [D] someone had to [C#] get out fast.
[B] A window [C#] opened by the [D] fire escape.
[C#]
[B] How long have you [F#] been [E] following [D] this guy, the [C#] bellboy asked.
[B] Not long [C#] enough, because we got [D] here too late.
[C#]
[F#m] [A] Everybody wants another piece of pie today, he said.
[E] [A]
You gotta watch the ones who always [F#m] keep their hands clean.
[B] It's the big heat.
[E] [D] There's someone following you.
[B] It's the big [D] heat.
Step aside, we're coming [E] through.
[B] Well, we followed him to [C#m] Tucson, [D] ended up in [C#] Baton Rouge.
[B] We trailed him [Bm] here with [D] information
by [F#m] a
[B] woman he [E] knew at Barstow [D] that would like to [C#] see him dead.
[B] That was four [Bm] weeks ago, well, [D] maybe five.
[F#m]
Everybody [A] wants [E] another [F#m] piece of [E] pie [F#m] today, she said.
[E]
[F#m] You gotta watch the ones who always keep their hands clean.
[Bm] It's the big heat.
It's the big heat.
[E] [Bm] Step aside.
[C#]
[Bm] It's the big heat.
There's someone following you.
Step aside, we're coming through.
[F#m] [C#]
[Bm]
[A]
[D] [Bm]
He walked away, wondered if he'd left behind crew.
The front page of the paper dated 1992.
[B]
He remembered [C#] when he used to [Bm] be the chairman [A] of the board.
[B] That was [C#] when the world was [D] young and long before the war.
[F#m] [A] Everybody wants another piece of pie [F#m] today, he said.
[A]
You gotta watch the [F#m] ones who always keep their hands clean.
[Bm] It's the big heat.
[E] [Bm]
It's the big heat.
[C#]
[Bm] It's the big heat.
There's someone following you.
It's the big heat.
Step aside, we're coming through.
Step aside, which way did they go?
[F#m] [Bm]
[B] [Bm] [F#m]
[Bm] [E] [Bm]
[B] [E] [D] [E]
[B] [D] [D] [C#]
[B] [C#] [D] [E]
[B] The room was [C#] dark, looked like [D] someone had to [C#] get out fast.
[B] A window [C#] opened by the [D] fire escape.
[C#]
[B] How long have you [F#] been [E] following [D] this guy, the [C#] bellboy asked.
[B] Not long [C#] enough, because we got [D] here too late.
[C#]
[F#m] [A] Everybody wants another piece of pie today, he said.
[E] [A]
You gotta watch the ones who always [F#m] keep their hands clean.
[B] It's the big heat.
[E] [D] There's someone following you.
[B] It's the big [D] heat.
Step aside, we're coming [E] through.
[B] Well, we followed him to [C#m] Tucson, [D] ended up in [C#] Baton Rouge.
[B] We trailed him [Bm] here with [D] information
by [F#m] a
[B] woman he [E] knew at Barstow [D] that would like to [C#] see him dead.
[B] That was four [Bm] weeks ago, well, [D] maybe five.
[F#m]
Everybody [A] wants [E] another [F#m] piece of [E] pie [F#m] today, she said.
[E]
[F#m] You gotta watch the ones who always keep their hands clean.
[Bm] It's the big heat.
It's the big heat.
[E] [Bm] Step aside.
[C#]
[Bm] It's the big heat.
There's someone following you.
Step aside, we're coming through.
[F#m] [C#]
[Bm]
[A]
[D] [Bm]
He walked away, wondered if he'd left behind crew.
The front page of the paper dated 1992.
[B]
He remembered [C#] when he used to [Bm] be the chairman [A] of the board.
[B] That was [C#] when the world was [D] young and long before the war.
[F#m] [A] Everybody wants another piece of pie [F#m] today, he said.
[A]
You gotta watch the [F#m] ones who always keep their hands clean.
[Bm] It's the big heat.
[E] [Bm]
It's the big heat.
[C#]
[Bm] It's the big heat.
There's someone following you.
It's the big heat.
Step aside, we're coming through.
Step aside, which way did they go?
[F#m] [Bm]
[B] [Bm] [F#m]
[Bm] [E] [Bm]
Key:
B
D
C#
E
Bm
B
D
C#
[B] _ _ [G] _ [E] _ [D] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
[B] _ _ [D] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C#] _
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E]
[B] The room was [C#] dark, looked like [D] someone had to [C#] get out fast.
[B] A window [C#] opened by the [D] fire escape.
_ [C#]
[B] How long have you [F#] been [E] following [D] this guy, the [C#] bellboy asked.
[B] Not long [C#] enough, because we got [D] here too late.
_ [C#] _
[F#m] _ [A] Everybody wants another piece of pie today, he said.
_ [E] _ [A] _
You gotta watch the ones who always [F#m] keep their hands clean.
[B] It's the big heat.
_ [E] [D] There's someone following you.
[B] It's the big [D] heat.
Step aside, we're coming [E] through.
[B] Well, we followed him to [C#m] Tucson, [D] ended up in [C#] Baton Rouge.
[B] We trailed him [Bm] here with [D] information
by [F#m] a _
[B] woman he [E] knew at Barstow [D] that would like to [C#] see him dead.
[B] That was four [Bm] weeks ago, well, [D] maybe five.
[F#m] _ _
Everybody [A] wants [E] another [F#m] piece of [E] pie [F#m] today, she said.
[E] _ _ _
[F#m] You gotta watch the ones who always keep their hands clean.
[Bm] It's the big heat.
_ _ _ _ It's the big heat.
[E] [Bm] Step aside.
[C#] _
[Bm] It's the big heat.
_ There's someone following you.
_ _ Step aside, we're coming through. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [C#] _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
He walked away, wondered if he'd left behind crew.
The front page of the paper dated 1992.
[B]
He remembered [C#] when he used to [Bm] be the chairman [A] of the board.
[B] That was [C#] when the world was [D] young and long before the war.
[F#m] _ [A] Everybody wants another piece of pie [F#m] today, he said.
[A] _ _ _
You gotta watch the [F#m] ones who always keep their hands clean.
[Bm] It's the big heat.
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
It's the big heat.
_ _ _ [C#] _
[Bm] It's the big heat.
_ There's someone following you.
It's the big heat.
Step aside, we're coming through.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Step aside, which way did they go? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
[B] _ _ [D] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C#] _
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E]
[B] The room was [C#] dark, looked like [D] someone had to [C#] get out fast.
[B] A window [C#] opened by the [D] fire escape.
_ [C#]
[B] How long have you [F#] been [E] following [D] this guy, the [C#] bellboy asked.
[B] Not long [C#] enough, because we got [D] here too late.
_ [C#] _
[F#m] _ [A] Everybody wants another piece of pie today, he said.
_ [E] _ [A] _
You gotta watch the ones who always [F#m] keep their hands clean.
[B] It's the big heat.
_ [E] [D] There's someone following you.
[B] It's the big [D] heat.
Step aside, we're coming [E] through.
[B] Well, we followed him to [C#m] Tucson, [D] ended up in [C#] Baton Rouge.
[B] We trailed him [Bm] here with [D] information
by [F#m] a _
[B] woman he [E] knew at Barstow [D] that would like to [C#] see him dead.
[B] That was four [Bm] weeks ago, well, [D] maybe five.
[F#m] _ _
Everybody [A] wants [E] another [F#m] piece of [E] pie [F#m] today, she said.
[E] _ _ _
[F#m] You gotta watch the ones who always keep their hands clean.
[Bm] It's the big heat.
_ _ _ _ It's the big heat.
[E] [Bm] Step aside.
[C#] _
[Bm] It's the big heat.
_ There's someone following you.
_ _ Step aside, we're coming through. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [C#] _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
He walked away, wondered if he'd left behind crew.
The front page of the paper dated 1992.
[B]
He remembered [C#] when he used to [Bm] be the chairman [A] of the board.
[B] That was [C#] when the world was [D] young and long before the war.
[F#m] _ [A] Everybody wants another piece of pie [F#m] today, he said.
[A] _ _ _
You gotta watch the [F#m] ones who always keep their hands clean.
[Bm] It's the big heat.
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
It's the big heat.
_ _ _ [C#] _
[Bm] It's the big heat.
_ There's someone following you.
It's the big heat.
Step aside, we're coming through.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Step aside, which way did they go? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _