0Verse:

D#0 	
1When I walk beside her

C#1
2I am the better man

G#2
3When I look to leave her

	D#3
4I always stagger back again

5

D#4
6Once I built an Ivory tower

C#5
7so I could worship from above

G#6
8When I climb down to be set free

	D#7
9she took me in again

10

11Chorus:

D#8 	
12there's a big

		A#m9
13a big hard sun

		G#10
14beaten on the big people

		D#11
15in the big hard world

16

17Verse:

D#12
18When she comes to greet me

C#13
19She is mercy at my feet

G#14
20When I see her pin her charm

	D#15
21She just throws it back at me

22

23

D#16
24Once I dug an early grave

C#17
25To find a better land

G#18
26She just smile and laughed at me

	D#19
27And took her bruise back again

28

29Chorus:

D#20 	
30there's a big

		A#m21
31a big hard sun

		G#22
32beaten on the big people

		D#23
33in the big hard world

34

35Verse:

D#24
36Once I stood to lose her

C#25
37when I saw what I had done

G#26
38bound down and flew away the hours

	D#27
39of her garden and her sun

40

D#28
41so I tried to warn her

C#29
42I turned to see her weep

G#30
4340 days and 40 nights

	D#31
44and it's still coming down on me

45

46Chorus:

D#32 	
47there's a big

		A#m33
48a big hard sun

		G#34
49beaten on the big people

		D#35
50in the big hard world

51