Big Girls Chords by Natalie Merchant

[Start]

[Verse]
B                         C#m7     
■ Always thought the game came easy
F#                   B             
■  You never thought about it twice
                  G#m           
You never thought about it twice
              C#m           F#
Your luck was never leaving ■ 
            B             
So you just threw the dice
             G#m          G#m
And time was on your side ■  
A          E         B        
■ Time was always on your side
                                 C#m 
But times got tough and life got even
F#                           B   
■  So you told yourself some lies
       F#                 G#m 
So you told yourself some lies
                     C#m         
And now you truly do believe that
F#                         B      
■  There's only one way to survive
          F#              G#m7  G#m
You gotta hold on to your pride ■  
A     E                B  
■ Big girls they don't cry
A          E                  B  
■ Heart of stone gone cold as ice
A           E                B     
■ Close the door keep it all inside
                            C#m      
You trusted love but love's deceiving
F#7                        B     
■   And you know that it's unfair
         F#         G#m   
You know love is so unfair
                       C#m       
But it hurts the worst believe me
F#                             B   
■  When you show them that you care
         F#             G#m     
So never show them that you care
A     E                B  
■ Big girls they don't cry


[Chorus]
A          E                  B  
■ Heart of stone gone cold as ice
A           G#m              Amaj7  A
■ Close the door keep it all inside ■
             F#  
Know when to hide
          C#m     
Know when to fight
         A   
Tell the lies
            F#     
Know how to survive


[Verse]
D#                          G#m               
■  Don't let them see don't give yourself away
E B            F#
■ Hold on hold on
D#                            G#m                  
■  Keep you head girl there's so much more at stake
E B            F#
■ Hold on hold on
C#m      C#m7
■   Hold on  
A        
■ Hold on
F#        
■  Hold on
D#                   G#m                        E
■  So you took a hit and the ship is going down ■
B              
Hold on hold on


[Chorus]
F# D# D#7                  G#m                  
A  ■  spark is lit and the fire's spreading fast
E B            F#
■ Hold on hold on
C#m         A
■   Hold on ■
A      
Hold on
F#        
■  Hold on
D#                             G#m                
■  See clouds are bursting and water's rising fast
E B            F#
■ Hold on hold on
D#                               G#m                  
■  Stop the wrecking ball or the walls are coming down
E B            F#
■ Hold on hold on


[Outro]
C#m        
■   Hold on
A        
■ Hold on
F#        
■  Hold on


[End]
E              B 
■ Hold on hold on