Something Big Chords
by Jim O'Rourke
Something Big by Jim O'Rourke is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords Dmaj9, Bm9, Em7, A7(sus4), Dmaj7, Gmaj7, F#m7, Gm6, Bm7, A and Bmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Dmaj9 Bm9
Like a grain of sand that wants to be a rolling stone
Em7
I want to be the man I'm not,
and have the things
A7(sus4)
I really
Dmaj7 Gmaj7
haven't got, and that's a lot.
(Refrain)
There'll be joy
F#m7 Em7
and there'll be laughter.
Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Gm6
Something big is what I'm after now
Bm7 A Gmaj
Yes, it's what I'm after now.
F#m7 Em7
After taking, take up giving,
Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Gm6
something big is what I'm living for.
Bm7 A Gmaj7
Yes, it's what I'm living for,
Bmaj7
living for.
Dmaj9 Bm9
Why do I go on and fill my life with little things
Em7
when there are big things I must do,
A7(sus4)
and lots of dreams that really
Dmaj7 Gmaj7
should come true before I'm through.
(Refrain)
There'll be joy… (and so on)
F#m7 Em7
After taking, take up giving… (and do on)