Next Big Thing Chords
by Vince Gill
Next Big Thing by Vince Gill is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C, G, F, A, E and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D
D
Things are changing in the modern world
D
It makes it kinda crazy for a boy and girl
D
An awful lot of noise on the radio
C G F D
It really don't rock, it really don't roll
D
Well a kid'll come along make the young girls swoon
D
They all put his picture in their pink bedrooms
D
All hail the brand new king
C G F D
Everybody's waitin for the next big thing
G A D
Big cigars, diamond rings
G A D
Riding all around in a limousine
A D G
When you finally hit the top man you know what that means
D
Everybody's ready for the next big thing
D
For a little while you can do no wrong
D
But live it up son cause it don't last long
D
There's always somebody waitin in the wings
C G F D
Thinkin they're gonna be the next big thing
CHORUS
Instrumental: D D-E-F-F# D
G A D
I'll get a cowboy hat, some real tight jeans
G A D
Lose a little weight get a belly button ring
A D G
Better stand back I'm a lean machine
D
Maybe I'm gonna be the next big thing
CHORUS
D
Everybody's ready for the next big thing
Outro: D D-E-F-F# D (repeats)
For this walkup progression, D-E-F-F# use A form power chords: