Big Black Coffin(Chords)

Peter Bjorn and John

Key: Em
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This is my first tab. I hope someone can get as much enjoyment out of this song as I have. 


Intro: 
e|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------------------------------| 
B|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 


Verse: 
                                Em 
It's coming back the things you said to me, 

                        Bm               G 
I'm hiding away from reality 

          Bm             C 
Denying myself all the better parts 

                                  F 
Then you slip back and say don't take it hard 

                            Em 
And then I find it hard to sleep at all 

                              Bm            G 
Wishing I could give someone else a call 

                Bm              C 
Someone that's closer, closer, close to me 

                              Am 
Forgetting someone might come over me 

                 G          Am                      G 
Do you know the bar?                The way to the bar? 



C                G 
       But it's clear and bright now, 

Bm               F                    C 
       from the statements to the lies 

                 G 
       From the big black coffin, 

Bm             F                   C 
       to the black under your eyes 

               G               Bm        F                   C 
       But if life is complex,           why present a fake? 

                G                Bm      F                 Em 
       And when I close my eyes,         I still see this face 

G                F              Em 
Looking upon me, still upon me, still... 



e|-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--8-8-8-8--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

2nd Verse (same progression as first verse) 

No competition over ecstasy 
Find ebb and tide when you're confronting me 
I will admit all of my weaker parts 
But I shut up if you don't want my point 
My point of view to stand against your own 
But I don't need to be put down this way 
I'm going down this way, but you can stay 

Do you know the bar? Know the way to the bar? 


Chorus: 
But it's clear and bright now, 
from the statements to the lies 
From the big black coffin, 
to the black under your eyes 
But if life is complex, why present a fake? 
And when I close my eyes, I still see this face 
Looking upon me, still upon me, still... 

Em 


Bridge: 

          C               Am                  G 
And it's black, because I know it will never work for me 

          C               Am                G 
And it's black, because I know I don't want us to be 

 Em 
Another opportunity, wasted by all of these, 
Loose-ends,'they don't know their own best' -friends 

And 'let's pretend'... 


Tab: 
         Am             Am                      G 
e|-------7p5------------7p5---------------------5p3-----3-3------------------| 
B|-------5--5-----------5--5--------------------3--3---3--3------------------| 
G|-------5---5----------5---5-------------------4---4-4---4------------------| X2 
D|-------5--------------5---------------------- 5----5---5-------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 


         Am             Am                      G 
e|-------7p5------------7p5---------------------5p3-----3-3------------------| 
B|-------5--5-----------5--5--------------------3--3---3--3------------------| 
G|-------5---5----------5---5-------------------4---4-4---4------------------| X2 
D|-------5--------------5---------------------- 5----5---5-------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
            'and it's clear and bright now, from the statments to the lies, 
             from the big black coffin, to the black under your...' 


'Eyes' 
C       Am      G       X2 

Outro: 

'bah,bah,bah' 
C       Am      G       Em 


Notes: 

The 'tab' part is missing a few minor but intricate parts. I will try to figure these  
out in the future, or maybe someone else already has?. 

If you have any comments, questions or corrections, please feel free to email me.. Otherwise ENJOY 

This album is highly underrated!
Written by Peter Morén
Big Black Coffin(Chords)

Peter Bjorn and John

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