Great Big World Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Em][G]
[A][D][Em][G]
[A]

[Verse 1]
[D]She said
goodbye to her [Em]parents' house[G]
Kissed her Daddy while her [A]mama cried
[D]Boarded a train like a carousel[Em]
[G]She hummed the song that the [A]ice
cream man played when he [D]drove by
Oh my
[Em]My
My
[G]She loves Ohio in the [A]summertime

[Verse 2]
[Em]White picket fences offer
[G]no defenses
[D]And the chil[A]dren laugh in [G]the streets
but [D]that's [A]not all she [G]needs

[Verse 3]
Says, "There's a [D]great big [Em]world
out [G]there and [A]I wanna see it
There's a [D]great big [Em]world out there [G]and
there's [A]a place for me in it
Though [Em]I'll miss my mother
and the [G]friends I know
The [D]light [A]burns out if you
[G]wait too long
There's [D]a great big [Em]world I [G]see and it's
wait[A]ing out there [D]for me"

[Interlude 1]
[D][Em][G][A]

[Verse 4]
[D]She hits the city with half [Em]a tank
In a car [G]she bought from
a [A]ring she pawned
[D]She spent the summer by hap[Em]penstance
[G]There was a boy who could rea[A]d her
thoughts with his [D]deep brown eyes
Oh my
[Em]My
My
[G]But when he'd drink he
was a [A]different kind

[Verse 5]
Though [Em]white picket fences
[G]shook her defenses
And [D]chil[A]dren danced in
[G]her dreams
[D]That's [A]not all she needs

[Verse 6]
[G]Says, "There's [D]a great big [Em]world
out [G]there and [A]I wanna see it
There's a [D]great big [Em]world out [G]there
and there's a [A]place for me in it
Though [Em]I'll miss my mother
and the [G]friends I know
The [D]light [A]burns out if you
[G]wait too long
There's [D]a great big [Em]world I [G]see and
it's wait[A]ing out there for me"

[Verse 7]
[D]I've never felt so alone
[Em]I've never felt so alive
[G]I've never been so sure
[A]I could learn to fly

[Verse 8]
[D]I've never felt so alo[Em]ne
[G]I've [A]never[F#m][A][D]
[Em]felt so aliv[G]e[A]
[D]I've never [Em]been [G]so
[A]sure I could learn to fly

[Verse 9]
[A]
In[D]side her wallet's a photo[Em]graph
Of the place [G]she's [A]from and the
ones she loves

[Verse 10]
But, "There's a [Em]great [E]big [F#m]world out
[A]there and [B]I wanna see it
There's a [E]great [Em]big [E]worl[F#m]d out ther[A]e
and there's a [B]place for me in it
Though [F#m]I'll miss my mother
and the [A]friends I know
The [E]light [B]burns out if
[A]you wait too long
There's [E]a great big [F#m]world I [A]see
and it's wait[B]ing out there for me"

[Verse 11]
[E]I've never felt so alone
[F#m]I've never felt so alive
[A]I've never been so sur[B]e I could learn to fly

[Verse 12]
[E]I've never felt so alo[F#m]ne
[A]I've [B]never [E]fel[F#m]t so alive
[A]I've nev[B]er[E][F#m]
[A]been
so [B]sure I could learn [E]to fly