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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3[Intro] G D G D G D G D [Verse] G D When I walk beside her C I am the better man G When I look to leave her D I always stagger back again D Once I built an ivory tower C So I can worship from above G When I climb down to be set free D She took me in again [Chorus] D There’s a big, Am a big hard sun G Beatin’ on the big people D In the big hard world [Verse] D When she comes down to greet me C She is mercy at my feet G When I see her pin her charm D She just throws it back at me D Once I dug an early grave C to find a better land G She just Smiled and laughed at me D and took her bruise back again [Chorus] D There's a big Am A big hard sun G Beaten’ on the big people D In the big hard world D There's a big Am A big hard sun G Beaten’ on the big people D In the big hard world [Verse] D Once I stood to lose her C When I saw what I had done G Bound down and flew away the hours D Of her garden and her sun D So I tried to warn her C I turned to see her weep G 40 days and 40 nights D And it's still coming down on me [Chorus] D There's a big Am A big hard sun G Beaten’ on the big people D In the big hard world (hammer on E string with baby finger) (Repeat 7 or 8 times...or whatever you feel like doing)