Big Blue Ball chords

Peter Gabriel

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Intro 

G   C/G


verse 
 
  G                    G/B 
Johnny says I'm out of here, 
  C                     C/D      G     C/G    G       C/G 
Mary knows she's staying in a - lone,       
  G                     G/B     C                        C/D    G    C/G 
Find it hard to get a - long, wonder about the price of happy homes, 
  G       G/B C   D             D4   D            Em      Em7/D  C       G   C/G 
   Sometimes feel like they're caught in  a  landslide, 
  G       G/B C   D             D4    D       Em     Em7/D  C            G   C/G 
   Sometimes eve - rything seems to make  no sense at all! 



G       C/G      G         Bm           F             C 
    But it's so clear, ...bright, the other side of maybe, 
C/D         G     Bm              F               C   C/D       G        Bm 
Yes, it's clear, bright----, that no one sees at all, it's so clear, ...bright, 
              F           C                  G     C/G             G   C/G 
You're just living out a life on a big blue ball,   no trouble at all! 


verse 
 
  G                  G/B      C                        C/D  G   C/G   G       C/G 
Fuzzy in the after - noon, drifting into thoughts about a  war,    
   G                      G/B   C                      C/D           G   C/G 
Drawing lines and taking sides,   we're getting tired, seen it be - fore, 
  G       G/B C    D           D4    D          Em   Em7/D  C        G   C/G 
    Spacemen see there's no heaven   a - bove us, 
  G       G/B C    D          D4    D      Em        Em7/D  C        G   C/G 
     If you want, you can say there's no hell below! 



G        C/G       G         Bm          F             C 
  'Cause it's so clear, ...bright, the other side of maybe, 
C/D       G         Bm            F              C        C/D    G         Bm 
It's so clear and bright---, that no one sees at all, yes, it's clear, ...bright, 
              F           C                  G     C/G             G 
You're just living out a life on a big blue ball,   no trouble at all, 
     C/G       G         C/G       D   D4 D    Em    Em7/D     C      G       C/G 
On a big blue ball, no trouble at all-------! (Ah---, ah - ah, ah!) 
  D   D4 D    Em    Em7/D      C      G       C/G 
(Ah--------,  ah---, ah - ah, ah!)  


G         C/G      G         Bm           F            C 
   'Cause it's so clear, ...bright, the other side of maybe, 
C/D       G      Bm              F              C        C/D       G        Bm 
It's so clear, bright----, that no one sees at all, yes, it's so clear, ...bright, 
              F           C                  G     C/G             G    Bm 
You're just living out a life on a big blue ball,   no trouble at all, 
      F            C     C/D       G        Bm          F     C 
The other side of maybe, it's so clear, ...bright, (...yeah - eah,) 
C/D       G            Bm                   F               C        C/D       G 
It's so clear, (woo--,hoo-oo), you're just ...living out a life on a big blue ball, 
      C/G           G         C/G       G        C/G       G 
(No trouble!) Blue ball, no trouble at all, on a big blue ball, 
     C/G       G     C                 G    C/G    G       C/G 
No trouble at all,      no trouble at all!      


Coda 
 D   D4 D     Em     Em7/D     C      G       C/G    G       C/G 
(Oo--------,  la---, la - la, la!)  

 D   D4 D     Em     Em7/D     C      G       C/G    G       C/G    G 
(Oo--------,  la---, la - la, la!)