Intro: G D C A7 G D G C G D 


Verse:
         G                     B7 
I’m gonna come to your window, knock upon your pane 
C7                              A7 
stand back in the moonlight and sing your name 
     G                    D 
Turn your television off, it’s just showbiz 
C                                A7 
Step out here with me, where the real show is 
       G               D                  G    C  G  D 
It’s a great big world, life down here on earth 

G                          B7 
Let me introduce you to my carnival of friends 
     C7                             A7 
They come from all four corners, on all four winds 
G                         D 
Thieves up in the castle, kings out in the rain 
C                                    A7 
Saints down in the trenches, they’re fighting for a change 
           G               D                  G    C  G  D 
And it’s a great big world, life down here on earth 


Bridge 
C7                           G                                   G7 
Baby take a mad dash with me, we’re gonna give it all we’re worth 
A7 
Come down from your tower, there‘s so much here to see 
D tacit           D tacit              G    C  G  D 
  Life down here,    life down here on earth 


Verse 
       G                          B7 
We got headlights on the highway, stars up in the sky 
C7                        A7 
Got a sparkle in my eyes, don’t you want to know why? 
  G                          D 
I killed a lot of time, that was my greatest sin 
C                          A7 
But I forgave myself, and I’m alive again 
           G             D                  G    C G D 
And it’s a big old world, life down here on earth 


Bridge/Outro 
                 G                            B7 
There’s gonna be two dates on your tombstone, all your friends will read ‘em 
    C7                              A7 
But all that’s gonna matter is that little dash between ‘em 
           G               D                  G    C  D 
Yes it’s a great big world, life down here on earth 
           G               D                 G    C G D G 
Well it’s a big old world, life down here on earth