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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
D A G
 
[Verse 1]
D A G D A G
Jenny came home from her trip away last winter
D A G D A G
No-one knew what had got into her
D A G D A G
Soon you could not go two steps without getting word of her
D A G D A
Lot of us wished we'd never heard of her
 
[Chorus]
G C G
It was a big fish that caught her
C G
Just under the water
D C
And out here the tide it runs so strong
Em A F G
When you turn around the fish had gone
 
[Interlude]
D A G (x4)
 
[Verse 2]
D A G D A G
She danced in the fires that we lit for her returning
D A G D A G
Even when her suitcases started burning
D A G D A G
"You're mad if you go back!" her friends had all said
D A G D A
They were right in ways they had not expected
 
[Chorus]
G C G
It was a big fish that caught her
C G
Just under the water
F#m C
And out here the wind it blows so strong
Em A F G
When you turn around the fish had gone
 
[Interlude]
D G (x2)
A G F#m Em D
 
[Verse 3]
A
Yeah
D A G D A G
Now she's flying high above Australia
D A G D A G
With a new job and a house of her own
D A G D A G
Whatever it was that had her, she has left here
D A G D A
It comes to the surface now and then to show us we're not alone
 
G C G
It was a big fish that caught her
C G
Just under the water
F#m C
And out here we swim between the sea and the air
Em A F G
Though we don't look down, we know it's there
 
[Outro]
Em C Bm A (x2)
Em C Bm Am
Em C E Am
G C G Am (x2)
G C Bm Am (x2)
G
Big fish

How to play Big Fish

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What is the starting chord?

The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.

Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?

Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.

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