THE DEAD MILKMEN
Big Deal

from Stoney's Extra Stout (Pig)

Tabbed by: Ben Gladdle (moose9377@hotmail.com)


I think I've got this one now. I really like this song... By far the
best from Stoney's. What made it difficult was the fact that there's
not a huge amount of audible guitar.

The Em/Bm bit is the main part of the song, so play it the way you
like it. I was convinced before that you should play them on the 7th
fret, but it also sounds OK if you play them lower down. In fact,
I'm pretty sure it swaps around at various points.

Also, as you might have noticed there's no solos. There's a lot of
solo work in this song, and it might take a while, but it'll come
eventually.


Verse:
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     Em Bm           Em Bm
Life sucks, then you die
         Bm        Em              Bm  Em
And your soul gets sucked into the sky
     Em Bm           Em Bm
Birds sing, I wonder why
         Bm        Em              Bm  Em
You eat a bowl of cereal and sigh
       A             Bm
You're late for your class
       A                           C
You're walkin' the halls without a pass


Chorus:
------
Em Bm  Em Bm
Big deal
Bm Em  Bm Em
Big deal


verse:
Time flies, time crawls
You're a prisoner trapped between its claws
Life sucks, sometimes
You gotta learn to live between the lines
Your feet are on the ground
But the world keeps spinning you around


Chorus 2:
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Em Bm Em Bm
Big deal
Bm Em Bm Em
Big deal
C  G  C  G  (piano solo starts)
Big deal

G  D  G  D
Em Bm Em Bm
C  G  C  G  (guitar solo starts)
G  D  G  D
Em Bm Em Bm
C  G  C  G
G  D  G  D
Em Bm Em Bm
C  G  C  G


verse:
Don't be worried, don't be down
I'll be your stupid happy clown
Keep your chin up in the air
Shake your body like you just don't care
Birds sing, babies cry
Life sucks and then you die


Chorus 3:
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Em Bm Em Bm
Big deal
Bm Em Bm Em
Big deal
C  G  C  G
Biiiiiiiiiig
G  D  G  D  (guitar solo starts)
Deal

Em Bm Em Bm
C  G  C  G
G  D  G  D
Em Bm Em Bm
C  G  C  G
G  D  G  D
Em Bm Em Bm
C  G  C  G
G  D  G  D
Em Bm Em Bm

Repeat and fade.


From the Dead Milkmen Guitar Tab Project
http://dmtabs.deadmilkmen.com/