Eddie Vedder

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Intro
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D</sup> When I walk beside her
^Cadd9 I am the better man
^G When I look to leave her
I always ^D stagger back again
^D Once I built an Ivory tower
^Cadd9 so I could worship from above
^G When I climb down to be set free
she took ^D me in again
^D there's a big
A big hard sun ^Am7
beaten on the bi ^G g people
in the big hard ^D world
^D When she comes to greet me
^Cadd9 She is mercy at my feet
^G When I see her pin her charm
She just ^D throws it back at me
^D Once I dug an early grave
^Cadd9 To find a better land
^G She just smile and laughed at me
And took ^D her bruise back again

^D there's a big
A big hard sun ^Am7
beaten on the bi ^G g people
in the big hard ^D world
(Repeat x2)
^D When I go to cross that river
^Cadd9 she is comfort by my side
^G when I try to understand
she just ^D opens up her hands
^D there's a big
A big hard sun ^Am7
beaten on the bi ^G g people
in the big hard ^D world
^D Once I stood to lose her
^Cadd9 when I saw what I had done
^G bound down and flew away the hours
of her g ^D arden and her sun
^D so I tried to warn her
^Cadd9 I turned to see her weep
^G 40 days and 40 nights
and it's ^D still coming down on me
^D there's a big
A big hard sun ^Am7
beaten on the bi ^G g people
in the big hard ^D world
(Repeat and Fade)