Stornoway – The Bigger Picture chords
Chords:
INTRO D, G, D, G, Bmx2, G, Em, G, D VERSEA GYou may have seen a thread of silver, On the window in the bathroomBm DThat was thicker than the thread your heart was hanging fromA GYou may have seen a lid of darkness, Clamping down upon a sunsetF#m ANo less tightly than your heart was being strungCHORUSD G DIn the bigger picture theres a thread thirteen times thinnerF#m G GmIn the bigger picture theres a lid fourteen times tighterD G BmIn the bigger picture theres a night fifteen times darkerD G Em G DAnd it ll hold you like no other in the bigger pictureVERSEA GYou may have seen the first star flickering, In the park one summer eveningBm DNo less faintly than the dream that you were wishing onA GYou may have seen the seagulls circling, On the haze above the factoryF#m AWith more purpose than the course your life was onEm F#mBut if you haven t seen the places you have come from,G AThen you havenÂ’t seen how far you have comeCHORUSD G D In the bigger picture theres a star sixteen times fainterF#m G GmIn the bigger picture theres a course seventeen times straighterD G BmIn the bigger picture theres a dream eighteen times greaterD G Em G DAnd it ll steer you like no other in the bigger pictureVERSEA GYou may have seen a blazing bonfire, Burning bright with fickle beautyBm DThat was turned to lifeless ashes in the morningA GYou may have seen a single snowdrop, Where it shivered in the graveyardF#m ANo less fragile than the soul to which you clingEm F#mBut if you haven t seen the people you have come from,G AThen you haven t seen the person youve becomeCHORUSD G D In the bigger picture theres no answer to your prayersF#m G GmIn the bigger picture but theres a billion other firesD G BmIn the bigger picture you ll learn how to build yours higherD G Em G DWhen youÂ’ve seen the savage wonder in the bigger pictureD G BmIn the bigger picture theres a sea breeze three times fresherD G Em G DAnd it ll make your two eyes water in the bigger picture