0Verse:D#01When I walk beside herC#12I am the better manG#23When I look to leave herD#34I always stagger back again5D#46Once I built an Ivory towerC#57so I could worship from aboveG#68When I climb down to be set freeD#79she took me in again1011Chorus:D#812there's a bigA#m913a big hard sunG#1014beaten on the big peopleD#1115in the big hard world1617Verse:D#1218When she comes to greet meC#1319She is mercy at my feetG#1420When I see her pin her charmD#1521She just throws it back at me2223D#1624Once I dug an early graveC#1725To find a better landG#1826She just smile and laughed at meD#1927And took her bruise back again2829Chorus:D#2030there's a bigA#m2131a big hard sunG#2232beaten on the big peopleD#2333in the big hard world3435Verse:D#2436Once I stood to lose herC#2537when I saw what I had doneG#2638bound down and flew away the hoursD#2739of her garden and her sun40D#2841so I tried to warn herC#2942I turned to see her weepG#304340 days and 40 nightsD#3144and it's still coming down on me4546Chorus:D#3247there's a bigA#m3348a big hard sunG#3449beaten on the big peopleD#3550in the big hard world51