[Verse] <b class="chord">D#</b> When I walk beside her <b class="chord">C#</b> I am the better man <b class="chord">G#</b> When I look to leave her <b class="chord">D#</b> I always stagger back again <b class="chord">D#</b> Once I built an Ivory tower <b class="chord">C#</b> so I could worship from above <b class="chord">G#</b> When I climb down to be set free <b class="chord">D#</b> she took me in again [Chorus] <b class="chord">D#</b> there's a big <b class="chord">A#m</b> A big hard sun <b class="chord">G#</b> beaten on the big people <b class="chord">D#</b> in the big hard world [Verse] <b class="chord">D#</b> When she comes to greet me <b class="chord">C#</b> She is mercy at my feet <b class="chord">G#</b> When I see her pin her charm <b class="chord">D#</b> She just throws it back at me <b class="chord">D#</b> Once I dug an early grave <b class="chord">C#</b> To find a better land <b class="chord">G#</b> She just smile and laughed at me <b class="chord">D#</b> And took her bruise back again [Chorus] <b class="chord">D#</b> there's a big <b class="chord">A#m</b> A big hard sun <b class="chord">G#</b> beaten on the big people <b class="chord">D#</b> in the big hard world [Verse] <b class="chord">D#</b> when i'm cold across that river <b class="chord">C#</b> she's comfortable by my side <b class="chord">G#</b> when i try to understand she just <b class="chord">D#</b> opens up her hands [Chorus] <b class="chord">D#</b> there's a big <b class="chord">A#m</b> A big hard sun <b class="chord">G#</b> beaten on the big people <b class="chord">D#</b> in the big hard world [Verse] <b class="chord">D#</b> Once I stood to lose her <b class="chord">C#</b> when I saw what I had done <b class="chord">G#</b> bound down and flew away the hours <b class="chord">D#</b> of her garden and her sun <b class="chord">D#</b> so I tried to warn her <b class="chord">C#</b> I turned to see her weep <b class="chord">G#</b> 40 days and 40 nights <b class="chord">D#</b> and it's still coming down on me [Chorus] <b class="chord">D#</b> there's a big <b class="chord">A#m</b> A big hard sun <b class="chord">G#</b> beaten on the big people <b class="chord">D#</b> in the big hard world (Repeat and Fade)