Song: Big Box
Artist: Neil Young
Album: The Monsanto Years (2015)
Tabbed by: Javier de la Fuente
[Intro]
Dm Am C G Dm Am C F
[Verse]
Dm Am C G
Plunderco got in money trouble had to break the law
Dm Am C F
Had to balance the fine against the benefit to all
Bb A G F
Made a business decision to pay the fine and break the law
Am C F Am C F Gsus G Fsus F
Too big to fail, too rich for jail
[Chorus]
F C G
They can live with that so why don't we
F C G
After all they're just like you and me
F C G
They cast their votes and no one gets excited
F C G
Because they are Citizens United
[Interlude]
Dm Am C G Dm Am C F
[Verse]
Dm Am C G
In the streets of the capital corporations are taking control
Dm Am C F
Democracy crushed at their feet
Bb A G F
Money flows free from the sky to those who come along
Am C F Am C F Gsus G Fsus F
Some way, somehow, we will prevail, but now
[Chorus]
F C G
How can we regain our freedom
F C G
Lost by our own laws we must abide
F C G
When will we take back our freedom
F C G
To choose the way we live and die
[Verse]
Dm Am C G
Main Street's boarded up now the whole town's asleep
Dm Am C F
Mom 'n pop got boarded up in a small business retreat
Bb A G F
Display windows and broken glass, not a car on the street
Am C F Am C F Gsus G Fsus F
Out at the big box store people lined up for more
[Chorus]
F C G
People working part-time at Walmart
F C G
Never get the benefits for sure
F C G
Might not make it to full time at Walmart
F C G
Still standing by for the call to work
[Interlude]
Dm Am C G Dm Am C F
[Verse]
Dm Am C G
Corporations have feelings, corporations have soul
Dm Am C F
That's why they're like people just harder to control
Bb A G F
They don't want to fall, so when they fall, they fall on you
Am C F Am C F Gsus G Fsus F
Too big to fail, too rich for jail
[Solo]
F C G, F C G, F C G, F C G x3
[Verse]
F C G
From the capital to the boarded-up main streets
F C G
Big Business is there at every turn
F C G
From the food we eat to the clothes we wear to the TV screen
F C G
From the air we breathe to the fuel we burn
[Outro]
Dm Am C G Dm Am C F x2 Dm