The Bigger Picture

	  		
INTRO: D G D G Bm (2x) G Em G D 


VERSE:
 
             A                               G 
You may have seen a thread of silver On the window in the bathroom 
         Bm                                     D 
That was thicker than the thread your heart was hanging from 
             A                                G 
You may have seen a lid of darkness Clamping down upon a sunset 
        F#m                               A 
No less tightly than your heart was being strung 



              D   G            D 
In the bigger picture theres a thread thirteen times thinner 
                 F#m           G                  Gm 
In the bigger picture theres a lid fourteen times tighter 
              D  G             Bm 
In the bigger picture theres a night fifteen times darker 
          D                G                   Em G D 
And it ll hold you like no other in the bigger picture 



VERSE:
 
             A                                      G 
You may have seen the first star flickering In the park one summer evening 
        Bm                                   D 
No less faintly than the dream that you were wishing on 
             A                                  G 
You may have seen the seagulls circling On the haze above the factory 
          F#m                                   A 
With more purpose than the course your life was on 
           Em                               F#m 
But if you haven t seen the places you have come from 
         G                             A 
Then you haven?t seen how far you have come 



              D   G            D  
In the bigger picture theres a star sixteen times fainter 
                 F#m           G                      Gm 
In the bigger picture theres a course seventeen times straighter 
              D  G             Bm 
In the bigger picture theres a dream eighteen times greater 
          D                 G                   Em G D 
And it ll steer you like no other in the bigger picture 



VERSE:
 
             A                               G 
You may have seen a blazing bonfire Burning bright with fickle beauty 
         Bm                              D 
That was turned to lifeless ashes in the morning 
             A                                G 
You may have seen a single snowdrop Where it shivered in the graveyard 
        F#m                                A 
No less fragile than the soul to which you cling 
           Em                               F#m 
But if you haven t seen the people you have come from 
         G                               A 
Then you haven t seen the person youve become 



              D   G             D  
In the bigger picture theres no answer to your prayers 
                 F#m               G             Gm 
In the bigger picture but theres a billion other fires 
              D  G                 Bm 
In the bigger picture you ll learn how to build yours higher 
            D               G                    Em G D 
When you?ve seen the savage wonder in the bigger picture 
              D  G                 Bm 
In the bigger picture theres a sea breeze three times fresher 
          D                  G                   Em G D 
And it ll make your two eyes water in the bigger picture