big ben (score)

(4:4 swing / 130bpm / D#major)

INTRO:

(D#) (D#dim)

(D# G+) x 3

(Fbend D#)

(bass: D# (Bb) G (B) D#)

(in british accent:)

like being alone…

like being stoned…

(like the “cracker” song from the 1990s)

(that the old man mocked when he heard it on Z100 when we drove down to our rented

lavalette shorehouse)

(for the lamebrained lyrics)

VERSE:

(D# D#sus2 D#6 D# D#sus2) (C# C#sus2)

(D# D#sus2 D# D# D#sus4 D# D#sus4) (G#maj7 G#6)

(bass: D# C# (D#) D# (Bb G G#) G#)

TRANSITION:

[(G#) (F#) (G#) (F#) (D#) (G#) (F#) (D#)] x 2

(bass: G# F# (Bb) G# F# (Bb C#) D# (Bb G) G# F# (Bb C#) D# (Bb G))

CHORUS:

(Bb Bbsus2 Bbsus4 Bb Bb+ Bb Bbsus4)

(G#7 G#6 G#)

(Bb Bbsus2 Bbsus4 Bb Bb+ Bb Bbsus4)

(G#7 G#6 G#) x 2

(D#)

(G#7 G#6 G#) (D#)

(bass: (G# C) Bb G# (C ) Bb G# (C ) D# (Bb G) G# (C ) D#)