The big one (video)

D ~ D A

1. Without a warning you're outta control,

D G

the ground shakes and the oceans roll,

D A - A7

this is the big one, there's nowhere to run.

D A

2. On the Richter scale of romance

D G

you hit twelve and you don't stand a chance,

D - A D

this is the big one, I'm fallin’ in love.

D G

Now it's beat, beat, beat, my heart's sending out a message

A D

please, please, please, don't save me tonight.

D G - E A

S.O.S. in this situation means she's outta sight.

D - A

No need to panic, I tell myself,

D G

but I never felt this feeling with anybody else,

- D - A D - A

so, this is the big one, I'm fallin’ in love, oh, yeah ! + instr. = verse 2

D G

Now it's beat, beat, beat, my heart's sending out a message

A D

please, please, please, don't save me tonight.

D G - E A - B7

S.O.S. in this situation means she's outta sight.

E - B7

No need to panic, I tell myself,

E A

but I never felt this feeling with anybody else,

- E - B7 E A

so, this is the big one, I'm fallin in love, oh, yeah !

E - B7 - - - - - - - - E

+ This is the big one, I'm fallin’ in love.

(orig. = capo 4th) (George Strait)