The History of Everything (aka The Big Bang Theory) G Harmonica Tabs

AKA The Big Bang Theory – Main Theme
Words and Music by Ed Robertson
Performed by Barenaked Ladies
Key of G Major Range D4 to G6

Requires a Key of G Richter Tuned Diatonic

Notations:
none = blow – = draw ’ = half-step bend
” = full-step bend

Moderately fast

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Our whole u–ni-verse was in a hot dense state, then near-ly

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four-teen bil-lion years a-go, ex-pan-sion start-ed. Wait!

Faster
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The earth be-gan to cool, the au-to-trophs be-gan to drool,

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Ne-an-der-thals de-vel-oped tools, we build a wall.

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(We built the pyr-a-mids.)

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Math, sci-ence, his-to-ry un-rav-el-ing the mys-ter-y that

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all start-ed with the big_ bang. (Bang!)

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“Since the dawn of Man” is real-ly not that long, as ev-‘ry

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gal-ax-y was formed in less time than it takes to sing this song. A

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frac-tion of a sec-ond and the el-e-ments were made,

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the bi-peds stood up straight, the di-no-saurs all met their fate.

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They tried to leap, but they were late and they all died.

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(They froze their a*s-es off.) The o-ceans and Pan-gae-a, see ya,

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would-n’t wan-na be ya, set in mo-tion by the same big_ bang.

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It all start-ed with the big_ bang.

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It’s_ ex__-pand–ing ev__-er out-ward, but one day,__

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it___ will pause and start to go_ the oth-er way,_

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col-laps-ing ev-er in-ward. We won’t be here, it won’t be heard.

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Our best and bright-est fig-ure

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that it-‘ll make an e_-ven big-ger bang.__

Bridge/Solo (very fast)
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Aus-tra-lo-pith-e-cus would real-ly have been sick of us,

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de-bat-ing how we’re here. They’re catch-ing deer

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(We’re catch-ing vi-rus-es,) Re-li-gion or as-tron-o-my, En-car-ta,

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Deu-ter-on-o-my, they all start-ed with the big_ bang.

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Mu – sic and my-thol-o-gy, Ein-stein and as-trol-o-gy, it all

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start-ed with the big_ bang.

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It all start-ed with the big__ bang!