The History of Everything (aka The Big Bang Theory) (Chrom) 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 12 hole Key of C Solo Tuned Chromatic

Notations:
none = blow — = draw * = button in
___ = hold; sustain
-4_-3 = slide; move smoothly from one note to next

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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-7 -8 -7 7 6 -5 7 -5 -5 -4 -3 -5 -4 -3 3 2 -3 3* 3 2 3 -3 3 2 3 -3 -4 -3

3 2 3 -3 3 2 3 -3 -1 2 3 2 3 -3 3 -3 -4 -3 -4 -5 -4 -5 6 -5 6 7 6 7 -7 7

-7 -8 -7 -8 -9 -8 -9 10 -9 10 11 10 -9 -8 -7 7 -8 -7 7 -8 -7 7 6 7 6 -5

-4 -3 -5 -4 -3 3 2 3 2 -1 2 3 -3 3 2

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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!