The History of Everything (aka The Big Bang Theory) C 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 C Richter Tuned Diatonic

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

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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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-6 6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 -4 6 -4 -4 -3 -3” -4 -3 -3” 3 2 -3” -3”’ 3 2 3 -3” 3 2

3 -3” -3 -3” 3 2 3 -3” 3 2 3 -3” -1 2 3 2 3 -3” 3 -3” -3 -3” -3 -4 -3 -4

5 -4 5 6 5 6 -6 6 -6 -7 -6 -7 -8 -7 -8 8 -8 8 9 8 -8 -7 -6 6 -7 -6 5 -7 -6

6 5 6 5 -4 -3 -3” -4 -3 -3” 3 2 3 2 -1 2 3 -3” 3 2 End Bridge

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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!