The History of Everything (aka The Big Bang Theory) (Chrom)

The History of Everything (12 hole Chromatic Solo)
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

3   6     6 -5 5     -4  -4 -3 -4  -5    3      3    3    2
Our whole u-ni-verse was in  a hot dense state, then near-ly

2    3    3   -3   -4    -3  3   -3 -4  -4   -5    3   3
four-teen bil-lion years a - go, ex-pan-sion start-ed. Wait!

    Faster
-1  2     3  3   -3 -4    -3  3  -3 -4__   -4 -3  -4 3  
The earth be-gan to cool, the au-to-trophs be-gan to drool,

3  3  -1  2     3  3   -3   -4     -3 3     -3 -4
Ne-an-der-thals de-vel-oped tools, we build  a wall.

 3  -4    -5  6  -5 -5__
(We built the pyr-a-mids.)

2     3   3     -4  -3 3  -3 -4  -4 -5  -5  6   -5 -5 -1
Math, sci-ence, his-to-ry un-rav-el-ing the mys-ter-y that

2   3     -3 -4   -3  3_-3 3      7
all start-ed with the big_ bang. (Bang!)

3      3   6    6  -5   -4 -4   -3 -4  -5   3     3  3   -1
“Since the dawn of Man” is real-ly not that long, as ev-‘ry

2   3  3 -3  -4     -3 3    -3   -4   -4 -5    -4 6    -5   -5    6
gal-ax-y was formed in less time than it takes to sing this song. A

2    3    3  3 -4  -3  3   -3  -4-4 -3    -3   3
frac-tion of a sec-ond and the el–e-ments were made,

-1  2  3    3     3  -4        -3  3  -3 -4    -4  -3  -3    3
the bi-peds stood up straight, the di-no-saurs all met their fate.

3    3     -1 2     3   3    3    -4   -3  3    -3  -4
They tried to leap, but they were late and they all died.

 -4   -4    -5    6   -5 -5    3   2 3     3   -3  -4 -3  3   -3
(They froze their ass-es off.) The o-ceans and Pan-gae-a, see ya,

-4    -4  -5  -5 6  -5  -5  6  2  2    3  -3  -4_-3 3_-3 3
would-n’t wan-na be ya, set in mo-tion by the same_ big_ bang. 

-1 2   3     3  -4   -3  3_-3 3____
It all start-ed with the big_ bang.

-4___-3 -3__   3__  -3  -4__  5  -4__  -3    3   -3  2___
It’s___ ex__ - pand–ing ev__- er out__-ward, but one day,

-4__-3 -3__ 3__   -3  -4__  5  -4__ -3  3   -3 2__  
it____ will pause and start to go__ the oth-er way,

-5  -5_  -4  -5_ -5_ -5_ -5_   -5_ -5_   -5_ -5_   -5_ -5_   -5_ 6__
col-laps-ing ev_- er in_-ward. We_ won’t be_ here, it_ won’t be_ heard.

-5_ -5_  -5_ -5_   -5_  -5_ -5  
Our best and bright-est fig-ure 

-4   -5  -5_ -5_  -5_ 6_ -5_ -5_ -5_ -5_ -4_
that it-‘ll_ make an_ e_-ven big-ger bang.__

Bridge/Solo  (very fast)
-1 2 3 -2 3 -3 3 -3 -4 -3 -4 -5 -4 -5 6 -5 6 7 6 7 -7 7 -7 -8 -9 -8 -7 7

-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

6   6   -5 -5  -4 -4  -3    -4   -4 -5   3    3    3  3
Aus-tra-lo-pith-e-cus would real-ly have been sick of us,

-1 2   3   3   -3    -4    -3      3     -3  -4
de-bat-ing how we’re here. They’re catch-ing deer

 -4    -4    -5  6  -5  -4_  3  2  3    3  -3 -4  -3 3   -5 -4  -5
(We’re catch-ing vi-rus-es,) Re-li-gion or as-tron-o-my, En-car-ta,

-5  -4  6 -5 -5  -1   2   3     -3 -4   -3  3_-3 3___
Deu-ter-on-o-my, they all start-ed with the big_ bang.

2  3   3   -3 -4  -3 3   -4_ -4    -5  -5 6   -5 -5  -5 2
Mu-sic and my-thol-o-gy, Ein-stein and as-trol-o-gy, it all

3     3  -4   -3  3_-3 3___
start-ed with the big_ bang.

3  2   3     3  -4   -3 3_-3    7__
It all start-ed with the big    bang! 

Better sound quality (skip the commercial) can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3AxgwnABKI