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

The History of Everything (G diatonic)
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

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

-3”  4    4   -4   5    -4 4   -4 5   5    6     4   4
four-teen bil-lion years a-go, ex-pan-sion start-ed. Wait!

    Faster
3   -3”   4  4   -4 5     -4  4  -4 5__    5  -4  5  4
The earth be-gan to cool, the au-to-trophs be-gan to drool,

4  4  3   -3”   4  4    -4  5      -4 4    -4 5
Ne-an-der-thals de-vel-oped tools, we build a wall.

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

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

-3” 4     -4 5    -4  4_-4 4      7
all start-ed with the big_ bang. (Bang!)

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

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

-3”  4    4  4 5   -4  4   -4  5  5 -4    -4   4
frac-tion of a sec-ond and the el-e-ments were made,

3   -3” 4   4     4  5         -4  4  -4 5     5   -4  -4    4
the bi-peds stood up straight, the di-no-saurs all met their fate.

4    4     3  -3”   4   4    4    5    -4  4    -4  5
They tried to leap, but they were late and they all died.

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

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

3  -3” 4     4  5    -4  4_-4 4__
It all start-ed with the big_ bang.

5__-4 -4__ 4__  -4  5__  -5 5__ -4    4_  -4  -3”___  
It’s_ ex__-pand–ing ev__-er out-ward, but one day,__

5__-4 -4__ 3__   -3” 5__   -5 5__ -4  4__ -4 -3”__
it___ will pause and start to go_ the oth-er way,_

6   6__  5   6_ 6_ 6_ 6_    6_ 6_    6_ 6_    6_ 6_    6_ -6__  
col-laps-ing ev-er in-ward. We won’t be here, it won’t be heard.

6_  6_   6_  6_     6_  6_  6_  
Our best and bright-est fig-ure 

5    6   6_ 6_   6_ 6_ 6_  6_  6_  6__ 5_ 
that it-‘ll make an e_-ven big-ger bang.__

Bridge/Solo    (very fast)
3 -3” 4 -3’ 4 -4 4 -4 5 -4 5 6 5 6 -6 6 -6 7 -6 7 -8 7 -8 8 9 8 -8 7

-8 8 -8 7 -6 6 7 6 6 5 -4 6 5 -4 4 -3” -4 -4’ 4 -3” 4 -4 4 -3” 4 -4

5 -4 4 -3” 4 -4 4 -3” 4 -4 3 -3” 4 -3” 4 -4 4 -4 5 -4 5 6 5 6 -6 6

-6 7 -6 7 -8 7 -8 8 -8 8 9 8 9 -10 9 -10 10 -10 9 8 -8 7 8 -8 7 8 -8

7 -6 7 -6 6 5 -4 6 5 -4 4 -3” 4 -3” 3 -3” 4 -4 4 -3” End Bridge

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

3  -3” 4   4   -4    5     -4      4     -4  5
de-bat-ing how we’re here. They’re catch-ing deer

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

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

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

4     4  5    -4  4_-4 4___
start-ed with the big_ bang.

4  -3” 4     4  5    -4  4_-4     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