U2 - Big Girls Are Best: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Big Girls Are Best" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

   G#           C#       G#
As long as the night is coloured
  C#      G#
Blue and black
    C#        G# C#
Oh yeah yeah yeah
As long as you're on your knees
And she's not on her back
Oh yeah yeah yeah

G#        G
Avenue Atlantico
F#        F
Seventeen-o-two
She's cocoa butter
Baby, she's the glue

G#             G   F#       F
She's got the baby at her breast
           F#            C#
She knows big girls are best

Oh mama ma
Sexy mama ma
Oh mama ma
Sexy mama ma

I'm gonna change like the weather
Hot to cold
Oh yeah yeah yeah
She keeps it all together
She's got the motherload
Oh yeah yeah yeah
She feels it
Every sensation
She's got a smile
Like salvation
She's got a baby at her breast
She knows big girls are best

Oh mama ma
Sexy mama ma
Oh mama ma
Sexy mama ma

She's elliptical
Also political
All so spiritual
Not superficial
Yeah, she's tropical
Yes, she's illogical
Those little girls are a pest
Big girls are the best

Oh Oh Oh
Baby

As long as the night is coloured
Blue and black
Oh yeah yeah yeah
As long as you're on your knees
And she's not on her back
Oh yeah yeah yeah
She can taste every sensation
She's got a smile
Like salvation
A baby at her breast
She walk like she talk
Big girls are best

Big Girls

Oh mama ma
Sexy mama ma
Oh mama ma
Sexy mama ma


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

C#

Guitar chord C#

F

Guitar chord F

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Big Girls Are Best" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Big Girls Are Best" by U2.

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