“Big Casino” was the lead single from Jimmy Eat World’s 2007 Top 10 album, Chase This Light. “It’s about a guy with unearned confidence whose assumption of worth is a protective front for total failure.”

“It’s kind of a loser anthem,” Adkins told Billboard in 2007. He’s not ready to give up (“There’s still some living left when your prime comes and goes”) and he earnestly tells his friend, “Rock on, young savior, don’t give up your hopes.” That success story stuff is the dream he still clings to. Chorus: Gadd6 Asus2 Dsus2 Bm/add4 If you still care at all, dont go, tell me now. Asus2 You rip my heart out, youll rip my heart right out. Dsus2 And we know what happens when we get to your house. Asus2 You rip my heart out, you rip my heart right out. The hero of “Big Casino” is an over-the-hill musician, talking to a younger musician - and trying to put a positive spin on things - while taking a break from his job at an Atlantic City casino. Jimmy Eat World tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including bleed american, 23, a praise chorus, always be, authority song. Verse Two: Dsus2 Then out of nowhere, put me right back there. On their catchy 2007 single “Big Casino,” the Arizona-based band Jimmy Eat World takes a look at a small-time guy with larger-than-life dreams: “I’m the one who gets away/I’m a New Jersey success story/And they’ll say ‘Lord, give me a chance to shake that hand,’ ” sings frontman Jim Adkins in the song’s chorus.Īdkins isn’t talking about Bruce Springsteen or Jack Nicholson. Pre-Chorus 1 F G Hey now, you can't keep saying endlessly, C C My darling, how long until this affects me Chorus F G Say hello to good times, C C Trade up all the fast ride F G C/G We close our eyes while the nickel and dime take the streets C Completely. The cover of the Jimmy Eat World single, “Big Casino.”

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