...BIG BROTHER... by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'Talking Book' (1972)*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: C#)
Intro:
C F/G (x8)
Verse 1:
C F/G C F/G
Your name is big brother,
C F/G C Bb Am G Am
You say that you're watch-ing me on the tele;
C F/G C F/G
Seeing me go no-where.
Verse 2:
C F/G C F/G
Your name is big brother,
C F/G C Bb Am G F
You say that you're tired of me pro-testing;
F C F/G C F/G
Children dying every-day.
Chorus 1:
G F
My name is no-body,
F Gm Am Bb7 Eb D C
But I can't wait to see your face, inside my door.
Interlude:
C F/G, C F/G (x2)
Verse 3:
C F/G C F/G
Your name is big brother,
C F/G C Bb Am G F
You say that you got me all in your notebook;
F C F/G C F/G
Writing it down every-day.
Verse 4:
C F/G C F/G
Your name is I'll see ya,
C F/G C Bb Am G F
I'll change, if you vote me in as the Pres;
F C F/G C F/G
The President of your soul.
Chorus 2:
G F
I live in the Ghetto;
F Gm Am Bb7 Eb D C
You just come to visit me 'round election time.
Interlude:
C F/G, C F/G (x2)
Verse 5: (Instrumental)
C F/G C F/G, C F/G C Bb Am G F,
F C F/G C F/G (x2)
Chorus 3:
G F
I live in the Ghetto;
F Gm Am Bb7 Eb D C
Some-day I will move on my feet to the other side.
Interlude:
C F/G, C F/G (x2)
Verse 6:
C F/G C F/G
My name is se-cluded,
C F/G C Bb Am G F
We live in a house the size of a matchbox,
F C F/G C F/G
Roaches live with us wall to wall.
Verse 7:
C F/G C F/G
You've killed all our leaders;
C F/G C Bb Am G F
I don't even have to do nothin' to you;
F C F/G C F/G
You'll cause your own country to fall.
Outro:
C F/G, C F/G
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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C F/G Bb Am G
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32010 303211 x13331 x02210 320003
F Gm Bb7 Eb D
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
133211 355333 x13131 x68886 xx0232
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])
