...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:
CF/GCF/G
Your name is big brother,
CF/G
You say that,
CBbAmGAm
You're watch-ing me on the tele;
CF/G
Seeing me go no-where.
Verse 2:
CF/GCF/G
Your name is big brother,
CF/G
You say that,
CBbAmGF
You're tired of me pro-testing;
FCF/G
Children dying every-day.
Chorus 1:
GF
My name is no-body;
FGmAmBb7
But I can't wait to,
EbDC
See your face, inside my door.
Interlude:
C F/G, C F/G (x2)
Verse 3:
CF/GCF/G
Your name is big brother,
CF/G
You say that,
CBbAmGF
You got me all in your notebook;
FCF/G
Writing it down every-day.
Verse 4:
CF/GCF/G
Your name is I'll see ya,
CF/G
I'll change if,
CBbAmGF
You vote me in as the Pres;
FCF/G
The President of your soul.
Chorus 2:
GF
I live in the Ghetto;
FGmAmBb7Eb
You just come to visit me,
DC
'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:
GF
I live in the Ghetto;
FGmAmBb7
Some-day I will,
EbD
Move on my feet,
C
To the other side.
Interlude:
C F/G, C F/G (x2)
Verse 6:
CF/GCF/G
My name is se-cluded,
CF/GC
We live in a house,
BbAmGF
The size of a matchbox;
F
Roaches live with us,
CF/G
Wall to wall.
Verse 7:
CF/GCF/G
You've killed all our leaders;
CF/G
I don't even,
CBbAmGF
Have to do nothin' to you;
F
You'll cause your,
CF/G
Own country to fall.
Outro:
C F/G, C F/G
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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CFBAGEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBE
x32010 3x321x x13331 x02210 320003
FGBEDEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBE
133211 3x033x x13131 6654xx xx0232
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)