...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] Your [F/G]name is big [C]brother,[F/G]
[C] You [F/G]say that,
You're [C]watch-[Bb]ing [Am]me [G]on the [Am]tele;
Seeing me go no-[C]where.[F/G][C][F/G]
Verse 2:
[C] Your [F/G]name is big [C]brother,[F/G]
[C] You [F/G]say that,
You're [C]tired [Bb]of [Am]me [G]pro-[F]testing;
[F] Children dying every-[C]day.[F/G][C][F/G]
Chorus 1:
[G] My name is no-[F]body;
But [F]I [Gm]can't [Am]wait [Bb7]to,
[Eb] See your [D]face, inside my [C]door.
Interlude:
C F/G, C F/G (x2)
Verse 3:
[C] Your [F/G]name is big [C]brother,[F/G]
[C] You [F/G]say that,
You got [C]me [Bb]all [Am]in [G]your [F]notebook;
[F] Writing it down every-[C]day.[F/G][C][F/G]
Verse 4:
[C] Your [F/G]name is I'll [C]see ya,[F/G]
[C] I'll [F/G]change if,
You [C]vote [Bb]me [Am]in [G]as the [F]Pres;
The [F]President of your [C]soul.[F/G][C][F/G]
Chorus 2:
[G] I live in the [F]Ghetto;
[F] You [Gm]just [Am]come [Bb7]to [Eb]visit me,
[D] 'Round election [C]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] I live in the [F]Ghetto;
[F] Some-[Gm]day [Am]I [Bb7]will,
[Eb] Move on my [D]feet,
To the other [C]side.
Interlude:
C F/G, C F/G (x2)
Verse 6:
[C] My [F/G]name is se-[C]cluded,[F/G]
[C] We [F/G]live in a [C]house,
[Bb] The [Am]size [G]of a [F]matchbox;
[F] Roaches live with us,
Wall to [C]wall.[F/G][C][F/G]
Verse 7:
[C] You've [F/G]killed all our [C]leaders;[F/G]
[C] I [F/G]don't even,
[C] Have [Bb]to [Am]do [G]nothin' [F]to you;
You'll [F]cause your,
Own country to [C]fall.[F/G][C][F/G]
Outro:
C F/G, C F/G
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[C] [F/G] [Bb] [Am] [G]
[EADGBE]x32010 [EADGBE]3x321x [EADGBE]x13331 [EADGBE]x02210 [EADGBE]320003
[F] [Gm] [Bb7] [Eb] [D]
[EADGBE]133211 [EADGBE]3x033x [EADGBE]x13131 [EADGBE]6654xx [EADGBE]xx0232
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
([email protected])
-----------------.................
from 'Talking Book' (1972)
CAPO 1st FRET
(Original Key: C#)
Intro:
C F/G (x8)
Verse 1:
[C] Your [F/G]name is big [C]brother,[F/G]
[C] You [F/G]say that,
You're [C]watch-[Bb]ing [Am]me [G]on the [Am]tele;
Seeing me go no-[C]where.[F/G][C][F/G]
Verse 2:
[C] Your [F/G]name is big [C]brother,[F/G]
[C] You [F/G]say that,
You're [C]tired [Bb]of [Am]me [G]pro-[F]testing;
[F] Children dying every-[C]day.[F/G][C][F/G]
Chorus 1:
[G] My name is no-[F]body;
But [F]I [Gm]can't [Am]wait [Bb7]to,
[Eb] See your [D]face, inside my [C]door.
Interlude:
C F/G, C F/G (x2)
Verse 3:
[C] Your [F/G]name is big [C]brother,[F/G]
[C] You [F/G]say that,
You got [C]me [Bb]all [Am]in [G]your [F]notebook;
[F] Writing it down every-[C]day.[F/G][C][F/G]
Verse 4:
[C] Your [F/G]name is I'll [C]see ya,[F/G]
[C] I'll [F/G]change if,
You [C]vote [Bb]me [Am]in [G]as the [F]Pres;
The [F]President of your [C]soul.[F/G][C][F/G]
Chorus 2:
[G] I live in the [F]Ghetto;
[F] You [Gm]just [Am]come [Bb7]to [Eb]visit me,
[D] 'Round election [C]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] I live in the [F]Ghetto;
[F] Some-[Gm]day [Am]I [Bb7]will,
[Eb] Move on my [D]feet,
To the other [C]side.
Interlude:
C F/G, C F/G (x2)
Verse 6:
[C] My [F/G]name is se-[C]cluded,[F/G]
[C] We [F/G]live in a [C]house,
[Bb] The [Am]size [G]of a [F]matchbox;
[F] Roaches live with us,
Wall to [C]wall.[F/G][C][F/G]
Verse 7:
[C] You've [F/G]killed all our [C]leaders;[F/G]
[C] I [F/G]don't even,
[C] Have [Bb]to [Am]do [G]nothin' [F]to you;
You'll [F]cause your,
Own country to [C]fall.[F/G][C][F/G]
Outro:
C F/G, C F/G
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[C] [F/G] [Bb] [Am] [G]
[EADGBE]x32010 [EADGBE]3x321x [EADGBE]x13331 [EADGBE]x02210 [EADGBE]320003
[F] [Gm] [Bb7] [Eb] [D]
[EADGBE]133211 [EADGBE]3x033x [EADGBE]x13131 [EADGBE]6654xx [EADGBE]xx0232
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
([email protected])