Big In Japan Chords

KeyDm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays765

Big In Japan by Alphaville is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, Bb, C, Am, A and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Dm
      Winters cityside,
Bb                                           C                                              Am
      Crystal bits of snowflakes all around my head and in the wind

Dm                           Bb                              C                                                   A
      I had no illusions,     That I'd ever find a glimps of summer's heatwaves in your eyes

Dm              Bb                     C
      You did what you did to me 
                     Am        Bb
       Now it's history, I see 
                        Gm                        A
       Here's my comeback on the road again
Dm                  Bb                          C
       Things will happen while they can
           Am                    Bb
       I'll wait here for my man tonight 
            Gm                     A
       It's easy when your big in japan
                     
                                              Dm    Bb
        Oh when your big in Japan, tonight
                       C        Am
        Big in Japan be tired
                      Bb                   Gm               A
        Big in Japan where eastern sea's so blue
                     Dm    Bb                    C                        Am
        Big in japan, alright, pay, then I'll sleep by your side
                         Bb                        Gm      A                                     Dm
       Things are easy when you're big in japan, when you're big in japan
Neon on my naked skin
Passing silhouettes of strange illuminated mannequins
Shall I stay here at the zoo
Or shall I go and change my point of view for other ugly scenes
You did what you did to me, now it's history I see...
Things will happen while they can
I will wait here for my man tonight, it's easy when you're big in japan
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante