You Get Bigger As You Go Chords

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You Get Bigger As You Go by Bruce Cockburn is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Bm, F#m, E, Fmaj7, Gbm11, G6, Asus2, Dbdim and Abm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			D                      Bm 
so i find out what the luxury of hate is 
F#m               E 
as exciting maybe as doing the dishes 
D                  Bm              F#m   E 
face toward window -- light received 
D                      Bm 
you walk away to see a film see some people 
     F#m                          E 
see a man stab in throat twist in gut all too clear 
        D 
not too new -- all been done before 
Bm 
planet breathes exhaustion staggers on 
F#m                  E 
enemy anger impotent gun grease too many thoughts 
            D 
too dogged tired one small step for freedom 
Bm                     F#m   E 
from foregone conclusion 
Fmaj7 
you get bigger as you go 
Gbm11 
no one told me -- i just know 
G6 
bales of memory like boats in tow 
Asus2 
you get bigger as you go 
Dbdim  Abm   E     E 
Fmaj7 
you get bigger as you go 
Gbm11 
spent all day afraid to talk 
G6 
redneck children laugh out loud 
Asus2 
i being target live and walk 
Dbdim  Abm   E     E 

D   Bm   F#m   E 
D   Bm   F#m   E 

Fmaj7 
you get bigger as you go 
Gbm11 
telephone snarls "don't touch me" 
G6 
you move in waves like the midnight blues 
Asus2 
you vector of this weird dis-ease 
Dbdim  Abm   E     E 
Fmaj7 
you get bigger as you go 
Gbm11 
news reruns -- dawn comes rainbow 
G6 
pain takes shape of grimy window 
Asus2 
you get bigger as you go 
Dbdim  Abm   E     E 
    	

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100 BPM Andante