Big Iron Door Clang Bang Clang Chords
Big Iron Door Clang Bang Clang by Charles Manson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Eb. It uses the chords Bm, Abm, Em, Db5/Ab, Eb7, Dbm7, Dbm, Eb72, Abm5, Em7M and Absus4/Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO VERSE
Bm Abm Em Abm Bm Abm Em
eb|-------|-------|---0---|-------||--2---------|-----------------|---0------|
Bb|---3---|---4---|---0---|---4---||--3---------|--4--------------|---0------|
Gb|---4---|---4---|---0---|---4---||--4---------|--4--------------|---0------|
Db|---4---|---6---|---2---|---6---||--4---------|--6--------------|---2------|
Ab|---2---|---6---|---2---|---6---||--2---------|--6--------------|---2------|
Eb|-------|---4---|---0---|---4---||------------|--4--------------|---0------|
Clang bang clang, went the big iron
Abm Bm Abm Em Abm Db5/Ab
eb|------|--2-----------------|--------|--0--------|-------|-----------------|
Bb|--4---|--3-----------------|--4-----|--0--------|--4----|-----------------|
Gb|--4---|--4-----------------|--4-----|--0--------|--4----|-----------------|
Db|--6---|--4-----------------|--6-----|--2--------|--6----|--6--------------|
Ab|--6---|--2-----------------|--6-----|--2--------|--6----|--4--------------|
Eb|--4---|--------------------|--4-----|--0--------|--4----|--4--------------|
door. They put me in a cell with a concrete floor. Nine other men
Eb7 Dbm7 Eb7
eb|------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
Bb|-------(4)--------|---5---------------------|--4--------------------------|
Gb|-------(6)--------|---4---------------------|--6--------------------------|
Db|--------5---------|---6---------------------|--5--------------------------|
Ab|--------6---------|---4---------------------|--6--------------------------|
Eb|--------6---------|-------------------------|--6--------------------------|
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in that cell with me. Moanin' their fate, with destiny.
Chorus
Abm Em Abm Abm Em Abm
eb|------|-----|---------|---------------0----|------------------------------|
Bb|--4---|-(0)-|--4------|--4------------0----|--4---------------------------|
Gb|--4---|--0--|--4------|--4------------0----|--4---------------------------|
Db|--6---|--2--|--6------|--6------------2----|--6---------------------------|
Ab|--6---|--2--|--6------|--6------------2----|--6---------------------------|
Eb|--4---|--0--|--4------|--4------------0----|--4---------------------------|
Clang, bang, clang. Clang, bang, clang, clang.
VERSE II
Dbm Eb72 Dbm
eb|----------------------------|---------------------|-(4)-------------------|
Bb|--5-------------------------|--4------------------|--5--------------------|
Gb|--6-------------------------|--6------------------|--6--------------------|
Db|--6-------------------------|--5------------------|--6--------------------|
Ab|--4-------------------------|--x------------------|--4--------------------|
Eb|----------------------------|--6------------------|-----------------------|
T
Early in the mornin' at the crack of dawn, they wake us to the tune of
Eb72 Abm5 Em7M Abm5 Em7M Abm5
eb|-----------------|------------------|---------------------|---------------|
Bb|--4--------------|------------------|---------------------|---------------|
Gb|--6--------------|-(4)---------(4)--|-(4)-----------(4)---|-(4)-----------|
Db|--5--------------|--6-----------5---|--6-------------5----|--6------------|
Ab|--x--------------|--6-----------6---|--6-------------6----|--6------------|
Eb|--6--------------|--4-----------0---|--4-------------0----|--4------------|
T
bong bong bong. I line up for chow, munchin' hard bread. Drinkin' black
Chorus
Em7M Absus4/Bb Eb72 Abm Em Abm
eb|----------------|-------------------||---------0---|----------------------|
Bb|----------------|-(4)----------4----||--4------0---|--4-------------------|
Gb|-(4)------------|--6-----------6----||--4------0---|--4-------------------|
Db|--5-------------|--6-----------5----||--6------2---|--6-------------------|
Ab|--6-------------|--x-----------x----||--6------2---|--6-------------------|
Eb|--0-------------|--6-----------6----||--4------0---|--4-------------------|
T T
coffee with that noise in my head. Clang, bang, clang.
VERSE III
Abm Em Abm Em Abm Dbm Dbm
eb|--------(0)--------------|--------||-----------------------------|--------|
Bb|-(4)\----0----(4)\----0--|--4-----||--5--------------------------|--5-----|
Gb|--4-\----0-----4-\----0--|--4-----||--6--------------------------|--6-----|
Db|--6-\----2-----6-\----2--|--6-----||--6--------------------------|--6-----|
Ab|--6-\----2-----6-\----2--|--6-----||--4--------------------------|--4-----|
Eb|--4-\----0-----4-\----0--|--4-----||-----------------------------|--------|
Clang, bang, clang, bang, clang. The judge said to me, now boy
Eb7
eb|----------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------4--------||--------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------6--------||--------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------5--------||--------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------6--------||--------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------6--------||--------------------------------------------------|
T
You've had it.