Big Smoke Chords
Big Smoke by Chris Hadfield is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, Bm, G and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro/ D / A / D / A /
D
Big smoke, standing in the mornin’
A
Big smoke, pointed at the sky
Bm G
Big smoke, take away our brother
D A D
Lift him up and show us how to fly
D
Big smoke, louder than the thunder
A
Big smoke, taller than the storm
Bm G
Big smoke, rise above these troubles
D A D
Lift us up and keep us safe and warm
A G
And I don’t know why we ride on the flames
Em Bm
‘Cause sometimes we’re riding blind
A G
All I know is the future is waiting
Em A
Out there for us to find
D
Big smoke, ten thousand years of building
A
Big smoke, all the careful plans
Bm G
Big smoke, good imagination
D A D
Lifted by a billion steady hands
A G
And I don’t know why we ride on the flames
Em Bm
‘Cause sometimes we’re riding blind
A G
All I know is the future is waiting
Em A
Out there for us to find
D
Big smoke, no one says it’s easy
A
Big smoke, more fragile than you seem
Bm G
Big smoke, carries precious cargo
D A D
Show us how to live and how to dream
Bm G
Oh, and big smoke carry precious cargo
D A D
Show us how to live and how to dream