Big Brother Chords
by David Bowie
Big Brother by David Bowie is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, A, G, D, E, Gb, B5, Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Bm A
Don't talk of dust and roses
Bm A
Or should we powder our noses?
A G
Don't live for last year's capers
D E
Give me steel, give me steel, give me pulses unreal
Bm A
We'll build a glass asylum
Bm A
With just a hint of mayhem
A G
You'll build a better whirlpool
D E
We'll be living from sin, then we can really begin
D G D G
Please savior, save your shores
D G Gb A
Help me, I'm graphically yours
Bm G A
Some one to claim us, some one to follow
Bm G A
Some one to shame us, some brave Apollo
Bm G A
Some one to fool us, some one like you
E D-B5-A
We want you big brother, big brother
**Break:
Bm A G Bm A G Bm A G E G E G
G Em
I know you think you're awful square
C G
That you've made every one and you've been everywhere
C G D A
Lord, I'd take an overdose if you knew what's going down
Bm G A
Some one to claim us, some one to follow
Bm G A
Some one to shame us, some brave Apollo
Bm G A
Some one to fool us, some one like you
Bm G A
Some one to claim us, some one to follow
Bm G A
Some one to shame us, some brave Apollo
Bm G A
Some one to fool us, some one like you
Bm G A
Some one to claim us, some one to follow
Bm G A
Some one to shame us, some brave Apollo
Bm G A
Some one to fool us, some one like you
E
We want you big brother