Breaking Glass Chords

KeyG#m CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays457

Breaking Glass by David Bowie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G#m. It uses the chords G#m, F#, E, B and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G#m
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: G#m F# E B   (x4) 

Verso 1: 
Am 
Baby, I've been 
Am 
Breaking glass in your room again 
E 
Listen 

Verso 2:
Am 
Don't look at the carpet 
Am 
I drew something awful on it 
E 
See 

Verso 3: 
               F#         G#m F# E B 
You're such a wonderful person 
              G#m F# E     B     G#m F# E B 
But you got problems oh-oh-oh-oh 
            G#m      F# E B 
I'll never touch you 

Outro 
Am E     x2 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante