Song Of The Brown Buffalo Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays407

Song Of The Brown Buffalo by Joe Iconis is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D5, C#5, A#5, C5, B5, F5, G5, A, A5, C/B and D. 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
  			Intro: D5 

Verse: 1 
D5           D5  C#5 
Hey white man. 
                   A#5 C5 
Do you know what I am? 
                  C5 B5 
I'm a brown buffalo 
              B5  D5 
By way of Mexico. 

Verse: 2 
              D5 C#5 
I am an attorney 
                    A#5 C5 
On a life long journey. 
                      C5 B5 
I fight for Chicano power. 
B5 
Never met a man I couldn't devour. 

Verse: 3 
D5 
Never met a plan I couldn't put in place. 
C#5 
They attack, I brace. 
C#5 
They escape, I chase. 
A#5  C5 
I'm a tad tenpermental so get out my face. 
C5    B5 
I'm mad monumental. See my dick from space. 

Pre-Chorus 
A#5                    F5 
I am strength for the weak. 
                   G5 
I am speed for the slow. 
            A 
This is the song of the brown buffalo. 

Break 
D5 

Verse: 4 
D5 
Hey, I'm beastly and I'm brutish and my fur is caked with gore. 
D5 
I'm the trouble you've been looking for. 
D5 
And you don't know I'm brilliant 'cuz u only hear my roar. 
D5 
I'm the trouble you've been looking for. 
              A5                                       D5 
And I don't ever hide from a fight that needs to be fought. 
            C5  C/B  C5 C/B C5 C/B      C5          D5 
And I would never filter and cigarette or a thought. 


        A5                G5              D5             A5 
'Cuz My mind is open wiiiiiddddeeee and it grows And it grows. 
      A5                G5                D5                A5 
Inhabitions cast a siiiiidddddddeeee it just goes where it goes. 
A5                 G5 
I don't answer to a boss man no, no, no 
                                D5 
See I'm a great big bad brown buffalo. 

Break 

Verse: 5 
D5 
My head is full of acid But my heart is kind and and pure. 
D5 
I'm the trouble you've been looking for. 
D5 
My politics are liberal But I pack a 44 which I 
D5 
used to fight for those who are too weak to wage and war. 
D5 
Im the trouble we've been looking for. 


A5                     G5              D5            A5 
'Cuz my mind is open wiiiiiddddeeee it expands it expands. 
A5                  G5             D5                 A5 
Every open gate I pryyyyyy with these hands, with these hands. 
A5                    G5                  D5                    A5 
Leaving no path left untriiiieeeeddd walk the sands, walk the sands 
A5                 G5          A#5 
I'm no ordinary human no, no, no. 
                                A#5 
See I'm a great big bad brown buffalo 

Bridge 
A#5 
And if you think I'm not Hefé 
C5 
You got it wrong 
A#5 
This is my birthright, baby 
C5 
And this is my song 
D 
Food... 
D 
Booze... 
D 
Drugs... 
D 
GUNS... 
D 
And radical politics 
D 
Food... 
D 
Booze... 
D 
Drugs... 
D 
GUNS... 
D 
And radical politics 

Ending 
D 
Ayayayayayai 
D 
Ayayayayyayayyayaaaaaiiiiii 
D5            D5 C#5 
Hey white man. 
                   A#5 C5 
Do you know what I am. 
                    C5 B5 
I'm the brown buffalo. 
              D5 
See now you know. 
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante