Big Brother Chords by Kanye West
Tempo:
84.05 bpm
Chords used:
C#
F#
A
Em
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [A] Stadium status.
[B]
[F#] [B] [C#] [G] My big brother was big [Em] brother used to be Dan [A] and big [F#] brother who was hip hop brother who was no ID friend no ID my mentor and I let [C#] the story [G] begin.
It's the hard knock life tour sellout [Em] picture us in the mall copping iceberg [A] and yell out [B] jigger.
Yeah that's what we [C#] yell out yell out [B] you know the name do I got [C#m] a spell out [D] or tell about Jay why and yay so [F#m] shy [Em] that he won't even step to his [A] idol to say [C#] hi.
[F#] Send in there like a mom and let [C#] the chance pass by [F#] back of my mind he [C#] could change [D] your life with all these beats I did at least let [F#m] him hear [Em] at least you could brag to your [A] friends back at [C#] the gig.
[F#] But [C#] he got me out my mama [F#] crib then he [C#m] helped me get my [D] mama a crib big brother was big [F#m] brother [Em] used to be Dan [A] and big [C#] brother who [F#] was hip hop brother who [C#] was no ID friend no [F#] ID my mentor and I let [C#m] the story [D] begin.
Begin let the story [F#m] begin.
[Em] [A] [C#] If [F#] you feel the way I feel why don't [C#] you wave your hands.
[F#] [C#m] [D]
[G] Fresh off the plane I'm off the [F#m] baseline [Em] nothing handed out I'm [A] about to [C#m] take mine [F#] round the same time of [C#] that blueprint one and [F#] these beats in my pocket was [C#m] that blueprint [D] for him.
I [G] play my little songs in that old back [F#m] room [Em] here Bob is here to say [A] damn oh that's [C#] you but [B] by the black album I [F#] was black and out part of your SOBs and we [C#] have packed the [D] crowd big brother got a show up in Madison [F#m] Square and [Em] I'm like yeah yeah [A] we gonna [C#] be there [F#m] but not only did I not [C#] get a chance to spit it.
[F#] Colleen told me I [C#m] could buy [D] two tickets I guess big brother was thinking a [F#m] little different [Em] kept little brother [A] at bay [C#] at a [F#] distance but everything that I [C#] felt was more focused [F#] only made me more focused [C#m] only wrote [D] more potent [G] only thing I want to know is why I get [F#m] looked over [Em] I guess I understand [A] when I get [C#] more older [B] big brother saw me [C#] at the bottom of the totem [F#] now I'm on the top and [C#m] everybody on [D] the scrotum.
My [G] big brother was big [F#m] brother [Em] used to be tame [A] and big [C#m] brother who [F#] was hip-hop brother [C#] who was no ID friend no [F#] ID my mentor and I let [C#m] the story [D] begin begin let the story [F#m] begin.
[Em] If [A] [C#]
[F#] you feel the way I feel why don't [C#] you wave your hands [F#] [C#m] [D]
[G] have you ever walked in the shadow [F#m] of a giant [Em] not only a client [A] the [C#] president [B] told Ola [C#] Ovito the game [F#] getting foul so is the [C#m] free throw [D] I was always [G] on the other side of the peephole [F#m] then I dropped [Em] Jesus walks now I'm on a [A] steeple [C#] and we know [F#] New Jack City gotta keep my brother but to be number one [D] I'm a beat my brother [G] on that Diamonds remix I swore I was a big brother.
[F#m] [Em] My big brother came [A] through and kicked [C#] my ass [B] sibling rivalry [C#] only I could see it was [F#] the pride in me that [C#m] was driving [D] me at the Grammys I said I inspired [F#m] me [Em] but my big brother who [A] always tried [C#] to be [F#] when I kick the floor it was [C#] like picking roads [F#] even if he gave me [C#m] the rockers [D] give me go [G] I guess being style was more of a [F#m] slam dunk [Em] and my shit was more [A] like finger [C#] roll but I [F#] had them singles though [C#] and I'm hoes at the show [F#] going mink.
I [C#m] [D]
[G] told Jay I did a song [F#m] with Coldplay [Em] next thing I know he [A] got a song [C#] with Coldplay [F#] back in my mind I'm like damn no way translate Espin yo [C#m] no way [D] Jose then I went and told [F#m] Jay Brown [Em] should have known that was [A] gonna come back [C#] around [F#m] should have talked to you like a man should have told you first but I told somebody else and [C#m] that's what made shit [D] worse [G] my big brother was big [F#m] brother [Em] so here's a few words [A] from your kid [C#m] brother.
[B] If you admire somebody [C#] you should go ahead tell them [B] people never get the flowers [C#m] while they can still [D] smell them [G] I idol in my eyes God [F#m] of the [Em] game heart of the city [A] [C#] Rockefeller chain [B] never be the same [C#] never be another [F#] number one young ho [C#m] also my [D] big brother my big brother was big [F#m] brother [Em] used to be James [A] and big [C#] brother [F#] who was hip-hop brother [C#] who was no ID friend [F#] no I do my mentor and [A] that's where the story [D] ends.
[F#m] [Em] Don't kill this [A] shit.
[C#] [F#] [C#] [F#] [C#m] [D]
[B]
[F#] [B] [C#] [G] My big brother was big [Em] brother used to be Dan [A] and big [F#] brother who was hip hop brother who was no ID friend no ID my mentor and I let [C#] the story [G] begin.
It's the hard knock life tour sellout [Em] picture us in the mall copping iceberg [A] and yell out [B] jigger.
Yeah that's what we [C#] yell out yell out [B] you know the name do I got [C#m] a spell out [D] or tell about Jay why and yay so [F#m] shy [Em] that he won't even step to his [A] idol to say [C#] hi.
[F#] Send in there like a mom and let [C#] the chance pass by [F#] back of my mind he [C#] could change [D] your life with all these beats I did at least let [F#m] him hear [Em] at least you could brag to your [A] friends back at [C#] the gig.
[F#] But [C#] he got me out my mama [F#] crib then he [C#m] helped me get my [D] mama a crib big brother was big [F#m] brother [Em] used to be Dan [A] and big [C#] brother who [F#] was hip hop brother who [C#] was no ID friend no [F#] ID my mentor and I let [C#m] the story [D] begin.
Begin let the story [F#m] begin.
[Em] [A] [C#] If [F#] you feel the way I feel why don't [C#] you wave your hands.
[F#] [C#m] [D]
[G] Fresh off the plane I'm off the [F#m] baseline [Em] nothing handed out I'm [A] about to [C#m] take mine [F#] round the same time of [C#] that blueprint one and [F#] these beats in my pocket was [C#m] that blueprint [D] for him.
I [G] play my little songs in that old back [F#m] room [Em] here Bob is here to say [A] damn oh that's [C#] you but [B] by the black album I [F#] was black and out part of your SOBs and we [C#] have packed the [D] crowd big brother got a show up in Madison [F#m] Square and [Em] I'm like yeah yeah [A] we gonna [C#] be there [F#m] but not only did I not [C#] get a chance to spit it.
[F#] Colleen told me I [C#m] could buy [D] two tickets I guess big brother was thinking a [F#m] little different [Em] kept little brother [A] at bay [C#] at a [F#] distance but everything that I [C#] felt was more focused [F#] only made me more focused [C#m] only wrote [D] more potent [G] only thing I want to know is why I get [F#m] looked over [Em] I guess I understand [A] when I get [C#] more older [B] big brother saw me [C#] at the bottom of the totem [F#] now I'm on the top and [C#m] everybody on [D] the scrotum.
My [G] big brother was big [F#m] brother [Em] used to be tame [A] and big [C#m] brother who [F#] was hip-hop brother [C#] who was no ID friend no [F#] ID my mentor and I let [C#m] the story [D] begin begin let the story [F#m] begin.
[Em] If [A] [C#]
[F#] you feel the way I feel why don't [C#] you wave your hands [F#] [C#m] [D]
[G] have you ever walked in the shadow [F#m] of a giant [Em] not only a client [A] the [C#] president [B] told Ola [C#] Ovito the game [F#] getting foul so is the [C#m] free throw [D] I was always [G] on the other side of the peephole [F#m] then I dropped [Em] Jesus walks now I'm on a [A] steeple [C#] and we know [F#] New Jack City gotta keep my brother but to be number one [D] I'm a beat my brother [G] on that Diamonds remix I swore I was a big brother.
[F#m] [Em] My big brother came [A] through and kicked [C#] my ass [B] sibling rivalry [C#] only I could see it was [F#] the pride in me that [C#m] was driving [D] me at the Grammys I said I inspired [F#m] me [Em] but my big brother who [A] always tried [C#] to be [F#] when I kick the floor it was [C#] like picking roads [F#] even if he gave me [C#m] the rockers [D] give me go [G] I guess being style was more of a [F#m] slam dunk [Em] and my shit was more [A] like finger [C#] roll but I [F#] had them singles though [C#] and I'm hoes at the show [F#] going mink.
I [C#m] [D]
[G] told Jay I did a song [F#m] with Coldplay [Em] next thing I know he [A] got a song [C#] with Coldplay [F#] back in my mind I'm like damn no way translate Espin yo [C#m] no way [D] Jose then I went and told [F#m] Jay Brown [Em] should have known that was [A] gonna come back [C#] around [F#m] should have talked to you like a man should have told you first but I told somebody else and [C#m] that's what made shit [D] worse [G] my big brother was big [F#m] brother [Em] so here's a few words [A] from your kid [C#m] brother.
[B] If you admire somebody [C#] you should go ahead tell them [B] people never get the flowers [C#m] while they can still [D] smell them [G] I idol in my eyes God [F#m] of the [Em] game heart of the city [A] [C#] Rockefeller chain [B] never be the same [C#] never be another [F#] number one young ho [C#m] also my [D] big brother my big brother was big [F#m] brother [Em] used to be James [A] and big [C#] brother [F#] who was hip-hop brother [C#] who was no ID friend [F#] no I do my mentor and [A] that's where the story [D] ends.
[F#m] [Em] Don't kill this [A] shit.
[C#] [F#] [C#] [F#] [C#m] [D]
Key:
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F#
A
Em
F#m
C#
F#
A
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] Stadium status.
[B] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] [G] My big brother was big [Em] brother used to be Dan [A] and big [F#] brother who was hip hop brother who was no ID friend no ID my mentor and I let [C#] the story [G] begin.
It's the hard knock life tour sellout [Em] picture us in the mall copping iceberg [A] and yell out [B] jigger.
Yeah that's what we [C#] yell out yell out [B] you know the name do I got [C#m] a spell out [D] or tell about Jay why and yay so [F#m] shy [Em] that he won't even step to his [A] idol to say [C#] hi.
[F#] Send in there like a mom and let [C#] the chance pass by [F#] back of my mind he [C#] could change [D] your life with all these beats I did at least let [F#m] him hear [Em] at least you could brag to your [A] friends back at [C#] the gig.
[F#] But [C#] he got me out my mama [F#] crib then he [C#m] helped me get my [D] mama a crib big brother was big [F#m] brother [Em] used to be Dan [A] and big [C#] brother who [F#] was hip hop brother who [C#] was no ID friend no [F#] ID my mentor and I let [C#m] the story [D] begin.
Begin let the story [F#m] begin.
[Em] _ _ [A] [C#] If [F#] you feel the way I feel why don't [C#] you wave your hands.
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ [D]
[G] Fresh off the plane I'm off the [F#m] baseline [Em] nothing handed out I'm [A] about to [C#m] take mine [F#] round the same time of [C#] that blueprint one and [F#] these beats in my pocket was [C#m] that blueprint [D] for him.
I [G] play my little songs in that old back [F#m] room [Em] here Bob is here to say [A] damn oh that's [C#] you but [B] by the black album I [F#] was black and out part of your SOBs and we [C#] have packed the [D] crowd big brother got a show up in Madison [F#m] Square and [Em] I'm like yeah yeah [A] we gonna [C#] be there [F#m] but not only did I not [C#] get a chance to spit it.
[F#] Colleen told me I [C#m] could buy [D] two tickets I guess big brother was thinking a [F#m] little different [Em] kept little brother [A] at bay [C#] at a [F#] distance but everything that I [C#] felt was more focused [F#] only made me more focused [C#m] only wrote [D] more potent [G] only thing I want to know is why I get [F#m] looked over [Em] I guess I understand [A] when I get [C#] more older [B] big brother saw me [C#] at the bottom of the totem [F#] now I'm on the top and [C#m] everybody on [D] the scrotum.
My [G] big brother was big [F#m] brother [Em] used to be tame [A] and big [C#m] brother who [F#] was hip-hop brother [C#] who was no ID friend no [F#] ID my mentor and I let [C#m] the story [D] begin begin let the story [F#m] begin.
[Em] If _ [A] _ [C#]
[F#] you feel the way I feel why don't [C#] you wave your hands [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ [D]
[G] have you ever walked in the shadow [F#m] of a giant [Em] not only a client [A] the [C#] president [B] told Ola [C#] Ovito the game [F#] getting foul so is the [C#m] free throw [D] I was always [G] on the other side of the peephole [F#m] then I dropped [Em] Jesus walks now I'm on a [A] steeple [C#] and we know [F#] New Jack City gotta keep my brother but to be number one [D] I'm a beat my brother [G] on that Diamonds remix I swore I was a big brother.
[F#m] [Em] My big brother came [A] through and kicked [C#] my ass [B] sibling rivalry [C#] only I could see it was [F#] the pride in me that [C#m] was driving [D] me at the Grammys I said I inspired [F#m] me [Em] but my big brother who [A] always tried [C#] to be [F#] when I kick the floor it was [C#] like picking roads [F#] even if he gave me [C#m] the rockers [D] give me go [G] I guess being style was more of a [F#m] slam dunk [Em] and my shit was more [A] like finger [C#] roll but I [F#] had them singles though [C#] and I'm hoes at the show [F#] going mink.
I [C#m] _ [D] _
[G] told Jay I did a song [F#m] with Coldplay [Em] next thing I know he [A] got a song [C#] with Coldplay [F#] back in my mind I'm like damn no way translate Espin yo [C#m] no way [D] Jose then I went and told [F#m] Jay Brown [Em] should have known that was [A] gonna come back [C#] around [F#m] should have talked to you like a man should have told you first but I told somebody else and [C#m] that's what made shit [D] worse [G] my big brother was big [F#m] brother [Em] so here's a few words [A] from your kid [C#m] brother.
[B] If you admire somebody [C#] you should go ahead tell them [B] people never get the flowers [C#m] while they can still [D] smell them [G] I idol in my eyes God [F#m] of the [Em] game heart of the city [A] [C#] Rockefeller chain [B] never be the same [C#] never be another [F#] number one young ho [C#m] also my [D] big brother my big brother was big [F#m] brother [Em] used to be James [A] and big [C#] brother [F#] who was hip-hop brother [C#] who was no ID friend [F#] no I do my mentor and [A] that's where the story [D] ends.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [Em] Don't kill this [A] shit.
[C#] _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ [D] _
[B] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] [G] My big brother was big [Em] brother used to be Dan [A] and big [F#] brother who was hip hop brother who was no ID friend no ID my mentor and I let [C#] the story [G] begin.
It's the hard knock life tour sellout [Em] picture us in the mall copping iceberg [A] and yell out [B] jigger.
Yeah that's what we [C#] yell out yell out [B] you know the name do I got [C#m] a spell out [D] or tell about Jay why and yay so [F#m] shy [Em] that he won't even step to his [A] idol to say [C#] hi.
[F#] Send in there like a mom and let [C#] the chance pass by [F#] back of my mind he [C#] could change [D] your life with all these beats I did at least let [F#m] him hear [Em] at least you could brag to your [A] friends back at [C#] the gig.
[F#] But [C#] he got me out my mama [F#] crib then he [C#m] helped me get my [D] mama a crib big brother was big [F#m] brother [Em] used to be Dan [A] and big [C#] brother who [F#] was hip hop brother who [C#] was no ID friend no [F#] ID my mentor and I let [C#m] the story [D] begin.
Begin let the story [F#m] begin.
[Em] _ _ [A] [C#] If [F#] you feel the way I feel why don't [C#] you wave your hands.
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ [D]
[G] Fresh off the plane I'm off the [F#m] baseline [Em] nothing handed out I'm [A] about to [C#m] take mine [F#] round the same time of [C#] that blueprint one and [F#] these beats in my pocket was [C#m] that blueprint [D] for him.
I [G] play my little songs in that old back [F#m] room [Em] here Bob is here to say [A] damn oh that's [C#] you but [B] by the black album I [F#] was black and out part of your SOBs and we [C#] have packed the [D] crowd big brother got a show up in Madison [F#m] Square and [Em] I'm like yeah yeah [A] we gonna [C#] be there [F#m] but not only did I not [C#] get a chance to spit it.
[F#] Colleen told me I [C#m] could buy [D] two tickets I guess big brother was thinking a [F#m] little different [Em] kept little brother [A] at bay [C#] at a [F#] distance but everything that I [C#] felt was more focused [F#] only made me more focused [C#m] only wrote [D] more potent [G] only thing I want to know is why I get [F#m] looked over [Em] I guess I understand [A] when I get [C#] more older [B] big brother saw me [C#] at the bottom of the totem [F#] now I'm on the top and [C#m] everybody on [D] the scrotum.
My [G] big brother was big [F#m] brother [Em] used to be tame [A] and big [C#m] brother who [F#] was hip-hop brother [C#] who was no ID friend no [F#] ID my mentor and I let [C#m] the story [D] begin begin let the story [F#m] begin.
[Em] If _ [A] _ [C#]
[F#] you feel the way I feel why don't [C#] you wave your hands [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ [D]
[G] have you ever walked in the shadow [F#m] of a giant [Em] not only a client [A] the [C#] president [B] told Ola [C#] Ovito the game [F#] getting foul so is the [C#m] free throw [D] I was always [G] on the other side of the peephole [F#m] then I dropped [Em] Jesus walks now I'm on a [A] steeple [C#] and we know [F#] New Jack City gotta keep my brother but to be number one [D] I'm a beat my brother [G] on that Diamonds remix I swore I was a big brother.
[F#m] [Em] My big brother came [A] through and kicked [C#] my ass [B] sibling rivalry [C#] only I could see it was [F#] the pride in me that [C#m] was driving [D] me at the Grammys I said I inspired [F#m] me [Em] but my big brother who [A] always tried [C#] to be [F#] when I kick the floor it was [C#] like picking roads [F#] even if he gave me [C#m] the rockers [D] give me go [G] I guess being style was more of a [F#m] slam dunk [Em] and my shit was more [A] like finger [C#] roll but I [F#] had them singles though [C#] and I'm hoes at the show [F#] going mink.
I [C#m] _ [D] _
[G] told Jay I did a song [F#m] with Coldplay [Em] next thing I know he [A] got a song [C#] with Coldplay [F#] back in my mind I'm like damn no way translate Espin yo [C#m] no way [D] Jose then I went and told [F#m] Jay Brown [Em] should have known that was [A] gonna come back [C#] around [F#m] should have talked to you like a man should have told you first but I told somebody else and [C#m] that's what made shit [D] worse [G] my big brother was big [F#m] brother [Em] so here's a few words [A] from your kid [C#m] brother.
[B] If you admire somebody [C#] you should go ahead tell them [B] people never get the flowers [C#m] while they can still [D] smell them [G] I idol in my eyes God [F#m] of the [Em] game heart of the city [A] [C#] Rockefeller chain [B] never be the same [C#] never be another [F#] number one young ho [C#m] also my [D] big brother my big brother was big [F#m] brother [Em] used to be James [A] and big [C#] brother [F#] who was hip-hop brother [C#] who was no ID friend [F#] no I do my mentor and [A] that's where the story [D] ends.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [Em] Don't kill this [A] shit.
[C#] _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ [D] _