Chords for This is not America - David Bowie - Live at the Beeb
Tempo:
116.05 bpm
Chords used:
F
Dm
E
Abm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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That's this steady, powerful sound.
I just love it.
know when, like, the kick, the foot,
like the top of the kick,
cool.
Anyway, here's a song that, uh,
I've been dying to do for a long, long time.
fact, the first time that we've done it on English soil.
I just love it.
know when, like, the kick, the foot,
like the top of the kick,
cool.
Anyway, here's a song that, uh,
I've been dying to do for a long, long time.
fact, the first time that we've done it on English soil.
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Dm
E
Abm
Gm
F
Dm
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
That's this steady, powerful sound. _ _
_ _ I just love it.
_ You know when, like, the kick, the foot,
then he, like, stops the foot,
and it's just like the top of the kick,
and then, boom, then he brings the foot back in.
That's so cool.
_ I love that. _
Anyway, _ here's a song that, uh, _
I've been dying to do for a long, long time.
We just started doing it this year.
This is, in fact, the first time that we've done it on English soil.
_ It comes from the 80s.
Yes, from the 80s.
And I actually like this one very much.
It's called, uh, This Is Not America. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm]
Little _ piece [Dm] of me
_ [G]
A little [F] piece of _ me [Gm] Will die
This _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Eb] _
is not [Dm] America
_ _ _ [Gm] _
_ Blossoms [F] fail to bloom season
[Eb] _
_ Promise not [Dm] to stay
_ [Gm] _
This _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [E] _
is not a [Am] miracle
_ _ _ [Bb] _
There was [Gm] a time
[Eb] A storm had bloomed [Cm] so _ pure
[Dm] Could _ be the biggest _ sky
I could _ paint the night
[Gm] This _ _ _ _ is not [Eb] _
America
_ _ [Dm] Sha _ [Gm]
la la la la
[Dm] _ Sha la [Eb] la la la
[Dm] Sha la la la [Abm] la
This is not [B] America
_ [E] This is not
[B] _ _ Sha la [Abm] la la la
Snowman [Ebm] melting from inside
[E] _
_ Falcon [Gb] _ spirals to [Abm] the front
To the [Gb] blue, green sky
So [E]
bloody then
_ [B] Tomorrow's clouds
_ [Abm]
A little piece of you
_ [E] A _ little [Gb] piece in me
Will [Abm] _ _ die
[Gb] _ _ This [F] _
is not the [Bbm] miracle
_ _ _ [B] _
There was [Abm] a time
A _ [E] _
_ _ [Dbm] storm had bloomed [Ebm]
so pure
This could be the biggest sky _
I could have the biggest idea
[F] _
_ _ _ This is not [E] _
_ [B] America
_ [Abm] Sha _ la la la _ _ [B] la
Sha la [E] la la _ la
[B] Sha la [Gb] la la [Abm] la
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Abm]
This is not _ America
_ [E] _
This is not
[Abm] Sha la [Am] la la la
This is not [Em] America
_ _ [F] _
This is [G] not
_ _ [Am] _ _
This is not [Em] America, _ _ [F]
ooo,
This is [G] not, _ _ [Am] Holalala,
This is not [G] America, ooo,
[F] _
This is not, [G] _ _ _ [Am] Holalala,
This is [G] not America, [F] ooo,
This is [G] not, _ _ _ [Am]
Holalala! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
That's this steady, powerful sound. _ _
_ _ I just love it.
_ You know when, like, the kick, the foot,
then he, like, stops the foot,
and it's just like the top of the kick,
and then, boom, then he brings the foot back in.
That's so cool.
_ I love that. _
Anyway, _ here's a song that, uh, _
I've been dying to do for a long, long time.
We just started doing it this year.
This is, in fact, the first time that we've done it on English soil.
_ It comes from the 80s.
Yes, from the 80s.
And I actually like this one very much.
It's called, uh, This Is Not America. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm]
Little _ piece [Dm] of me
_ [G]
A little [F] piece of _ me [Gm] Will die
This _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Eb] _
is not [Dm] America
_ _ _ [Gm] _
_ Blossoms [F] fail to bloom season
[Eb] _
_ Promise not [Dm] to stay
_ [Gm] _
This _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [E] _
is not a [Am] miracle
_ _ _ [Bb] _
There was [Gm] a time
[Eb] A storm had bloomed [Cm] so _ pure
[Dm] Could _ be the biggest _ sky
I could _ paint the night
[Gm] This _ _ _ _ is not [Eb] _
America
_ _ [Dm] Sha _ [Gm]
la la la la
[Dm] _ Sha la [Eb] la la la
[Dm] Sha la la la [Abm] la
This is not [B] America
_ [E] This is not
[B] _ _ Sha la [Abm] la la la
Snowman [Ebm] melting from inside
[E] _
_ Falcon [Gb] _ spirals to [Abm] the front
To the [Gb] blue, green sky
So [E]
bloody then
_ [B] Tomorrow's clouds
_ [Abm]
A little piece of you
_ [E] A _ little [Gb] piece in me
Will [Abm] _ _ die
[Gb] _ _ This [F] _
is not the [Bbm] miracle
_ _ _ [B] _
There was [Abm] a time
A _ [E] _
_ _ [Dbm] storm had bloomed [Ebm]
so pure
This could be the biggest sky _
I could have the biggest idea
[F] _
_ _ _ This is not [E] _
_ [B] America
_ [Abm] Sha _ la la la _ _ [B] la
Sha la [E] la la _ la
[B] Sha la [Gb] la la [Abm] la
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Abm]
This is not _ America
_ [E] _
This is not
[Abm] Sha la [Am] la la la
This is not [Em] America
_ _ [F] _
This is [G] not
_ _ [Am] _ _
This is not [Em] America, _ _ [F]
ooo,
This is [G] not, _ _ [Am] Holalala,
This is not [G] America, ooo,
[F] _
This is not, [G] _ _ _ [Am] Holalala,
This is [G] not America, [F] ooo,
This is [G] not, _ _ _ [Am]
Holalala! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
