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Brothers

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[Intro] 
Am, Am, F  
You play the Am's and F's in the intro like this (and the Am's on the verses lke this too)
D|--Am-0--0--0--0---1--1--1--0--0--0--0------------0---0Am-------------F-0------|
A|---1--1--1--1---0--0--0--1--1--1--1------------1---1--------------1------|
F|---2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2--2--2------------2---2--restart..---2--ect.|
C|---2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2--2--2------------2---2--------------3------|
G|-0-0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-...------0-0-0---------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------3------------------3--------|
[Verse]
AmYou need to get out of this house
I’ll walk you down to town
We’ll go act our age
Kick rocks, waste summer days
Penny candy at the general store
I’d buy us a pop if I had more
Keep walking inland all day
Spitting and cursing each other’s name
F“Ain’t this what… ain’t this what brothers are supposed to doAm?”
FThe blood between us, makes it all but truAme
[Verse]
AmSo we roll on through
Out past the quarries, sandpits too
Swim out among the rocks and cliffs
Ignorant youth keeps us from death
Find our way out to the tracks
The sun, it beats down on our backs
Well, heaven help us if there’s a train
Dodge it like the beaches of Normandybut
F“Ain’t this what… ain’t this what brothers are supposed to doAm?”
FThe blood between us, makes it all but truAme
(The chords switch up here to C,G,Am,F The violin sounds good here so I added the violin 
below and you can play it with the strum pattern, I used an example after with the C chord)
 Violin below           Guitar + violin below
D|---0-3-0----------------------0-3-0---------------------------------------|
A|-3-------3-1..repeat----1-1-3-1-1-1-3-1-------------------------------1---|
F|------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x2--repeat-with-other-chords--0---|
C|------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------0---|
G|------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------(use-this---2---|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------for-the-G)-3---|
[Verse]
CAnd we saw that smoke rising over Gtrees
And I sAmwore, I swore, I swore that train was out for Fme
CSo I held him tight and felt those tracks rumble underGneath
AmHe swore, he swore if I didn’t let go he would knock me off my fFeet
And that’s what he diCd
And that's what he diGd
And that's what he dAmid
And that's what he diFd

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Brothers

by Defeater

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Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Am Am F

, ,

You play the Am's and F's in the intro like this (and the Am's on the verses lke this too)

Am Am F

D|---0--0--0--0---1--1--1--0--0--0--0------------0---0--------------0------|

A|---1--1--1--1---0--0--0--1--1--1--1------------1---1--------------1------|

F|---2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2--2--2------------2---2--restart..---2--ect.|

C|---2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2--2--2------------2---2--------------3------|

G|-0-0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-...------0-0-0---------------------|

D|---------------------------------------------3------------------3--------|

[Verse]

You need to get out of this house

I’ll walk you down to town

We’ll go act our age

Kick rocks, waste summer days

Penny candy at the general store

I’d buy us a pop if I had more

Keep walking inland all day

Spitting and cursing each other’s name

F Am

“Ain’t this what… ain’t this what brothers are supposed to do?”

F Am

The blood between us, makes it all but true

[Verse]

So we roll on through

Out past the quarries, sandpits too

Swim out among the rocks and cliffs

Ignorant youth keeps us from death

Find our way out to the tracks

The sun, it beats down on our backs

Well, heaven help us if there’s a train

Dodge it like the beaches of Normandybut

F Am

“Ain’t this what… ain’t this what brothers are supposed to do?”

F Am

The blood between us, makes it all but true

(The chords switch up here to C,G,Am,F The violin sounds good here so I added the violin

below and you can play it with the strum pattern, I used an example after with the C chord)

Violin below Guitar + violin below

D|---0-3-0----------------------0-3-0---------------------------------------|

A|-3-------3-1..repeat----1-1-3-1-1-1-3-1-------------------------------1---|

F|------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x2--repeat-with-other-chords--0---|

C|------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------0---|

G|------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------(use-this---2---|

D|-----------------------------------------------------------for-the-G)-3---|

[Verse]

C G

And we saw that smoke rising over trees

Am F

And I swore, I swore, I swore that train was out for me

C G

So I held him tight and felt those tracks rumble underneath

Am F

He swore, he swore if I didn’t let go he would knock me off my feet

And that’s what he did

And that's what he did

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