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Brother

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Played with capo on 3 to get easy to play chords.
You can leave out the Bm and G chords in the chorus if they're too difficult to play for you, as the change 
there is quite quick and you need to be able to play Bm. It will sound good without too!
[Intro]
Em C G
[Verse 1]
When Emwe were young we were the ones
The Ckings and queens, oh yeah we ruled the Gworld
We smoked Emcigarettes, man no regrets
Wish CI could relive every single Gword
[Pre-Chorus]
We've taken different Empaths and traveled different Croads
I know we'll always Gend up on the same one when we're Dold
And Emwhen you're in the trenches and you're Cunder fire I will cover Gyou
[Chorus]
If I was Cdying on my Emknees
You would be the Gone to rescue Cme
And if Cyou were drowned at Emsea
I'd give you my Glungs so you could Cbreathe
I've got you Cbrother
I've Bmgot you Embrother
I've Ggot you Cbrother
I've Bmgot you Embrother
[Verse 2]
Oh Embrother, we go deeper than the Cink
Beneath the skin of our tatGtoos
Though Emwe don't share the same blood
You're my Cbrother and I love you, that's Gthe truth
[Pre-Chorus]
We're living different Emlives, heaven only Cknows
If we'll make it Gback with all our fingers and our Dtoes
Em5 years, 20 years Ccome back, we'll always be the Gsame
[Chorus]
If I was Cdying on my Emknees
You would be the Gone to rescue Cme
And if Cyou were drowned at Emsea
I'd give you my Glungs so you could Cbreathe
I've got you Cbrother
I've Bmgot you Embrother
[Bridge]
And if we hit on troubled Cwater
I'll be the one to Emkeep you warm and Dsafe
And we'll be carrying each Cother
Until we say goodEmbye on our dying Dday
Because I've got you Cbrother
I've Bmgot you Embrother
I've Ggot you Cbrother
I've Bmgot you Embrother
[Chorus]
If I was Cdying on my Emknees
You would be the Gone to rescue Cme
And if Cyou were drowned at Emsea
I'd give you my Glungs so you could Cbreathe
[Outro]
Oh oh Coh, oh oh, oh Emoh
Oh oh oh oh Goh, oh oh, oh Coh
Oh oh Coh, oh oh, oh Emoh
Oh oh oh oh Goh, oh oh, oh Coh
Ending
I've got you Cbrother
I've Bmgot you Embrother

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Brother

by Kodaline

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Played with capo on 3 to get easy to play chords.

You can leave out the Bm and G chords in the chorus if they're too difficult to play for you, as the change

there is quite quick and you need to be able to play Bm. It will sound good without too!

[Intro]

Em C G

[Verse 1]

When we were young we were the ones

C G

The kings and queens, oh yeah we ruled the world

We smoked cigarettes, man no regrets

C G

Wish I could relive every single word

[Pre-Chorus]

Em C

We've taken different paths and traveled different roads

G D

I know we'll always end up on the same one when we're old

Em C G

And when you're in the trenches and you're under fire I will cover you

[Chorus]

C Em

If I was dying on my knees

G C

You would be the one to rescue me

C Em

And if you were drowned at sea

G C

I'd give you my lungs so you could breathe

I've got you brother

Bm Em

I've got you brother

G C

I've got you brother

Bm Em

I've got you brother

[Verse 2]

Em C

Oh brother, we go deeper than the ink

Beneath the skin of our tattoos

Though we don't share the same blood

C G

You're my brother and I love you, that's the truth

[Pre-Chorus]

Em C

We're living different lives, heaven only knows

G D

If we'll make it back with all our fingers and our toes

Em C G

5 years, 20 years come back, we'll always be the same

[Chorus]

C Em

If I was dying on my knees

G C

You would be the one to rescue me

C Em

And if you were drowned at sea

G C

I'd give you my lungs so you could breathe

I've got you brother

Bm Em

I've got you brother

[Bridge]

And if we hit on troubled water

Em D

I'll be the one to keep you warm and safe

And we'll be carrying each other

Em D

Until we say goodbye on our dying day

Because I've got you brother

Bm Em

I've got you brother

G C

I've got you brother

Bm Em

I've got you brother

[Chorus]

C Em

If I was dying on my knees

G C

You would be the one to rescue me

C Em

And if you were drowned at sea

G C

I'd give you my lungs so you could breathe

[Outro]

C Em

Oh oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

G C

Oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

C Em

Oh oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

G C

Oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

Ending

I've got you brother

Bm Em

I've got you brother

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