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[Verse 1]
GToo many hospFital bluesC  
GToo many hangFing menC  
GCome living ritesF  
Come deCsperation
GYou are not your FgeneratioCn
D                 F
[Chorus]
GDays of doubt can ruin men
FBrother run them down
GLive and let your hand undo them
FRun them downA  
GCome working nights
Come paranFoia
GCome any hard times waiting for youF  
D                  F
[Verse 2]
GToo many restFless yearsC  
GFriend to me you're an FembassyC  
GIn the middle of the nightF  
CIn wayward nations
GYou are not your FgeneratiCon
D                F
[Chorus]
GDays of doubt can ruin men
FBrother run them down
GLive and let your hand undo them
FRun them downA  
GCome working nights
Come paranFoia
GCome any hard times waiting for youF  
D                  F
[Bridge]
When you come home from your good work
AAnGd I come home from singing
AWeF'll go out and recognize each other
AFrGom a common beginning
AFeFar will bring a silence
AHeGre I am before him
AI Fshould run before him
ACaGtch and deafen me
AThFis is a song for a sensitive man
AAnGd the humor that he keeps
AFoFr Tim who brings rest to the restless
AI Gsing so I can sleep
A F
[Chorus]
GDays of doubt can ruin men
FBrother run them down
GLive and let your hand undo them
FRun them downA  
GCome working nights
Come paranFoia
GCome any hard times waiting for youF  
D                  F

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Brother Run Them Down

by Constantines

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Verse 1]

G F C

Too many hospital blues

G F C

Too many hanging men

G F

Come living rites

Come desperation

G F C

You are not your generation

D F

[Chorus]

Days of doubt can ruin men

Brother run them down

Live and let your hand undo them

F A

Run them down

Come working nights

Come paranoia

G F

Come any hard times waiting for you

D F

[Verse 2]

G F C

Too many restless years

G F C

Friend to me you're an embassy

G F

In the middle of the night

In wayward nations

G F C

You are not your generation

D F

[Chorus]

Days of doubt can ruin men

Brother run them down

Live and let your hand undo them

F A

Run them down

Come working nights

Come paranoia

G F

Come any hard times waiting for you

D F

[Bridge]

When you come home from your good work

A G

And I come home from singing

A F

We'll go out and recognize each other

A G

From a common beginning

A F

Fear will bring a silence

A G

Here I am before him

A F

I should run before him

A G

Catch and deafen me

A F

This is a song for a sensitive man

A G

And the humor that he keeps

A F

For Tim who brings rest to the restless

A G

I sing so I can sleep

A F

[Chorus]

Days of doubt can ruin men

Brother run them down

Live and let your hand undo them

F A

Run them down

Come working nights

Come paranoia

G F

Come any hard times waiting for you

D F

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