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Oh, Sister
Dan Bern
1/2 step down from standard tuning
Chords:
 G:320033
 C:032010
Em:022000
 D:000232
Am:002210
GThey say you taught me how to talk
I Cbet you wish you taught me how to stop
You're Emfar away now
I wish I could take a Dwalk with you someplace
CYou explained me to our parents
EmEnglish wasn't their first language
AmThey spoke German
CHated Germans
DConfusing times
GOh sister
CDown midwest backseat bumpy streets
You Emsang my Beatles songs with me
I Amsang your Broadway melodies
Bad Dharmonies
And Cwhere would Willie Mays have been
Emwithout Jackie Robinson?
And Amwho can say what I'd been
Without Dyou to lead the Gway
After I showed some guys I could drink
You picked me off the lawn, I think
And led me to the kitchen sink
Where I got rid of it
Some nights I lay awake in awe
As squinting through the dark I saw
You peeling off your teenage bra
The door slightly ajar
Oh sister
You lived just across the hall
For eighteen summers
Eighteen falls
Until you went away to that Weird college in Wisconsin
And where would Willie Mays have been
without Jackie Robinson?
And who can say what I'd been
Without you to lead the way
EmTrust yourseDlf 
And Cyou can do Ganything
AmThis I give to Dyou
May your heart purr like a bumblebee
May all your backyards have a tree
May you always be HIV negative
I hope you meet a nice guy who
Treats women better than I do
I don't even care if he's a Jew or not
Oh sister
I remember in the temple hall
At our dear father's funeral
You sang like a nightingale
One of his own songs
And where would Willie Mays have been
Without Jackie Robinson?
And who can say what I'd been
Without you to lead the way

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Oh Sister

by Dan Bern

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Oh, Sister

Dan Bern

1/2 step down from standard tuning

Chords:

:320033

:032010

:022000

:000232

:002210

They say you taught me how to talk

I bet you wish you taught me how to stop

You're far away now

I wish I could take a walk with you someplace

You explained me to our parents

English wasn't their first language

They spoke German

Hated Germans

Confusing times

Oh sister

Down midwest backseat bumpy streets

You sang my Beatles songs with me

I sang your Broadway melodies

Bad harmonies

And where would Willie Mays have been

without Jackie Robinson?

And who can say what I'd been

D G

Without you to lead the way

After I showed some guys I could drink

You picked me off the lawn, I think

And led me to the kitchen sink

Where I got rid of it

Some nights I lay awake in awe

As squinting through the dark I saw

You peeling off your teenage bra

The door slightly ajar

Oh sister

You lived just across the hall

For eighteen summers

Eighteen falls

Until you went away to that Weird college in Wisconsin

And where would Willie Mays have been

without Jackie Robinson?

And who can say what I'd been

Without you to lead the way

Em D

Trust yourself

C G

And you can do anything

Am D

This I give to you

May your heart purr like a bumblebee

May all your backyards have a tree

May you always be HIV negative

I hope you meet a nice guy who

Treats women better than I do

I don't even care if he's a Jew or not

Oh sister

I remember in the temple hall

At our dear father's funeral

You sang like a nightingale

One of his own songs

And where would Willie Mays have been

Without Jackie Robinson?

And who can say what I'd been

Without you to lead the way

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