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Brother

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Capo 7
[Intro]
Am C F E F C E E
Am C F E F C E E
[Verse]
  AmFourteen Cyears have Fpassed Esince that Fday
Your Cstories are the Esame but the ends have all Amchanged
You carried Con like you were Fsome type of Egod
Some Fthings will Enever change
[Interlude]
Am C F E F C E E
[Verse 2]
  AmWe went Chome to see our Ffolks
We Elaughed and we told Fjokes
It was Clike we were Eyoung again
AmOn that deathCbed our mother Flay
How long she's Egot they still can't Fsay
It took all Cthis to get us Eback together again
[Pre-Chorus]
 FHow long is Cthis gonna Elast
 FYou can't keep Creliving your Epast
 FScrewing over the Cones that you Elove
In the Fname of some new Edrug
[Chorus]
 FSo brother, Craise another Epint
 FRev up the engine and Cdrive off in the Enight
 FSee you somewhere some Cplace some Etime
I Fknow there's better brothers but you're the Eonly one that's Ammine
I Fknow there's better brothers but you're the Eonly one that's Ammine
[Solo] (x4)
F F C E
[Verse 3]
  AmThe Cbondsman Fcame Eto my Fdoor Cearly the next Eday
He said Am"I come Clookin' for your Fbrother 
EYou don't know what Fkind of Ctrouble that he'Es in"
[Pre-Chorus]
 FHow long is Cthis gonna Elast
 FYou can't keep Creliving your Epast
 FJohnny law keeps a Cpoundin' at my Edoor
'Cause you Fscrewed up some new Escore
[Verse 4]
  AmSo he's Fstanding in the Cdoorway Elike he owns the pAmlace
With a Flook of Csmug satisEfaction on his faAmce
I'm Fgonna give you Cup
Of Ethat he's sure as hAmell
But I Ftake one look at Chim and I Eknow I'll never Ftell
[Chorus]
 FSo brother, Craise another Epint
 FRev up the engine and Cdrive off in the Enight
 FSee you somewhere some Cplace some Etime
I Fknow there's better brothers but you're the Conly one that's Emine
 FSo brother, Craise another Epint
 FRev up the engine and Cdrive off in the Enight
 FI still look out for you no Cmatter what you Eheard.
They can Fknock all of my doors down but EI won't say a Amword.
They can Fknock all of my doors down but EI won't say a Amword.
[Outro]
  AmFourteen Cyears have Fpassed Esince that Fday 
but Estill EnotEhing Ehas Amchanged.

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Brother

by Murder by Death

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 7 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 7

[Intro]

Am C F E F C E E

[Verse]

Am C F E F

Fourteen years have passed since that day

C E Am

Your stories are the same but the ends have all changed

C F E

You carried on like you were some type of god

F E

Some things will never change

[Interlude]

Am C F E F C E E

[Verse 2]

Am C F

We went home to see our folks

E F

We laughed and we told jokes

C E

It was like we were young again

Am C F

On that deathbed our mother lay

E F

How long she's got they still can't say

C E

It took all this to get us back together again

[Pre-Chorus]

F C E

How long is this gonna last

F C E

You can't keep reliving your past

F C E

Screwing over the ones that you love

F E

In the name of some new drug

[Chorus]

F C E

So brother, raise another pint

F C E

Rev up the engine and drive off in the night

F C E

See you somewhere some place some time

F E Am

I know there's better brothers but you're the only one that's mine

F E Am

I know there's better brothers but you're the only one that's mine

[Solo] (x4)

F F C E

[Verse 3]

Am C F E F C E

The bondsman came to my door early the next day

Am C F

He said "I come lookin' for your brother

E F C E

You don't know what kind of trouble that he's in"

[Pre-Chorus]

F C E

How long is this gonna last

F C E

You can't keep reliving your past

F C E

Johnny law keeps a poundin' at my door

F E

'Cause you screwed up some new score

[Verse 4]

Am F C E Am

So he's standing in the doorway like he owns the place

F C E Am

With a look of smug satisfaction on his face

F C

I'm gonna give you up

E Am

Of that he's sure as hell

F C E F

But I take one look at him and I know I'll never tell

[Chorus]

F C E

So brother, raise another pint

F C E

Rev up the engine and drive off in the night

F C E

See you somewhere some place some time

F C E

I know there's better brothers but you're the only one that's mine

F C E

So brother, raise another pint

F C E

Rev up the engine and drive off in the night

F C E

I still look out for you no matter what you heard.

F E Am

They can knock all of my doors down but I won't say a word.

F E Am

They can knock all of my doors down but I won't say a word.

[Outro]

Am C F E F

Fourteen years have passed since that day

E E E E Am

but still nothing has changed.

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