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Brothers by Mary Gauthier



 
           Brothers 






Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: E

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
               E
War ripped my baby from my breast
                 A
Now my name and rank cover my chest
              E
Twenty-three hours I flew and wept
              A
Twenty-three hours I never slept
          E
Wiped my face, changed my soaking bra
         A
Told my body not to feel at all
                  E
Tried to be like you, what must I do
              B               E
To prove that I''''m a brother too?
 
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
            E
I thought RPGs were fireworks
            A
That''''s how green I was at first
                 E
Blood blistered feet, black and blue
          A
I slid inside my blood filled boots
               E
Seventy-pound pack plus you on my back
                         A
Spilled my blood on the road, man, I carried my load
                E
Kept you in my view, I''''d die for you
                 B             E
Don''''t that make me a brother too?
 
[Bridge]
             C#m
It''''s okay to cry, that''''s what you say
          A
But if I do I''''m damned anyway
              E
I learned to cry without a sound
              B
''''Cause I''''m afraid you''''ll put me down
 
[Verse 3]
N.C.           E
You broke my heart on Veterans Day
                 A
Don''''t you understand the words you say
               E
You raised a flag for the men you serve
                A
What about the women, what do we deserve?
                 E
I was just like you when the bullets flew
            A
I had your back, you had mine too
             E
Brothers in arms, your sisters covered you
                B                 E
Don''''t that make us your brother too?
 
[Outro]
           E
Say it for me, say it for you
             B                   E
Your sisters are your brothers too
 
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