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My Brother by Ian Shaw
My Brother
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:F
Capo:no capo
F F/E F/D F/C
My brother, my brother, my brother
Bbm7 F/A
Would have kept a close watch,
Bb F/A
Explained the unknown, played the bass trombone
G Bb/C
In a marching band.
F F/E F/D F/C
My brother, my brother, my brother
Bbm7 F/A
Would have married a nurse.
Bb F/A
I could have played in the church,
G
Watched him carefully find
Bb/C
His sweetheart's hand.
Bb F/A Gdim
My brother was strong from our father's side.
F7 Bb F/A
His back was straight and long, and when my father cried
G7
Because he didn't understand what I couldn't say
Bbm6/C F F/E F/D F/E
My brother was there for us all anyway.
F F/E F/D F/C
My brother, my brother, my brother
Bbm7 F/A
Would have bought me a beer
Bb F/A
In a New York bar, said I've gone too far,
G Bb/C
Try to be a better man.
F F/E F/D F/C
My brother, my brother, my brother
Bbm7 F/A
Left a message for me.
Bb F/A
He said he'd left his wife to be free
G
We'll not all perfect you see,
Bb/C
My brother and me.
Bb F/A Gdim
My brother was tall from my father's side.
F7 Bb F/A
Too tall to tumble and fall, but when my father died
G7
He gathered us in like little birds in a nest.
Bbm6/C F F/E F/D F/E
He did what he could, he just did his best.
[Solo]
F F/E F/D F/C
My brother, my brother, my brother
Bbm7 F/A
Lies in peace, so they say,
Bb F/A
Like we all do one day,
G Bb/C
Whatever the hell we believe.
F F/E F/D F/C
My brother, my brother,
Bbm7 F/A
Still keeps a close watch,
Bb F/A
Still explains the unknown.
G Bb/C
I hear his bass trombone sometimes.
Bb F/A Gdim
My brother was strong from our father's side.
F7 Bb F/A
His back was straight and long, and when my father cried
G7
Because he didn't understand what I couldn't say
Bbm6/C F F/E F/D F/E
My brother was there for us all anyway.
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