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He Was My Brother

WORDS & MUSIC : PAUL SIMON

    E|-3-|      E|-2-|
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C1= G|-0-| C2 = G|-0-|
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|D Dsus2 D|C  C1 C2|D Dsus2 D|D Dsus2 D|

D  C         D    Bm G                  A     A A7 A6 A5   
HEEEE WAS MY BROTHER 5 YEARS OLDER THAN I 
D  C          D   Bm  G        A  |   
HEEEE WAS MY BROTHER 23 YEARS OLD THE DAY HE DIED

D  C    D   Bm  G                             A       A A7 A6 A5
FREEDOM WRITERS THEY CURSED MY BROTHER TO HIS FACE
D  C      D   Bm G                A |
GO HOME OUTSIDER THIS TOWNS GONNA BE YOUR BERIAL PLACE

D  C             D      Bm    G                    A       A A7 A6 A5
HEEE WAS SINGING ON HIS KNEES AN ANGRY MOB TRAILED ALONG
D  C        D        Bm   G          A              D
THEY SHOT MY BROTHER DEAD BECAUSE HE HATED WHAT WAS WRONG

D  C        D    Bm G                            A        A A7 A6 A5
HEEE WAS MY BROTHER TEARS WONT BRING HIM BACK TO ME
D   C         D    Bm        G           A                 D
HE  HE WAS MY BROTHER AND HE DIED SO HIS BROHTERS COULD BE FREE
        G           A                 D  C  D
YEAH HE DIED SO HIS BROTHERS COULD BE FREEEEEEE