Ballad of Hollis Brown

Ballad of Hollis Brown easy guitar chords by Rise Against

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • C5

    3
  • C

  • Bb

  • D

  • F

  • Cm

    3
  • C5

    3
  • C

  • Bb

  • D

  • F

  • Cm

    3
  • Verse 1

    Hollis 
    Brown 

    He lived 
    on 
    the outside 
    of 
    town 

    Hollis 
    Brown 

    He 
    lived 
    on 
    the outside 
    of 
    town 

    With 
    his wife 
    and 
    five 
    children 

    An
    d his cabin 
    fallin' 
    down 

    Verse 2
    You looked 
    for work 

    and money 

    And you walked 
    a rugged 

    mile 

    You looked 
    for work 
    and money 

    An
    d you walked 
    a rugged 

    mile 

    Your children 
    are 
    so hungry 

    That 
    they don't 
    know how 
    to 

    smile 

    Verse 3

    Your baby's 
    eyes 
    look crazy 

    They're a-tuggin' at 
    at 

    your 
    sleeve 

    Your baby's 
    eyes 
    look crazy 

    They're a-tuggin' at 

    at 
    your 
    sleeve 

    You walk 
    the floor 
    and wonder 
    why 

    With every 
    breath 
    you 
    breathe 

    Verse 4

    The 
    rats 
    have got 
    your flour 

    Bad blood 
    it got 
    your 
    mare 

    The rats 
    have got 
    your flour 

    Bad blood 
    it got 
    your 
    mare 

    If there's 
    any
    one 
    that knows 

    Is 
    there 
    any
    one 
    that 
    cares? 


    Verse 5
    You prayed 
    to 
    the Lord 
    above 

    Oh please 
    send 
    you 
    friend 

    You 
    prayed 
    to 
    the Lord 
    above 

    Oh please 
    send 
    you 
    a friend 

    Your 
    empty 
    pockets 
    tell 
    yuh 

    That you 
    ain't 
    a-got 
    no no 
    friend 

    Your 
    Verse 6
    babies are crying 
    louder 

    It's 
    pounding 
    on 
    your 
    brain 

    Your 
    babies 
    are 
    crying 
    louder 

    It's 
    pounding 
    on 
    your 
    brain 

    Your 
    wife's 
    screams 

    are stabbin' 
    you 

    Like the 
    dirty 
    drivin' 
    rain 

    Your 
    grass it 
    is turning 
    black 
    Verse 7

    There's no 
    water 
    in your 
    well 

    Your 
    grass 
    is turning 
    black 

    There's no 
    water 
    in 
    your 
    well 

    You 
    spent your 
    last 
    lone dollar 

    On 
    seven 
    shot
    gun 
    shells 

    Verse 8

    Way 
    out 
    in the wilderness 

    A cold 
    coyote 
    calls 

    Way 
    out in 
    the wilder
    ness 

    A cold 
    coyote 
    call

    Your 
    eyes fix 
    on 
    the shotgun 

    That's hangin' 
    on 
    the 
    wall 

    Your brain 
    Verse 9
    is 
    a-bleedin' 

    And 
    And your 
    legs 
    can't 
    seem 
    to 
    stand 

    Your 
    brain is 
    a-bleedin' 

    And 
    And your legs 
    can't 

    seem 
    to 
    stand 

    Your eyes 
    fix 
    on the 
    shotgun 


    That you're holdin' 
    in 
    your 




    hand 

    Verse 10
    There's 
    seven 
    breezes 
    a-blowin' 
    All 
    All 
    around 

    the cabin 
    door 

    There's 
    seven 
    breezes 
    a-blowin' 

    All 
    All 
    around 
    the cabin 
    door 

    Sev
    en 
    shots 
    ring out 

    Like the 
    ocean's 
    pounding 
    roar 

    Verse 11
    There's 
    seven 
    people 
    dead 

    On a 
    South 
    Dakota 
    farm 

    There's 
    seven 
    people 
    dead 

    On a 
    South 
    Dakota 
    farm 

    Somewhere 
    in the 
    distance 

    There's 
    seven 
    new 
    people 
    born 


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