Brother John (Charcoal On Paper) chords by
Joe Pug

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Key: D major

Intro 1
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There was a friend

Verse 1
I had,
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we called him Brother John
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It was many heavy years ago now
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He had a poet's heart and
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a painter's touch
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And was more honest than
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the world would allow
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The rest of us grew up and
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made our compromise
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But he was never one to play that game
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He was caught between a cold
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machine and an  everlasting flame
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He was caught between a cold
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machine and an  everlasting flame
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Verse 2
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We used to smoke on the side
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of the railroad tracks
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And tell jokes that
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we shouldn't have told
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Until the powers that be
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locked us all in a room
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With a confession that we
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couldn't withhold
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"You can save your friends
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or you can save yourself"
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They said you really
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oughta be ashamed
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We were caught between a cold machine
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and an  everlasting flame
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Verse 3
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I moved away too young into a violent town
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And chased a dream that
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I shouldn't have chased
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John moved to St. Augustine
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And worked the door at
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a shot and beer place
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I think he fell in love with
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a world he dreamed
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That in reality it never be came
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He was caught between a cold machine,
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hey hey hey hey hey

Verse 4

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They say he had a right to choose

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But his life was not just his to lose

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Now that he's gone

Verse 5
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Meanwhile some shallow men
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in a far- off town
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Dragged us all down a slippery slope
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And the doctor's brand new miracle cure
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Was just good old
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fashioned dope
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They say the road to hell
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is like a Sunday walk
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Until the devil gets to know your name
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Then you're caught between a cold
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machine and an  everlasting flame
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Verse 6
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Now there's a silver stream
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of water in  the street
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About a block from where
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his body was found
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And the children laugh
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and sing their songs
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As the summer starts to wind itself down
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But I see Johnny's face when
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I close my eyes
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More than our time together can explain
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Like a slow   re frain

Verse 7
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He was caught between a cold machine,
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hey hey hey hey hey
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He was caught between a cold machine,
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He was caught between a cold machine,
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hey hey hey hey hey
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He was caught between a cold machine,
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hey hey hey hey hey

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