He Was My Brother chords by Paul Simon
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Verse 1
(D major) (C major) (D major) He (A minor) (C major) was my (D major) brother (B minor)
(G major) Five years older (A major) than I
(D major) He (A minor) was my (D major) brother (B minor)
(G major) Twenty-three years years (A major) old
the day he (D major) died
(C major) (D major)
Verse 2
Freedom (A minor) (C major) (D major) writer (B minor)
(G major) They cursed my brother to (A major) his face
(D major) "Go (A minor) home, (D major) outsider (B minor)
(G major) This town's gonna (A major) be
your buryin' (D major) place"
(C major) (D major)
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Verse 3
(D major) He (A minor) was (C major) singin' (D major) on his (B minor) knees
(G major) An angry mob trailed along (A major)
They (D major) (A minor) (D major) shot my brother (B minor) dead
(G major) Because he (A major) hated what was (B minor) wrong
(D major)
Verse 4
He (A minor) (C major) was my (D major) brother (B minor)
(G major) Tears can't bring him back to (A major) me
(D major) He, (C major) he was (D major) my brother (B minor)
And he (G major) died so his (A major) brothers could be (D major) free
(B minor) He (G major) died so his (A major) brothers could be free (D major)
(C major) (D major)
He Was My Brother
Paul Simon
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