Little Brothers chords by Chip Taylor

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Verse 1
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Well,
he had shut the meter down
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and I suggested we leave him a
little bit more money,
just a little more.
An Indian cab driver
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who had been waiting patiently to get
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our belongings out of his vehicle.
But Brother John said,
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a little more becomes a little more,
and a little more becomes a hand down.
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And everyone you see will have their hands out a little more for you and me,
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can't you see?
That's where this thing is going.
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He said, oh little brother,
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oh little brother.
I said, John, I don't see it that way,
he did a little extra work, deserves extra pay,
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I'm going to give it to him anyway,
and I reached for a fiber
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and I was about to give it to the taxi driver,
but Brother Barry snatched
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it from my hand
and said, thank you man,
let's I keep this in the family,
it's an old little brother
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Old little brother
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You have got so much to learn
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Here go, y 'all
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I said, Barry, it is you.
I thought you were in
Montserrat or Okinawa.
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He said, out of the blue
and madness has descended upon you,
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I'm here in your spirit
whenever you need me.
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Cause that's what brothers are for,
and I'm the eldest,
so you better believe me.
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said, oh little brother, oh little brother,
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you have got so much to learn.
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Break it down boys,
now the things I've been talking about
are just things from a dream
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John is as generous as they come,
and Barry, well he's the king
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Thinking about other folks,
not just himself,
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don't mean a thing here
And this song, they're the same yonkers
boys from the old grassy sprain
I said, oh little brother,
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oh little brother
Oh, brother,
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you have got so much to learn.
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Break it down again, boy.
Now, I said to myself,
it's time you turn your back on the boys.
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Turn the other way.
You've been here before.
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And if you decide to stay, it is just you
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and you alone can make the obvious,
the unknown.
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You are a boy, boy,
and your color's been born.
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Oh little brother, oh little brother,
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you have got so much to learn, y 'all.
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Oh little brother.
Oh little brother, oh little brother
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Oh little brother
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You have got so much, so much to learn you