Seven Brothers chords by Richard Thompson
Verse 1
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There
were
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seven broth ers sat by the road
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And everyone was dressed in black
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They smiled at everyone who passed
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They smiled at them, but none smiled back
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A stranger passed along the road
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Says that first brother, he'll be mine soon
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I'll clot the blood within
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his veins
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And his heart will burst like a
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child's balloon
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Another stranger passed them by
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Says that second brother,
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soon he will moan
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He'll feel the cloth dig
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at his bowels
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And he'll pray to the God he's
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never known
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Nothing strange a person by
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just a third brother
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A job's in hand, with corruption
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I'll fill his lungs and he'll drown
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standing on dry land
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Another stranger passes him by,
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says the fourth brother, the seed is sown
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I'll darken his mind with helplessness,
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and the hand and the gun will be his own
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Another stranger passed them by
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Says the fifth brother, his race is wrong
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I'll send his car to the edge of the cliff
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And friends will mourn
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he died too young
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Another stranger pass them by,
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says the sixth brother, he'll try to hide
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His teal up crack in pain endure,
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but still the plague will get inside
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Another stranger pass them by,
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says the seventh brother,
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this one I'll reap
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Peacefully, in his old age,
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his breath will fal ter in his sleep.
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There were seven brothers out by the road,
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watching the human promenade.
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Filling their appointment books,
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working at their father's tread
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There were seven brothers up on the road,
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and none could look them in the eye
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A scent of shiver through the bones
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of every soul who passed them by
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You
Seven Brothers
Richard Thompson
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