Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee chords by John Oates
Verse 1
G
D
G
I'll be there for you
Am
D
Em
Am
If you'll be there for me
D
G
We're all just passing through
Em
Am
Trying to be the be
D
Bm
Em
st that we can be
Am
G
A house that's divided,
Am
D
Bm
Em
Am
isn't strong enough to stand
D
G
Em
Nothing gets decided,
Am
D
Bm
Em
Am
by drawing lines in the sand
D
C
Talk about good and evil,
G
talk about sticks and stones
Am
Philosophers and fools
D
rolling dice with loaded bones
C
Brother to brother,
Bm
Em
Am
D
together but when they're on their own
Am
Bm
They sang the blues in different keys
C
Bm
Just dreaming dreams about what could be
Em
Am
And I'll walk for you
Bm
C
You'll see it for me
A
Am
D
Am
Said Sonny Terry to Brownie
G
C
D
G
C
McGee
D
G
Kindness of the heart
Am
D
Bm
Em
Is the measure of a man
Am
D
G
Em
Stop saying it can't be done, oh no,
Am
D
Bm
Em
start saying yes it can
Am
D
When you're stumbling
G
through the darkness,
Am
D
Bm
Em
reach out and open up the door
Am
D
G
Em
Time to bring this world together,
Am
D
and that's worth striving
Bm
Em
Am
D
for
C
G
I'm just believin' till the truth is gone
Am
Ain't no logic and no reason
D
for this carryin' on
C
In a long dark night,
Bm
Em
Am
gotta wake up to a brighter dawn
D
Just keep holdin' on
Am
and sing the blues in different keys
Bm
C
And keep on dreaming
G
Bm
about what could be
Em
Am
And I'll walk for you,
Bm
C
A
you'll see for me
Am
D
Am
Said Sonny Terry to Brownie
G
D
G
D
McGee
G
C
D
G
C
G
C
Talk about getting even,
G
talk about sticks and stones
Am
Philosophers and fools,
D
G
rolling dice and loaded bones
C
Brother to brother,
Bm
Em
Am
together but then they're on their own
D
C
There's Santa Blues in dif
Bm
Am
ferent kids
C
Bm
Am
D
C
Forever together
Bm
Am
C#dim
now they will be
Am
D
Sonny Terry and Brownie
Outro 1
McGee
G
C
D
G
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
John Oates
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