My Brother And Me
Bruce Robison
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D G D G D G D GD Grandpa Charles smoked and drank whiskeyG But he died in 43D Nobody like him in all my kinA Untill my brother and meD He died in a small town so far backG They didn't know what hit him maybe a heart attackD That was a drag on my grandma you knowA She never really forgave him forD thatG D Most every year on Christmas DayA D My dad and me go down where he layG D I don't know what kind of man he'd beA D G But he'd like my brother and meD GD Grandmama married a man she foundG Even fore Grandaddy hit the groundD Took 45 years but what do you knowA He turned that right aroundD Grandma would tell him about the familyG How they come over from GermanyD Oma and Opa was hard folks thoughContinues after the adA D You know how them Germans can beG D When she died we cried and sang that dayA With the guitars tuned to theD doghouse bassG D Nobody sings down low and sweetA D G Not like my brother and meD GD My great grandpappy on my mother's sideG Made a whole lot of money before he diedD He was a wildcatter and in the Klan besidesA And that was a matter of prideD Never wondered where great grandpappy wentG He lit a cigar neath a oxygen tentD A man of secrets I'll never knowA D Like a letter never sentG D They're all livin like they shouldA But all the money in the worldD didn't do em no goodG Their daughter went and married anD old hayseedA D G And they had my brother and meD GD What do they say about the small townG You can take the boy out of Bandera Not the other way aroundD I don't know but man it's trueA Those bright lights will get you downD I'm gonna stay on the old concreteG Cause them city girls they smell so sweetD I don't know what the hell they seeA D But they like my brother and meA D But they like my brother and meA They like my brother a little moreD than they do meA D But they like my brother and meG D We go down to the Spur some nightA D And listen to the river neath the pale moon lightG And tell our buddies what's it'sD like to beA D Just like my brother and meA D Just like my brother and meA D Don't mess my with mt brother and meA D Just like my brother and meA D G Just like my brother and meD G D G D G D G D