A Brighter Day

Doobie Brothers

  • A
  • B
  • Bb
  • C#m
    4
  • D
  • E
  • F#
  • G#
  • G#m
    4
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Key:
G#m, Bb. | .... | .... | .... | .... | Drums - - - Bass in - -
| B | E | B | E |
B E There’s a little bitty boy down in Jamaica
B F# Who has the gift of seeing second sight
B E He sees the world and all it’s troubles
B F# B But inside his heart the sun is shining bright
B E Everybody shout to your brother
B F# Everybody sing let your spirit fly away
(F#) (G#) (Bb) B E Oh, oh, oh shout to your brother
B F# |B | B | E | So all the people have a brighter day
B E Well the network news went down to the island
B F# To try to understand the things he sees
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B E But he just laughed and he waved at the camera
B F# B He said, "Open up your mind and follow me."
B E Everybody shout to your brother
B F# Everybody sing let your spirit fly away
B E Oh, oh, oh shout to your brother
B F# B So all the people have a brighter day
D A When people go to war it hurts us all you see
E B They don’t feel the need to congregate
D A I may be just a boy but I am not a fool
C#m E F# Our leaders need to simplify instead of complicate
B E Everybody shout to your brother
B F# Everybody sing let your spirit fly away
B E Oh, oh, oh shout to your brother
B F# |B | So all the people have a brighter day | B . . . . | B . . . (Everybody) | | B . . . (Yeah, yeah) | B . (Everybody) Oh, oh |
B E Everybody shout to your brother
B F# Everybody sing . . . Can ya hear him say
B E Oh, oh, oh shout to your brother
B F# |B | So all the people have a brighter day
B E Everybody shout . . . to the little bitty boy
B F# Everybody sing . . . all the people just gotta believe
B E Oh, oh, oh shout to your brother (I wanna tell ya)
B F# |B | B . F# . | All the people have a brighter day
| E | E | B | B | B <> | Ohh, ooh, can ya hear what the little boy - say?
Song details

Composition: Tom Johnston

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