Brother

Intro: (palm muted)
C         Csus2 C         Csus2 C         Csus2 C          C/B
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Verse 1: (all partial palm muted)
Am        Am/B  C               F               C          C/B
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  I caught a vision of you looking in the mirror

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  A picture I had seen before me all these years

Am        Am/B  C               F               C          C/B
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  I’d always wanted me to follow where you walked

Am        Am/B  C               F               C          C/B
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  To be the image of this brother I had watched


Verse 2: (same as verse 1)
Well I know dear brother that the sand it falls away
Into the hour glass with every passing day
We chose our own roads but no matter what the cost

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  I stand before you saying no, nothing was lost.


Refrain:  (no palm mute)
(pickup) We may have

F               G               C             Csus2  C            
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followed beating hearts and settled down.              We may have

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built a life away in another town.                     But blood is

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thicker than the water in the ground.                  You are my

F               G(let ring)     C         Csus2 C          C/B (replace C/B w/ Csus2 going into bridge)
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brother with my brother I am found.


Verse 3: (palm mute)
I have that photo where I’m cradled in your arms
I’m still that boy now offering shelter from the storm
Well I release you from your standing of the guard
I push your boat away and know you will go far


Refrain (same as before)


Bridge: (switch up strum pattern; see notes)
Em             Fmaj7            C              Gsus4            
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            At rest or in motion that we keep

Em             Fmaj7            C              Gsus4            
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           Inside tucked away with lock and key

Em             Fmaj7            C          C/B  Am            
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           Some things in this life were made to last.      Like

F               G(let ring)                     C         Csus2 C  (back to down strumming/palm mute on 1st C) 
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 brother when I see you,             no time has passed


Last Refrain: (start palm muted)
We may have followed beating hearts and settled down.
We may have built a life away in another town.
(remove mute; give'r)
But blood is thicker than the water in the ground.
You are my

F               G               Am         Am/B C            
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brother with my brother I am found.                    You are my

F               G               Am         Am/B C            
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brother with my brother I am found.                    You are my

F               G(let ring)        
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brother with my brother I am found.