D    C     D

[Verse 1]
D      C          D  Bm
He-e-e-e   was my brother
G                      A
 Five years older than I
D      C          D  Bm
He-e-e-e   was my brother
G                   A               D       C     D
 Twenty-three years old  the day he died

[Verse 2]
D     C      D     Bm
Fre-e-e-edom rider
G                              A
 They cursed my brother to his face
D     C           D     Bm
Go        home outsider
G                    A                D        C     D
 This town's gonna be your buryin' place

[Verse 3]
D      C               D            Bm
He-e-e-e   was singin' on his knees
G                      A
 An angry mob trailed along
D       C           D            Bm
They        shot my brother dead
G           A                D   C     D
 Because he hated what was wrong

[Verse 4]
D      C          D  Bm
He-e-e-e   was my brother
G                              A
 Tears can't bring him back to me
D     C          D     Bm
He  -  He was my  brother
        G           A                 D    Bm
And he died so his brothers could be free
    G           A                D       C     D
He died so his brothers could be   free