Brothers chords by Mary Gauthier

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
|E MajorE |E MajorE |

Verse 1:
        E MajorE
War ripped my baby from my breast
         A augmentedA
Now my name and rank cover my chest
       E MajorE
Twenty-three hours I flew and wept
       A augmentedA
Twenty-three hours I never slept
     E MajorE
Wiped my face, changed my soaking bra
     A augmentedA
Told my body not to feel at all
         E MajorE
Tried to be like you, what must I do
       BB        E MajorE
To prove that I'm a brother too?

Interlude:
|E MajorE |E MajorE |

Verse 2:
      E MajorE
I thought RPGs were fireworks
      A augmentedA
That's how green I was at first
         E MajorE
Blood blistered feet, black and blue
     A augmentedA
I slid inside my blood filled boots
        E MajorE
Seventy-pound pack plus you on my back
             A augmentedA
Spilled my blood on the road, man, I carried my load
        E MajorE
Kept you in my view, I'd die for you
         BB       E MajorE
Don't that make me a brother too?

Bridge:
       C# minorC#m
It's okay to cry, that's what you say
     A augmentedA
But if I do I'm damned anyway
       E MajorE
I learned to cry without a sound
       BB
'Cause I'm afraid you'll put me down

Verse 3:
N.C.      E MajorE
You broke my heart on Veterans Day
         A augmentedA
Don't you understand the words you say
        E MajorE
You raised a flag for the men you serve
        A augmentedA
What about the women, what do we deserve?
         E MajorE
I was just like you when the bullets flew
      A augmentedA
I had your back, you had mine too
       E MajorE
Brothers in arms, your sisters covered you
        BB         E MajorE
Don't that make us your brother too?

Outro:
      E MajorE
Say it for me, say it for you
       BB          E MajorE
Your sisters are your brothers too

|E MajorE |E MajorE |