Little Brother chords by Lady Lamb The Beekeeper

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Intermediate


Capo 3

The picking pattern varies a bit throughout the song, but here is the main idea.

The BB in the chords below signifies the root note transition, not the actual chord
(which would be a G+G if you decided to play it out).

Main picking pattern:
  C majorC        E minorEm        A minorAm        A minorAm     B/G
e|--------0----------------0----------------------------------------------------|
BB|-(1)--------1---1----------------0--------1-------1--------1------------------|
G+G|----0---------0------0-------0--------2-------2--------2-------2---0----------|
D MajorD|------2---2------------2-------2--------2---2---2--------2--------------------|
A augmentedA|--3----------------2-------2--------0----------------0-------0---2------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C majorC     E minorEm      A minorAm      A minorAm  BB   C majorC
I'm not sure how these marks came to be on my heart
     E minorEm    A minorAm      A minorAm    BB C majorC
in your bed as I slept with the devil had a brawl
     E minorEm      A minorAm     A minorAm   BB C majorC
when I awoke prayed to god it had been but a draw
  E minorEm        A minorAm     A minorAm  BB  C majorC
oh my what more of a mess I will be if I've lost

Interlude picking pattern:
  C majorC        E minorEm        A minorAm        A minorAm     G+G
e|-------------------------3---0------------0----------------------------------|
BB|-(1)----3-------1----------------0------------1------------1-----------------|
G+G|----0-------0--------0----------------2-----------2----2-------2---0---------|
D MajorD|------2-------2--------2-------2--------2---2---2--------2-------------------|
A augmentedA|--3-------3--------2-------2--------0----------------0-------0---------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------3-----------|

FF          FF            C majorC       E MajorE
 now I dream of the sky running towards me, liquid like an ocean
FF           FF         C majorC      E MajorE
 my little brother is there and I carry him like a newborn
FF           FF         C majorC        E MajorE
 it seems I'm always lifting him to escape from rabid beasts and storms
 FF        FF           C majorC
behind my eyelids he is light - he's the weight of a quarter
     E MajorE      E MajorE
but in daylight he is broad and older

C majorC E minorEm      A minorAm      A minorAm  BB  C majorC
oh lord, call me back, back to you I will come,
    E minorEm      A minorAm      A minorAm       BB C majorC
seal my soul like an envelope, use your spit lick it shut
      E minorEm        A minorAm      A minorAm BB C majorC
bring your knives, use your tools, perform open heart
       E minorEm      A minorAm      A minorAm BB  C majorC
the water is scalding, so cold that it burns
      E minorEm          A minorAm   A minorAm  BB   C majorC
but when I lay in your likeness how you slay all my hurt
    E minorEm     (A minorAm)