Brothers Keeper chords by Aimee Mann

• Capo on 3rd

Intro:
Am C F

Verse 1:
 C                       F    Am
Ladies and gents, fold your tents, 'cause we have a winner

 C                    F    Am
Come see your Jane try to train every devil in her

     C              F      Am
There's not a man alive who could tame this creature

      C                   F      Am
You better leave the professor behind, see what time will teach her

   F          G       C    F
And when we've all collected a spectacular sum

    F       G          C     F
We'll get a little glimpse of the disaster to come


Chorus:
     Am       G
You can justify what happens then

    C          F
'Cause how could you have known

      Am            G
Leave the dust to dust and say "amen"

   C        F
Put "sorry" on the stone

    Am            Em
You're not not your brother's keeper, now

   C         F
Your brother's on his own

 Am      C     F           Am
  That's how the seeds of avarice are sown


Verse 2:
 C                       F    Am
Shit's just a trick and each week's full of compromises

 C                       F     Am
She'll push for a fish like a seal clapping for its prizes

     C              F      Am
There's not a man alive who could wake this sleeper

       C                        F    Am
Oh, tie the rope, hide the dope, sure there's hope, but denial's cheaper


   F          G       C    F
And when we've all collected a spectacular sum

    F       G          C     F
We'll get a little glimpse of the disaster to come


Chorus:
     Am       G
You can justify what happens then

    C          F
'Cause how could you have known

      Am            G
Leave the dust to dust and say "amen"

   C        F
Put "sorry" on the stone

    Am            Em
You're not not your brother's keeper, now

   C         F
Your brother's on his own

 Am      C     F           Am
  That's how the seeds of avarice are sown


Bridge:
(1 single strum per chord)

   Em         Em      Am      Am     F   C
And after the fail, you can wail as they drag the river

 Em               Am           F   C
Silence the band, wring the hand that you didn't give her

   F                C
And every man alive has to sign a waiver

 F     C                     F     Am
To put a coin in the plate, so that fate won't return the favor


Final Chorus:
(Back to normal strumming pattern)

     Am       G
You can justify, oh yes you can

    C       F
You've got the microphone

      Am         G
Tell them dust is dust and men are men

   C       F
And men all act alone

    Am          Em
You're not your brother's keeper, now

   C         F
Your brother's on his own

 Am      C     F           Am
  That's how the seeds of avarice are sown

 C     F
How the seeds of avarice are sown


Outro:
Am C F
F C