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