Long Lost Brother chords by Over The Rhine

• Capo on 2nd

Long Lost Brother – Over the Rhine

Capo 2

Verse 1:

 D                                     A
I thought that we'd be further along by now
                F#                       G
I can't remember how we stumbled to this place
D
I loved you like a long lost brother
     A                                  F#
ON a bad day maybe I thought why bother
                                    G
I've seldom seen so much anger in a face

Chorus:
           D                   A
I wanna do better, I wanna try harder
        F#                  G
I wanna believe down to the letter
          D            A
Jesus and Mary can you carry us
            F#                     G
Across this ocean into the arms of forgiveness

Verse 2:
D
I don't mean to laugh out loud
A
I'm trying to come clean trying to shed my doubt
F#                                       G
Or maybe I should just keep my big mouth shut
D
More often than not when it comes to you
A
You want whatever's not in front of you
F#                                G
Deep down I know this includes me too

Chorus:
           D                   A
I wanna do better, I wanna try harder
        F#                  G
I wanna believe down to the letter
          D            A
Jesus and Mary can you carry us
            F#                     G
Across this ocean into the arms of forgiveness

Verse 3:
   D
So tell me your troubles let your pain rain down
A
I know my job, I've been around
F#                                    G
I invest in this mess, I'm a low cost dumping ground
D
Trouble is I'm so exausted
A
The plot, you see, I think I've lost it
F#                                     G
I need the grace to find what can't be found

Chorus:
           D                   A
I wanna do better, I wanna try harder
        F#                  G
I wanna believe down to the letter
          D            A
Jesus and Mary can you carry us
            F#                     G