He Was My Brother Chords by Paul Simon
- Key: Ab
- BPM: 100
- Capo: no capo
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HE WAS MY BROTHER CHORDS
[Start] [Verse] Eb Db Eb Db Cm ■ ■ ■ He was my brother Ab Bb ■ Five years older than I Eb Db Cm ■ He was my brother Ab Bb Db Eb ■ Twentythree years old the day he died ■ Db Eb Cm Freedom rider ■ Ab Bb ■ They cursed my brother to his face Eb Db Bb Cm Go home ■ outsider Ab Bb Eb Db Eb ■ Mississippi's gonna be your burying place ■ Db Eb Cm He was singing on his knees Ab Bb ■ An angry mob trailed along Eb Db Eb Cm They shot my brother dead Ab Bb Cm Eb ■ Because he hated what was wrong Db Eb Cm He was my brother [Chorus] Ab Eb Bb ■ Tears can't bring him back to me Eb Db Eb Cm He he was my brother Ab Bb Eb And he died so his brothers could be free Cm Ab Bb Eb Db Eb Oh God he died so his brothers could be free ■ ■ [End]