Brutus Chords by The Buttress

[Intro]
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I've been watching him for my entire life


[Verse]
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I hate the air he breathes his foolish decrees
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His words so contrived
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And I hate the way the townspeople gather outside
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They hang on every breath cling to his chest
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Home to his heart full of pride
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The oracle told him to beware the Ides
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And I'd be lying if I said I wasn't wishing
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For untimely death or demise
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Or am I just wishing I could be like you
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That the people would see me too as a poet
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And not just the muse
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Oh it's not true I don't wish harm upon you
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From birth we've been like brothers of different mothers
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Within the spirit of the same womb
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May the gods strike me down if I forsake you
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Frater meus you're beautifully made
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And to you I'm forever grateful
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I'll never forget that you showed me to make art
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And I know the love you showed me came
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From a pure and noble heart
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I love you and if you want I'll call you King
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■  But why do I lie awake each night thinking
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Instead of you it should be me
C                              
Something wicked this way comes
         C                        
And as I set to face it I'm unsure
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Should I embrace it should I run
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What motivates me Hatred Is it love
       C                                     
What's more wrong that I too wish to be great
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Or my mother wished she'd had a son
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And even if I can't be the one
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Maybe I could at least help make way for him
                      C    
Until the day that he comes
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Maybe my name could also be known
     C                                 
That I helped return good to the people
    C                         
And restored greatness to Rome


[Inst]
C                          
Brutus Brutus Brutus Brutus
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Brutus Brutus Brutus Brutus


[Chorus]
C                          
Brutus Brutus Brutus Brutus
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Brutus Brutus Brutus Brutus
        C                                
My name is Brutus and my name means heavy
        C            
So with a heavy heart
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I'll guide this dagger into the heart of my enemy
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My whole life you were a teacher and friend to me
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Please know my actions are not motivated only by envy
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I too have a destiny
                   Gm 
This death will be art
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The people will speak of this day from near and afar
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This event will be history and I'll be great too
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I don't want what you have I want to be you
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I always knew I could be the one


[Inst]
Gm     C                                 
Though ■ I feel the endless pain of being


[Verse]
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And I am scorched by the Sun
          C                                 
Of humble origins and born of the cursed sex
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My name is Brutus but the people will call me Rex ■


[Outro]

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