He Was My Brother Chords by Simon Garfunkel

[Intro]

[Verse]
E D E D      E  Dbm     E A
■ ■ ■ He was my brother ■ ■
                        B
Five years older than I ■
E D      E  Dbm    
■ He was my brother
A B                         E   D E    D     
■ Twentythree years old the day ■ ■ he ■ died
E       Dbm  
Freedom rider
A                           B       
■ They cursed my brother to his face
Gbm7 E  D    E Dbm      A              B             E       D     E
■    Go home ■ outsider ■ Mississipi's gonna be your burying place ■
D      Gbm7    E            Dbm
He was singing on his knees ■  
A              B            
■ An angry mob trailed along
Bsus4 E    D A E       Dbm          A                       Dbm       E
■     They ■ ■ shot my brother dead ■ because he hated what was wrong ■
Gbsus4 D      E       Dbm A                          B  E 
He     was my brother ■   tears can't bring him back to me


[Chorus]
D         Gbm7 E       Dbm     A          B            E            
He he was my   brother ■   and he died so his brothers could be free
Dbm    A          B                  E       D E
Oh God he died so his brothers could be free ■ ■


[Outro]

[End]