He Was My Brother Chords by Paul Simon

[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 ■  ■ 


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