He Was My Brother chords

Capo on 2th fret
Normal tuning: EADGBE

[D]He-e-e-[C]e was my [D]bro[Bm]ther

[G] Five years older than [A]I

[D]He-e-e-[C]e was my [D]bro[Bm]ther

[G] Twenty-three years [A]old the day he [D]died [C] [D]

[D]Fre-e-[C]e-edom [D]rider [Bm]

[G] They cursed my brother to his [A]face

[D]Go [C] home out[D]sider [Bm]

[G] Mississippi's gonna [A]be your buryin' [D]place [C] [D]

[D]He-e-e-[C]e was singin' [D]on his knees [Bm]

[G] An angry mob trailed a[A]long

[D]They [C] shot my [D]brother dead [Bm]

[G] Because he [A]hated what was [Bm]wrong [D] [C] [D]

[D]He-e-e-[C]e was my [D]bro[Bm]ther

[G] Tears can't bring him back to [A]me

[D]He - [C] He was my [D] brother

And he [G]died so his [A]brothers could be [D]free

Oh, [Bm]God, he [G]died so his [A]brothers could be [D]free [C] [D]


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Song from the album "Wednesday Morning 3 am" of Simon & Garfunkel.
* Paul Kane is one of the aliases used by Paul Simon.