Eddie Vedder – Brother The Cloud (Guitar)

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[Intro] D# G#m B F# D# x2 [Verse]
D#       G#m   B F# D#
I had a bro_________ther

                       G#m B F#
But now my brother is gone

   D#
Oh I search the sky for a

G#m                   B
Glimpse of his blue eyes

      F#      D#
And there I find

                    G#  C# B
His image in the clouds
[Chorus]
A#           C#           Cm
If I could wish, wish it away

          B           C#        A#
I would bleed out my knees and pray

            C#               Cm
If I could give, all that I have

     B        C#    D#
To bring him back today

                C#
These are but dreams

               Cm
As sad as it seems

      B     C#     D#  G#m B F#
I'm always wide awake
[Verse]
D#
Understand it was not

G#m           B
Easy for my friend

    C#  D#
Oh promises

                             G#m B
Even to yourself cannot be kept

   F#        D#
Enlarge the hole in my heart

         G#m         B
Rising river in the dark

   F#        D#
Erodes the shore

                           G#m C# B
'Til our shores were far apart
[Chorus]
A#           C#           Cm
If I could wish, wish it away

          B           C#        A#
I would bleed out my knees and pray

            C#               Cm
If I could give, all that I have

     B        C#    D#
To bring him back today

                C#
These are but dreams

               Cm
As sad as it seems

       B       C#
They never go away
[Bridge]
G#m
There's no previous reference

                        B C#
For this level of pain

G#m
I can't feign indifference

                B F#
Can't look away

G#m
The years they go by
The hurt I still hide
                     B          C#
If I look okay, it's just the outside

G#m
There's no previous reference

                    A#m
For this level of pain

             B       C#
Oh I could hear him sing
[Instrumental] D# G#m B F# D# G#m C# B [Chorus]
A#           C#           Cm
If I could wish, wish it away

          B           C#        A#
I would bleed out my knees and pray

            C#               Cm
If I could give, all that I have

     B         C#    D#
To bring back yesterday

                C#
These are but dreams

            Cm           B      C#  D#
Sad as it seems, they never go away

                 C#
These are but dreams

               Cm
As sad as it seems

      B    C#     G#m  F# E C#
I'm always wide awake
[Instrumental] G#m F# E C# [Outro]
G#m               F#
And I would not wish upon you

E               C#
But should you ever leave this earth

G#m                        F#
Before me, I doubt this highly

E            C#             G#m
Do for me, what I'd do for you

                 F#            E
Put your arms around my friend

                 C#            G#m
Put your arms around my friend

                F#                      E
Put your arms round my brother, my friend

             C#           G#m
Say for me, for me, fuck you

       F#        E   C#
(Fuck you) Fuck you

G#m            F#  E C#
What are friends?

G#m            F#  E C#
What are friends,

         G#m F#
Friends for?

              E
What are friends

                  C#m
What are friends?

                 G#m
What are friends for?