Simon & Garfunkel – He Was My Brother (Guitar)

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[Intro] D C D [Verse 1]
D      C          D  Bm
He-e-e-e   was my brother

G                      A
 Five years older than I

D      C          D  Bm
He-e-e-e   was my brother

G                   A               D       C     D
 Twenty-three years old  the day he died
[Verse 2]
D     C      D     Bm
Fre-e-e-edom rider

G                              A
 They cursed my brother to his face

D     C           D     Bm
Go        home outsider

G                    A                D        C     D
 This town's gonna be your buryin' place
[Verse 3]
D      C               D            Bm
He-e-e-e   was singin' on his knees

G                      A
 An angry mob trailed along

D       C           D            Bm
They        shot my brother dead

G           A                D   C     D
 Because he hated what was wrong
[Verse 4]
D      C          D  Bm
He-e-e-e   was my brother

G                              A
 Tears can't bring him back to me

D     C          D     Bm
He  -  He was my  brother

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

    G           A                D       C     D
He died so his brothers could be   free