Brother

Intro G G G G (2x) G You came to me with one idea, But left me with another. Em And though that plan will cost our lives I'm proud to call you brother G I shadowed you through city streets My teacher till the last Em You said 'The beauty of the world C Hath made you sad, This beauty now will pass' C You start out with good intentions To help restore our fallen nation (Call you brother) Em C When thinking of the cost I never thought you'd be the one D D/F# G Through everything I'm proud to call you brother G My thoughts now turn to these past few weeks When we were side by side Em With Joe and Tom and Jim and Sean We stood against the tide G Teachers, poets, dreamers, men Heroes unto me Em Through words and deeds and actions past C I thank them all, they taught me to be free C You start out with good intentions To help restore our fallen nation (Call you brother) Em C When thinking of the cost I never thought you'd be the one D D/F# G Through everything I'm proud to call you brother Solo: G Em C Em C D D/F# G G Now I sit in my darkened cell The morning close at hand Em I pray to God for mother dear That she will understand G They'll say to you that we were wrong And traitors of us make Em But generations still to come, will praise your sons C Who died for Irelands sake. C You start out with good intentions To help restore our fallen nation (Call you brother) Em C When thinking of the cost I never thought you'd be the one D D/F# G Through everything I'm proud to call you brother