Brother Chords

by NEEDTOBREATHE feat. Gavin DeGraw
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Capo in 4th. Corrected timing and transposability.
Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 4th fret
Author m.franks [a] 77.
4 contributors total, last edit on May 20, 2024
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Chords

G
Am
Em
C
D
Gm

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Capo on 4th fret
 
* = chords played by organ only
 
[Intro]
G     Am Em     Am G     Am Em
 
[Verse 1]
Am   G                     Am       Em
    Ramblers in the wilderness, we can’t find what we need
   Am            G                            Am          Em
We get a little restless from the searching, get a little worn down in between
C       G                     Am         Em
 Like a bull chasing the matador, is the man left to his own schemes
C         G                           Am            Em
Everybody needs someone beside ‘em, shining like a lighthouse from the sea
 
[Chorus]
C                           G                            Em
   Brother, let me be your shelter, never leave you all alone
                      D
I can be the one you call, when you’re low
C                           G                                         Em
   Brother, let me be your fortress, when the night winds are driving on
                         D
Be the one to light the way, bring you home
 
[Verse 2]
G                          Am           Em
Face down in the desert now, there’s a cage locked around my heart
   C              G                               Am           Em
I found a way to drop the keys where my failures were, now my hands can’t reach that far
C  G                       Am          Em
   I ain’t made for a rivalry, I could never take the world alone
  C                G                         Am        Em
I know that in my weakness I am strong, but it’s your love that brings me home
 
[Chorus]
C                           G                            Em
   Brother, let me be your shelter, never leave you all alone
                      D
I can be the one you call, when you’re low
C                           G                                         Em
   Brother, let me be your fortress, when the night winds are driving on
                         D
Be the one to light the way, bring you home
 
[Bridge]
C                G                 Em
   And when you call, and need me near
                    D
Saying where’d you go? Brother, I’m right here
C                G                            Em
   And on those days, when the sky begins to fall
                           D
You’re the blood of my blood, we can get through it all
 
[Interlude]
Gm
 
[Chorus]
C                           G*                           Em*
   Brother, let me be your shelter, never leave you all alone
                        D*
I could be the one you call, when you’re feeling low
C                           G                                         Em
   Brother, let me be your fortress, when the night winds are driving on
                         D
Be the one to light the way, bring you home
 
C                           G                            Em
   Brother, let me be your shelter, never leave you all alone
                      D
I can be the one you call, when you’re low
C                           G                                         Em
   Brother, let me be your fortress, when the night winds are driving on
                         D
Be the one to light the way, bring you home
 
[Outro]
Em                          D                G
    Be the one to light the way, bring you home
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10 comments
stenberg.m90
If you want to play along with the acoustic version of this song, move the capo to 2nd fret.
+4
wolf03
I thought it sounded pretty good when I sang it...
+1
chadschaal
Am can be passing tone, or walk down the low E string (F#). Bear also uses a variation of D chord (think C/G slid up two frets) for some if not all the D chords.
+1