Learn how to play Brother by Matt Corby

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Difficulty: Novice
Tuning: Standard Tune Your Guitar
Capo: 2nd
Intro:                        1.
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ooh,  ooh,  ooh,  oooooh
                              2.
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ooh,  ooh,  ooh,  oooooh

verse:
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sleep now under my skin make sure you'll

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try to conjure the wind and ease my mind


Intro/bridge:
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ooh,  ooh,  ooh,  oooooh

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ooh,  ooh,  ooh,  oooooh

Chorus:
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Somebody call out to your brother,   ooh ooh ooh
he's callin' out your name

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Hiding under the covers,             ooh ooh ooh
with no one else to blame

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you couldn't
help out your own neighbor, you couldn't tell it to his face

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you were fucked up by the blame

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you cower in the corner     confide in your father

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Let it out and say              let it pass away

verse:
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sleep now under my skin make sure you'll

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try to conjure the wind and ease my mind           and i said

Intro/bridge:
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ooh,  ooh,  ooh,  oooooh

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ooh,  ooh,  ooh,  oooooh

Chorus:
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Somebody call out to your brother,   ooh ooh ooh
he's callin' out your name

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Hiding under the covers,             ooh ooh ooh
with no one else to blame

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you couldn't
help out your own neighbor, you couldn't tell it to his face

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you were fucked up by the blame


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you cower in the corner     confide in your father

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Let it out and say

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you cower in the corner     confide in your father

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Let it out and say              let it pass away

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  let it break your day

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wait here pull                    acknowledge that you weren't
yourself  out of this state here,


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a fake here, from there on you might just grow

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Somebody call out to your brother he's callin' out your name  oooh

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hiding under the covers with no on else to blame   oooh

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you couldn't    own brother    you couldn't   his face   you were fucked
help out your                  tell it to                up by the blame


repeat the last part but add
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before each line.

Sing along

Ooh ooh ooh...

Sleep now under my skin
Make sure you’ll try to
Conjure the wind
And ease my mind

Ooh ooh ooh...

Somebody call out to your brother
He’s calling out your name
Ooh ooh ooh
Hiding under the covers
With no one else to blame
Ooh ooh ooh
You couldn’t help out your own neighbor
You couldn’t tell it to his face
You were fucked up by the blame

You cower in the corner
Confide in your father
Let it out and say
Let it pass away

Sleep now under my skin
Make sure you try to
Conjure the wind
And ease my mind

And I said
Ooh ooh ooh...

Somebody call out to your brother
He’s calling out your name
Ooh ooh ooh
Hiding under the covers
With no one else to blame
Ooh ooh ooh
You couldn’t help out your own neighbor
You couldn’t tell it to his face
You were fucked up by the blame

You cower in the corner
Confide in your father
Let it out and say

You cower in the corner
Confide in your father
Let it break your day
Let it out and say

Wait there
Pull yourself out of this state dear
Acknowledge you were a fake here
From there on you might just grow
Oh oh oh

Somebody call out to your brother
He’s calling out your name
Ooh ooh ooh
Hiding under the covers
With no one else to blame
Ooh ooh ooh
Oh, you couldn’t help out your own neighbor
You couldn’t tell it to his face
You were fucked up by the blame

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