Capo on 1st fret to fit with recording.
D
The house was like a tomb.
D
I was hiding in my room.
GD
As my brother made his way on down the hall.
D
I didn't want to say goodbye.
DG
And I was trying to deny there was a war,
D
And that he got the call.
Bm
I watched him from my window
G
Walking down the drive.
D
Then I ran down the stairway
A
Through the front door and I cried
D
You come back you hear?
G
And I let him see my tears
DA
I said I'll give you my rookie of DiMaggio.
D
I'll do anything you want,
G
Clean your room, or wash your car.
DAsus4G
I'll do anything so long as you don't go.
DAsus4D
But he said, this is what brothers are for.
D
Well I have my heroes,
D
But the one I love the most
GD
Taught me how to hunt and swing a bat.
D
And I wrote him every night,
D
I said I miss our pillow fights,
GD
But lately I just wonder where you're at.
BmG
Sometimes freedom makes it hard to live.
DA
When it takes things from you that you don't want to give.
D
I said you come back you hear?
G
I miss you being near.
DA
Laugh and fish down in the maple grove
D
I'll do anything you want.
G
There must be someone I can call,
DAsus4G
And just maybe they would let you come back home.
DAsus4D
But he wrote, this is what brothers are for.
AGD
I may never have to face the anger of those guns,
AGD
Or lie cold and wounded in my blood,
AGD
Or know the sacrifice and what it must of cost
BmGA
For him to love me that much.
D
Well, it had been two years,
D
And I held back my tears
GD
When I saw him in that wheel chair on the shore.
D
And as I ran and held him tight,
D
That's when he looked me in the eye
BmAsus4G
And said I'm sorry that you have to push me home.
DAsus4D
And I said hey, this is what brothers are for.