Brother to Brother
BROTHER TO BROTHER
Intro
| F11 | F7-9+5 | F6 | F7-5+5 |
| Cm9 Dm7 | Ebm9 F11 |Gmaj7 ... .| ............. |
| Abm7-5 | C#11 C#7-9+5 | F#maj7..... | ...............|
|N.C. |Dsus2/F#| .............|................|
------------6/4-----------------
Verse
Bm9 D7/A
Brother to brother
C#11 F#7+5 Bm7
Now we must join our hearts and hands
D7/A C#11 F7-9+55
yeah yeah
Bm9 D7/A D7+9+5
Yeah if we love one another
Gmaj9addC#11 F#7+5 Bm7
we hold key to the promised land
Am7/DF#7+55
yeah
Chorus (voice as intro )
F11 F7-9+5 F6 F7-5+5
Think of all that we've been through
Cm9 Dm7 Ebm9 F11 Gmaj7
The shucks and jives and royal blues
Abm7-5 C#11 C#7-9+5 F#maj7
Let us pray our time will co-o-o-me
N.C Dsus2/F#
When this world will live as one
Bm9 D7/A
Brother to brother
C#11 F#7+9+5 Bm7
Now don??t let the devil get you down
DC#11 F7-9+55
Ooooh
Bm9 D7/A D7+9+5
??Cause it??s bread and it??s butter
Dmaj7/G C#m7 F#7+5
That makes this whole damn world
Bm7
Go round and round
Am7/DF#7+5
yeah
F11 F7-9+5 F6 F7-5+5
Do you know where we went wrong
CmDm7 Ebm9 F11 Gmaj7
Tell me why the lines are drawn
Abm7-5 C#11 C#7-9+5 F#maj7
And let us break our bound??ries down
N.C Dsus2/F#
And live our lives on com mon ground
Piano Solo:
over E-B
alternating bass
F# E Abm F# E......
over Eb-Bb alternating bass
F# C# F# C# C................
over D-A alternating bass
CBCEDBb
piano: F#3 G Ab A
CDAsus2/F
Guitar: ( slowly and majestically )
FFF#7+9+5
guitar solo:
|Bm9 |D9/A |C#11 |F#7+9+5 F#7-9+5 |
|Bm9 |Am7/D D9+5 |Gmaj9addC# |C#m9 |
|Bm9 |Am7/D D9+5 |Gmaj7 |C#m9 F#7-9+5 |
| F11 | F7-9+5 | F6 | F7-5+5 |
| Cm9 Dm7 |Ebm9 F11 |Gmaj7 ... .| .............|
| Abm7-5 |C#11 C#7-9+5 |F#maj7..... | .............|
|F# |
-----------------6/4-----------------------
|Dsus2/F# | .......... ..|............ ..| |
|Bm11 | | | |
|Cmaj9/6 | | | |
|Bm11 | | | |
|Cmaj9/6 | | | |
|Bm11 | |Cmaj9/6 | |
instrumental alternate between Bm11 Cmaj9/6
bass solo on Bm7
continue again with alternating Bm11 Cmaj9/6
...( with background vocal 'ahh's ending on:
|Bm9 D7/A |C#11 F7+5+9 |F7-9+5
| F11 | F7-9+5 | F6 | F7-5+5 |
| Cm9 Dm7 | Ebm9 F11 |Gmaj7 ... .| ............. |
| Abm7-5 | C#11 C#7-9+5 | F#maj7..... | ...............|
|F# | Asus4/F# | .............|................|
Bm9 D7/A
Oh, mothers and fathers
C#11 F#7+5 Bm7
Where will tomorrow??s children be?
Oh, brother, my brother
Gmaj9addC#m9 F#7+5 Bm7
Let us live our lives in peace
Am7/D D7-9+5 Gmaj9 F#7+9+5.......................
yeah yeah yeah
End with alternating Bm11 - Cmaj9/6 over guitar and vocals
transcription and chart
Peter Kruger