My Brother and Me Bruce Robison
[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G]
[D]Grandpa Charles smoked and drank whiskey
But [G]he died in 43
[D]Nobody like him in all my kin
U[A]ntill my brother and me
[D]He died in a small town so far back
They didn't [G]know what hit him maybe a heart attack
[D]That was a drag on my grandma you know
She never [A]really forgave him for [D]that
[G]Most every year on [D]Christmas Day
My [A]dad and me go [D]down where he lay
[G]I don't know what kind of [D]man he'd be
But he'd [A]like my brother and [D]me [G] [D] [G]
[D]Grandmama married a man she found
Even [G]fore Grandaddy hit the ground
[D]Took 45 years but what do you know
He [A]turned that right around
[D]Grandma would tell him about the family
How they [G]come over from Germany
[D]Oma and Opa was hard folks though
You know [A]how them Germans can[D] be
[G]When she died we [D]cried and sang that day
With the [A]guitars tuned to the d[D]oghouse bass
[G]Nobody sings down [D]low and sweet
Not [A]like my brother and [D]me [G] [D] [G]
[D]My great grandpappy on my mother's side
Made a [G]whole lot of money before he died
[D]He was a wildcatter and in the Klan besides
And t[A]hat was a matter of pride
[D]Never wondered where great grandpappy went
He lit a [G]cigar neath a oxygen tent
[D]A man of secrets I'll never know
Like a [A]letter never [D]sent
[G]They're all livin l[D]ike they should
But all the[A] money in the world didn't [D]do em no good
[G]Their daughter went and married an [D]old hayseed
And they [A]had my brother and [D]me [G] [D] [G]
[D]What do they say about the small town
You can take the [G]boy out of Bandera
Not the other way around
[D]I don't know but man it's true
Those [A]bright lights will get you down
[D]I'm gonna stay on the old concrete
Cause them [G]city girls they smell so sweet
[D]I don't know what the hell they see
But they [A]like my brother and [D]me
But they [A]like my brother and [D]me
They like my [A]brother a little more than they [D]do me
But they like my [A]brother and [D]me
[G]We go down to the [D]Spur some night
And [A]listen to the river [D]neath the pale moon light
[G]And tell our buddies what's it's [D]like to be
Just [A]like my brother and [D]me
Just [A]like my brother and [D]me
Don't m[A]ess my with mt brother and [D]me
Just [A]like my brother and [D]me
Just [A]like my brother and [D]me [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D]
[D] [C] [G] [D]
From Bruce Robison "Wrapped"
Lucky Dog Records 1998
Bruce Robison/Tiltawhirl Music(BMI)
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