Paul Simon - He Was My Brother

He Was My Brother Paul Simon Words & music by Paul Simon 1963 [D]He-e-e-[C]e was my [D]bro[Bm]ther [G] Five years older than [A]I [D]He-e-e-[C]e was my [D]bro[Bm]ther [G] Twenty-three years [A]old the day he [D]died[C][D] [D]Fre-e-[C]e-edom [D]rider[Bm] [G] They cursed my brother to his [A]face [D]Go [C] home out[D]sider[Bm] [G] Mississippi's gonna [A]be your buryin' [D]place[C][D] [D]He-e-e-[C]e was singin' [D]on his knees[Bm] [G] An angry mob trailed a[A]long [D]They [C] shot m (paul-simon.info)

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