Brothers Keeper

Am C F

[Verse 1]
C                                 
Ladies and gents, fold your tents,
           F      Am
 'cause we have a winner
C                             
Come see your Jane try to train 
        F     Am
every devil in her
        C                         
There's not a man alive who could 
F         Am
tame this creature
           C                  
You better leave the professor 
                  F         Am
behind, see what time will teach her

    F                  G     
And when we've all collected a 
       C      F
spectacular sum
      F            G              
We'll get a little glimpse of the 
   C        F
disaster to come

[Chorus]
        Am           G
You can justify what happens then
       C                  F
'Cause how could you have known
          Am                  
Leave the dust to dust and say 
   G
"amen"
     C             F
Put "sorry" on the stone
       Am                    
You're not not your brother's 
 Em
keeper, now
     C                F
Your brother's on his own
Am         C       F            
    That's how the seeds of 
        Am
avarice are sown

[Verse 2]
C                                 
Shit's just a trick and each 
          F      Am
week's full of compromises
C                                 
She'll push for a fish like a seal
          F       Am
 clapping for its prizes
        C                         
There's not a man alive who could 
F         Am
wake this sleeper
            C                   
Oh, tie the rope, hide the dope, 
                          F    
sure there's hope, but denial's 
  Am
cheaper

    F                  G     
And when we've all collected a 
       C      F
spectacular sum
      F            G              
We'll get a little glimpse of the 
   C        F
disaster to come

[Chorus]
        Am           G
You can justify what happens then
       C                  F
'Cause how could you have known
          Am                  
Leave the dust to dust and say 
   G
"amen"
     C             F
Put "sorry" on the stone
       Am                    
You're not not your brother's 
 Em
keeper, now
     C                F
Your brother's on his own
Am         C       F            
    That's how the seeds of 
        Am
avarice are sown

[Bridge]
(1 single strum per chord)

    Em              Em        Am 
And after the fail, you can wail 
        Am      F   C
as they drag the river
Em                          Am   
Silence the band, wring the hand 
                F    C
that you didn't give her
    F                             
And every man alive has to sign a 
C
waiver
F        C                       
To put a coin in the plate, so 
                F        Am
that fate won't return the favor

[Final Chorus]
(Back to normal strumming pattern)

        Am          G
You can justify, oh yes you can
       C            F
You've got the microphone
          Am               G
Tell them dust is dust and men are 
men
    C           F
And men all act alone
       Am                 Em
You're not your brother's keeper, 
now
     C                F
Your brother's on his own
Am         C       F            
    That's how the seeds of 
        Am
avarice are sown
C       F
How the seeds of avarice are sown

[Outro]
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