The Weeks - Brother in the night
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Capo: 2
Hey guys! Thought I'd post how I play this amazing song.
CAPO on the 2nd fret.
The shapes used are C, Dm (or Dm7), E7, F, and Am.
Where I put Dm, a Dm7 also sounds good. It's a matter of preference, just play around with it.
Right before the chorus (on the G major chord), walk the bassline up from G to C. On the chorus it also sounds
good if you leave the G in the bass for the C major chord.
C Dm C Dm
Well CI traced shapes in clouds and I saw things I'd never seen
We moved like Dmrenegades down interstates, reload that magazine
Almost Ckilled us in that city, it was far too close to call
So we put Dmmoney in the bags, ripped wanted posters off the wall
Say I'm Cwanted for the murder of a man I've never seen
They say I Dmshot him dead, one to his head, somewhere in Holly Springs
May have Ckilled a man before, but not the one that they exclaim
They'll see the Dmbarrel of my gun Gbefore they ever see me hang
Oh Cif my southern E7heart's still pumping Fblood (still pumping Amblood)
Well I'll Cbury my money in the E7mighty Mississippi Fmud (Mississippi Ammud)
Oh and Cif my southern E7lungs won't let me Fbreathe (won't let me Ambreathe)
Well I'll Cwait for the cicadas and I'll E7let 'em push it out for me
Well Cdeath is always close, there's always vultures on my trail
And the Dminside of this hotel's better than a prison cell
Well that Csouthern whiskey's stinging, singing words upon my breath
I was Dmworried 'bout forgetting, so I tattooed it on my chest
I'm a Csouthern man forever, like the wind inside the pines
And my Dmgrandma used to sing it, oh to my brother and I
How I Cwish I could get back those precious thoughts and newer skin
And we Dmscurried out the window, 'fore the Gcops they busted in
Chorus
Solo (Tabbed at bottom)
We were Cmessengers for millions
We're a midnight masquerade
We can Dmwalk away from all this as the town goes up in flames
As Ccivilians in a war, we can die right where we live
Well you can Dmwalk away from all this, go back home to see your kids
I've got a Cknife inside my boot
Yes my brother's got one too
Yeah Dmbring 'em on, let's have a ball
Not nothing to lose
I've got Chearts that bend and wings that shake, no one there could see
No one tDmhere was going faster, no it Gdoesn't bother me
Chorus
Here's the solo I don't think it's exactly what Sam is doing, but it's pretty good.
I'm not sure what he does at the end so I just play a double stop somewhere.
Solo:
e------------------------10-10-----------------------------------------10-----------------10---------|
B--/12---12--10-----10----------12-12-12-10-12-12/15---12-10-12--10-12----12-10-12--10-12----12-10---|
G---------------11---------------------------------------------------------------------------------11|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-------10----------------------------------------------------|
B-10-12----12-10------10h12-10h12--12-12-12-10-10h12--10-10h12|
G----------------11-------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|
Please comment with any comments or corrections and such. Thanks!