My Brother's Keeper

   Em      D        C
My brother lives in fear

       G                        F
Of the hidden cries he seems to hear

Em                               D
Somewhere ahead the King of Hell

C                 D           E
Somewhere below a kitten in a well


   A        F        C                       A
Am I --- am I --- am I --- am I my brother's keeper?

   A        F        C                       A
Am I --- am I --- am I --- am I my brother's keeper?


   Em      D       C
My brother lives a lie

         G                          F
When his laughter splits the summer sky

Em                                  D
Somewhere inside he skips a breath

C                     D               E
Somewhere in there he dies the little death


   A        F        C                       A
Am I --- am I --- am I --- am I my brother's keeper?

   A        F        C                       A
Am I --- am I --- am I --- am I my brother's keeper?


D                            F
Every second morning now for years

   Bb                              G
My brother has put on my brawn and brain

   Bb                           A
To wander through a Universe in pain

    D                         F
And all my happiness of yesterday

   Bb                   G
Is walked and scorned away

  Bb                       A
Before he returns to me in tears


   Em      D       C
My brother lives a life

       G                    F
In the narrow shadow of the knife

Em                                 D
Somewhere behind a hill of skulls

C                 D              E
Somewhere below a beach of dying gulls


   A        F        C                       A
Am I --- am I --- am I --- am I my brother's keeper?

   A        F        C                       A
Am I --- am I --- am I --- am I my brother's keeper?

C                 A
Am I my brother's keeper?

C                 A
Am I my brother's keeper?

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