Brother Cifras

Awesome song by an incredibly talented Australian singer-songwriter.
 
*Capo on 2nd Fret*
Tab position and chord names are relative to capo.
 
For most of the chords, Matt holds the below shape and changes the bass note, or slides the shape up and down
to new root positions holding the same shape:
 
    C     G      D
 
E|--0-----0------0----|
B|--5-----12-----7----|
G|--0-----0------0----|
D|--5-----12-----7----|
A|--3-----10-----5----|
E|--------------------|
 
 
Chords used when strumming along with the piano parts:
 
    C   G   Am   Em   D/F#   Bm
 
E|--0-------0----0---------------|
B|--5---0---1----0----3------3---|
G|--0---0---2----0----2------0---|
D|--5---0---2----2----0------0---|
A|--3---x---0----2----x------2---|
E|------3--------0----2----------|
 
[Intro]
 
Ooh ooh ooh... x2
 
[Verse]
 
C
Sleep now under my skin, make
G    D
Sure you’ll
C
Try to conjure the wind, and
G    D
Ease my
C       Bm  C
mind
 
Em  D/F#  G  Bm  C
Ooh ooh ooh... x2
 
[Chorus]
 
C
Somebody call out to your brother, he’s calling out your
G     Am
Name, ooh ooh
Em
Oh, hiding under the covers, with no one else to
G      Am
Blame, ooh ooh
Em
Oh, you couldn’t help out your own
D/F#
Neighbour, you couldn’t tell it to his
G              Am               Bm    C
Face, you were fucked up by the blame
 
C                      Bm
You cower in the corner
C                     D
Confide in your father
Em     G   Bm
Let it out and
C   D                Em   D/F#   G   Bm    C
Say, let it pass away
 
[Verse]
 
C
Sleep now under my skin, make
G    D
Sure you’ll
C
Try to conjure the wind, and
G    D
Ease my
C
mind, and I said
 
Em  D/F#  G  Bm  C
Ooh ooh ooh... x2
 
[Chorus]
 
C
Somebody call out to your brother, he’s calling out your
G     Am
Name, ooh ooh
Em
Oh, hiding under the covers, with no one else to
G      Am
Blame, ooh ooh
Em
Oh, you couldn’t help out your own
D/F#
Neighbour, you couldn’t tell it to his
G              Am               Bm    C
Face, you were fucked up by the blame
 
C                      Bm
You cower in the corner
C                     D
Confide in your father
Em     G   Bm
Let it out and
C
Say, you cower in the corner, confide in your father
Em     G     Bm
Let it break your
C   D               Em   D/F#   G   Bm   C
Day, let it out and say
 
[Bridge]
 
C
Wait there, pull yourself out of this
Bm
State dear, acknowledge you were a
Am
Fake here, from there on you might just
Em  D/F#  G  Bm  C
Grow, oh oh oh
 
[outro chorus]
 
C
Somebody call out to your
D
Brother, he’s calling out your
Em
Name, ooh ooh
G
Oh
C
Hiding under the
D
Covers, with no one else to
Em
Blame, ooh ooh
G
Oh
C
Oh, you couldn’t help out your own
D
Neighbour, you couldn’t tell it to his
Em             D/F#             G   Bm   C
Face, you were fucked up by the blame
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