Chords for Nahko and Medicine For the People - Dear Brother - 3/7/2018 - Paste Studios - New York - NY

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_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] Dear brother, when you gonna [F] call back your mother?
[G] Think she's [C] sleeping in the gutter?
We both [G] know you can do better.
And when you gonna write your [Am] older brother [A] a letter?
[Dm] Hey [F] man, I miss you, [C] getting my shit together.
And for the record, I wrote this [G] note as a reminder.
Hermano mio, there's a [Am] future you can believe [F] in.
Gonna take more than songs of justice [C] and freedom.
Yeah.
[G] Oh yeah, _ [Am] there's a future you can [F] believe in.
[C] Gonna take more than songs of [G] justice and freedom.
_ Freedom, [Am] yeah.
If you're thinking about leaving, [F] hold my hand, overstand.
This too can be your [C] kingdom, blessed.
And when the rain comes, [G] put your hands in the [F] dirt,
Baba, this is where you [Am] came from.
This is where you [F] came from.
This is where you [C] came from.
This [G] is where you came from.
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Systems broken, no fucks [F] given.
Wealthy people living off the back to the [C] broken.
Dreams of America, [G] _ dreams of America.
_ [A]
Need a pipe carrier, [Am] [F] let me smudge you off so the vision can get [C] clearer.
Your mother's [G] crying, boy, can you hear her?
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[G] What [Am] I see [F] in you, _ _ [G] _
a young tree [C] bearing fruit.
_ _ [F]
[G] Place to [Am] start, oh, [G] don't lie [C] behind your heart.
_ [F] You gotta [G] put down [C] the weight.
_ _ [G] _ [F] _ [G] You gotta get out [C] of your way.
_ _ [F] _ [G] You gotta put down [C] the weight.
_ _ [F] You [G] gotta get out [C] of your way.
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_ [Am] Dear lover, you can find me on the [F] front lines,
covered in the blood and [C] tears of another.
Brother, sister, [G] mother, revolution be a brawl.
Got them Facebook and [Am] Twitter, there's a noise.
I can hear it when the [F] megaphone roars.
Wipe the [G] tears from this tear [C] gas.
Choice, you have a [G] choice.
Stand in front of your fear, baby, time to find your voice.
[Am] It's a story, _ [F] a love story.
You can believe in [C] death, birth, your [G] life's worth, it's trending. _
_ [Am] It's a story, a [F] love story.
_ [C] How vain are we to expect a [G] happy ending?
I [Am] got my hands up, follow [F] directions, still they shoot us.
I'm [C] fucking sick and tired of no justice, no [G] peace.
Promise me you'll never pick your body [Am] off the streets.
We're all kicking heat [F] here.
Oh, [C] the trust is broken, I don't get these [G] police. _ _ _
[Am] _ Disenfranchised, [F] stepping to a new life.
Baby, if you [C] listen to the wind, there's a war cry.
Peace in America, _ [G] [C] peace in America.
[F]
Be decent, America.
I'm begging you.
[C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Ooh, [F]
[G] what [Am] I see [F] in you, _ [G] _
_ a young tree [C] bearing fruit.
_ _ [F]
[G] Place [Am] to start, [G] don't hide [C] behind your art.
_ [F] You gotta [G] put down [C] the weight.
_ _ _ [F] _ [G] You gotta get out [C] of your way.
_ _ [F] You [G] gotta put down [C] the weight.
_ _ [F] You [G] gotta get out of [C] your way.
All right, boys.
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_ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ down [C] the weight.
_ _ _ [F] _ [G] You gotta get out [C] of your way.
_ _ [F] _ [C] [G] You gotta put [C] down the weight.
_ _ [F] _ [G] You gotta get out [C] of your