Intro: Cm    Cm  /G Ab  F  Bb  Cm

Cm                 /G Ab
In an upstairs room , under lock and key
F                 Bb         ( Cm )           // Cm only in the first version 
It's my brother, Former Lee
Cm                    /G Ab
All the mops and brooms keep him company
Bb                   Eb      Cm
Misconceived of the family

Cm                 Bb                     Ab                   G7
Former Lee Warmer pulls up the covers to hide in his wrinkled bed
Cm               Bb                      Ab                    Bb
No dreams go in, no dreams go out of the hole in his wrinkled head 
Eb                Cm(7)   Eb   B
Former Lee Warmer


When I hear him play in his twised key
That's the way he calls to me
On a silver tray, I keep the master key
                                 G7
In every way, he depends on me 

Cm                G7   
Former Lee Warmer, an old smoking jacket ? holes in his satin sleeves
Cm                  G7     Cm  G7  Ab  Cm G7 Cm  A4 B E
Candle lit puddles, arthritic fingers, yellow stained ivory keys 

Solo: E        B  F# F E    Fm Abm Bb B  Eb

In an upstairs room under lock and key
It's my brother, Former Lee
And after all these years, I've never heard him speak
                                G7
I wonder what he thinks of me 

Eb          D  C   F#
Former Lee Warmer peeks out the window
Fm                     Eb
When he feels really brave
Eb          D  C   Am
Former Lee Warmer waves at his father
Ab                  G7  Bb  Eb    B
Out in the family grave 

Cm                         /G Ab
He's flesh and blood to me
Cm                   /G Ab
I love him brotherly
Cm                   Bb  Eb
But, I don't want to be Former Lee