• Song:

    Brother To Brother

  • Artist:

    Gino Vannelli

  • Album:

    Gino Vannelli / Brother...

BROTHER TO BROTHER

Intro

   
 | F11            |  F7-9+5                | F6          | F7-5+5        |

           
 | Cm9    Dm7     |  Ebm9        F11     |Gmaj7 ...   .| ............. |

                         
| Abm7-5         | C#11         C#7-9+5    | F#maj7..... | ...............|


 
|N.C.                           |Dsus2/F#| .............|................|
------------6/4-----------------
Verse

Bm9            D7/A
    Brother to brother

C#11             F#7+5             Bm7         
    Now we must join our hearts and hands

      D7/A        C#11         F#7+9+5      F7-9+5
          yeah          yeah

Bm9                       D7/A      D7+9+5
     Yeah if we love one another

Gmaj9addC#    C#11        F#7+5    Bm7       
       we hold key to the promised land

Am7/D        D7-9+5       Gmaj9      C#m11      F#7+5
  yeah

Chorus (voice as intro )

 F11            F7-9+5                 F6       F7-5+5               
     Think of   all   that we've been through

Cm9     Dm7        Ebm9      F11     Gmaj7
   The shucks and jives and royal    blues

Abm7-5              C#11     C#7-9+5    F#maj7
          Let us    pray our time will  co-o-o-me

         N.C                                  Dsus2/F#   
       When this world will  live as  one

Bm9             D7/A
     Brother to brother

C#11                    F#7+9+5       Bm7         
      Now don’t let the devil get you down

D7/A        C#11         F#7+9+5      F7-9+5
            Ooooh 


Bm9                            D7/A      D7+9+5
    ’Cause it’s bread and it’s butter

Dmaj7/G               C#m7       F#7+5      
       That makes this whole damn world

             Bm7
Go round and round

Am7/D        D9+5       Gmaj9      C#m11      F#7+5
  yeah

F11         F7-9+5             F6       F7-5+5     
     Do you know where we went wrong

Cm9     Dm7        Ebm9      F11     Gmaj7
       Tell me why the lines are    drawn

Abm7-5              C#11     C#7-9+5    F#maj7
        And let us break our bound’ries down


          
  N.C                                       Dsus2/F# 
      And live  our  lives   on   com   mon ground


Piano Solo:  
                                                                 
        over   E-B
       alternating bass     

 F#      E      Abm     F#          E......                               
      
       over Eb-Bb alternating bass                      

  F#       C#     F#          C#       C................          
                                      
      over D-A alternating bass

  C       Bb     C       Eb     D      Bb                       
                                                      
 
piano:                     F#3           G          Ab            A
        C#7+9              Dadd9         C/Eb       E            Asus2/F

   Guitar: ( slowly and majestically )

              
              F#11          F#7-5           F#7-9+5        F#7+9+5

  guitar solo:

  |Bm9             |D9/A              |C#11             |F#7+9+5  F#7-9+5   |

  |Bm9             |Am7/D     D9+5    |Gmaj9addC#       |C#m9               |

  |Bm9             |Am7/D     D9+5    |Gmaj7            |C#m9     F#7-9+5    | 
  
 | F11            |  F7-9+5               | F6          | F7-5+5        |
    
 | Cm9    Dm7     |Ebm9        F11        |Gmaj7 ...   .| .............|
                          
 | Abm7-5         |C#11         C#7-9+5   |F#maj7.....  | .............|
 
 |F#                                      |
-----------------6/4-----------------------

 |Dsus2/F#         | ..........  ..|............ ..|                 |


 |Bm11            |                |               |                 |


 |Cmaj9/6         |                |               |                 |
   

 |Bm11            |                |               |                 |


 |Cmaj9/6         |                |               |                 |


 |Bm11            |                |Cmaj9/6        |                 |



   instrumental  alternate between    Bm11    Cmaj9/6

 bass solo on Bm7

continue again with alternating Bm11  Cmaj9/6  

...( with background vocal 'ahh's   ending on:  

 |Bm9    D7/A    |C#11    F7+5+9         |F7-9+5

 | F11            |  F7-9+5              | F6          | F7-5+5        |
  
 | Cm9    Dm7     |  Ebm9        F11     |Gmaj7 ...   .| ............. |
                        
 | Abm7-5         | C#11         C#7-9+5  | F#maj7..... | ...............|

 |F#              |              Asus4/F# | .............|................|


Bm9                 D7/A
    Oh, mothers and fathers

C#11             F#7+5               Bm7
      Where will tomorrow’s children be? 


Oh, brother, my brother
 
Gmaj9addC#     C#m9       F#7+5       Bm7
       Let  us live our   lives in    peace

    Am7/D      D7-9+5       Gmaj9     F#7+9+5.......................
    yeah      yeah          yeah  

  End with alternating   Bm11  - Cmaj9/6   over guitar  and vocals 

   transcription and chart  
  Peter Kruger   
casparus50@yahoo.ca
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