Tonalidad: C minor
Intro 1
Am
F
Am
Verse 1
Am
Growing up on
the streets of Birmingham
Where your home was pouring
and your life was damned
G
I was a hungry black boy living with
Em
G
Am
the world on my back
C
Billie was a white man's son
F
living in a one room shack
Verse 2
F
G
Am
And split those days in the
Alabama heat
We shared what we had but we
never have enough to eat
Dm
Mamma said it didn't look right,
C
black just don't mix with white
F
Bb
But Billy was my friend and we
Am
swore one rainy night
Verse 3
Am
To be blood brother
F
Am
Lord, I loved him like no other
F
Gsus4
We were blood brother
C
Am
right to the end
F
To the end, well, well, well
Am
Turned eighteen
Verse 4
and we
had no place to go
'Cause how long can you watch carnival
G
Billy said he got the money,
Em
G
Em
put us on the first Greyhound bus
C
F
New York City lights gonna be greetin' us
Verse 5
G
Am
Oh, the uptown life can
cost you poverty
We're too amused but
we suffered in dignity
Dm
Billy couldn't take nine to five,
F
C
F
his soul can't stay alive
Bb
He said to me one day,
Am
we ain't gonna beat the crime
Verse 6
Am
You're my blood brother
F
Am
And I loved him like no other
G
Gsus4
We were blood brother
Am
right till the end
F
Well, well, well, yeah
Verse 7
F
Am
So I watched him change
as the days went by
And the money rolled in,
we were livin' high
G
He didn't have to tell me he
Em
Am
was breakin' the law
G
Am
C
I knew it was him,
F
the men was lookin' for
Verse 8
F
G
Am
And the story goes that he caught a knife
And he pushed his luck and it cost his life
Dm
I sat down and I cried on
F
that rainy night
Bb
When I heard heard it on the news
Am
One [Incomprehensible] had died
Verse 9
Am
We were blood brother
F
Am
And I loved him like no other
He was my blood brother
F
Am
And I loved him like no other
Verse 10
Am
They were blood brother
F
Am
And he loved him like no other
C
Am
They were blood brother
And he loved him like no other
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