Brother Jon

Intro 
D  D Em D/F# G/D 
D Em D/F# G/D Asus4 D 



[Verso 1]
 
D         D/F#     G     D 
Cast your line out now, my boy 
D/F#      D        G       Asus4  A 
While the tide has sung to go 
D         D/F#       G         D 
Take your hands from o'er your face 
    D        Bm 
And let them flow, 
       G        D 
Please let them flow, 
D       Bm         G       D 
Let the tears fall in this space 
 


[Verso 2]
 
D/A Em   D       G      D 
I have heard you say to me 
D/A  Em  D     G      Asus4  A 
Life is all uncertainty 
D/A Em   D           G       D 
And it's frightening and I'm scared 
    D A Bm 
And I agree, 
     G  D 
Yes, I agree 
D    A  Bm          G      D 
That it hurts, this mortality 
 

Interlude 
D Em D G 
G D Em/G Bm 
Bm A Bm D 
Dsus2 G A D 


[Verso 3]
 
D  Em D       G         D 
How I long to tread your soil 
D   Em D        G      Asus4  A 
Sink a nail and talk a while 
D       Em  D        G     D 
Breathe the smell of salty air 
   D   A    Bm 
In our home town, 
       G    D 
In our home town, 
A          Bm        G       D 
Where your tears are falling down 
 

Interlude 
D Em D G 
G D Em/G D 
G A G D 
G D A Bm 
Em D D A 
D G D Em D 


[Verso 4]
 
D Em D         G         D 
If I could I'd cross the sea, 
D    Em   D         G        Asus4  A 
Take your hands and hold you strong, 
D   Em D        G        D 
But my arms are not that long 
   A      Bm 
So listen please, 
  G     D 
O listen please 
D   A Bm       Daug    D 
How I love you brother Jon 
 


[Verso 5]
 
D Em   D       G      D 
I have lived a bitter call 
D  Em  D           G        Asus4 A 
In the morn, while there is sun, 
D     Em   D      G   D 
Close your eyes, imagining 
     A          Bm 
That those warm rays, 
     G          D 
That those warm rays 
D      Bm    G          D 
Are my arms around your skin 
 

Outro 
D Em D G Asus4 A D