Nahko and Medicine for the People - Dear Brother

      [Verse 1]
Am
Dear brother
                               F
When you gonna call back your mother?
                                  C
She thinks you're sleeping in the gutter
                           G
We both know you can do better
                                  Am
When you gonna write your older brother?

A letter
      F                             C
Hey man I miss you, gettin my shit together

And for the record
                          G
I wrote this note as a reminder
                           Am
That hermano mio there's a future

We can believe in
             F                                       C       G
It's gonna take more than songs of justice and freedom, ooh yeah
               Am            F
There's a furture, we can believe in
                 C                           G
Gonna take more than songs of justice and freedom

Freedom! Yeah
              Am                 F
If you're thinking, about leaving
                C                              
Hold my hand, understand this too can be a kingdom
 G
Blessed
               Am
And when the rain comes
          F                 C             G           
Put your hands in the dirt, baba this is where you came from
Am       F       C         G
This is where you came from
Am       F       C         G
This is where you came from
Am       F       C         G
This is where you came from
Am                           
Systems broken no fucks given
                                   F
Wealthy people living off the backs of the broken
C
Dreams of America
G
Dreams of America
          Am
Need a pipe carrier
              F                               C
Let me smudge you off so the vision can get clearer
            G
Your mothers crying boy can you hear her?



[Pre-Chorus]
        F    C   G
What I see, in you
F          G          C
A young tree bearing fruit
F      C   G
Place to start
F       G              C
Don't hide behind your heart



[Chorus]
F             G         C
You gotta put down the weight
F             G           C
You gotta get out of your way
F             G         C
You gotta put down the weight
F             G           C
You gotta get out of your way



[Verse 2]
      Am 
Dear lover
                                   F 
You can find me on the front lines covered
                          C
In the blood and tears of another
                 G
Brother, sister, mother
                                             
Revolutions being broadcast on Facebook and Twitter
          Am
There's a noise
                                 F
I can hear it when the megaphone roars
                                  C 
Wipe the tears from this tear gas choice
                                                     G
Stand in front of your fear, baby, time to find your voice
        Am
It's a story
        F
A love story
               
We can believe in
C                             G
Death, birth, your life's worth is trending
        Am
It's a story
        F
A love story
       C                                G
How vain are we to expect a happy ending?
               Am
I got my hands up
                                   F
Follow directions still they shoot us
                                   C
I'm fucking sick and tired of no justice
 
No peace
                                                G
Promise me I'll never pick your body off the streets
                       Am
We're all taking heat here 
                       F
We're all taking heat here
             C                         G                 
The trust is broken I don't get these police
        Am                        F
Disenfranchised step in to a new life
                C                             G
Maybe if you listen to the wind there's a war cry
          Am
Peace in America
          F
Peace in America
          C
Be decent America
            G
I'm begging you



[Pre-Chorus]
       F    C     G
What I see, in you
F        G           C      
A young tree bearing fruit
F     C   G
Place to start
F           G            C
Don't stand behind your heart



[Chorus]
F             G        C
You gotta put down the weight
F             G           C
You gotta get out of your way
F             G        C
You gotta put down the weight
F             G           C
You gotta get out of your way