Aug162019

Saul – Brother Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

ChordsBmBm/GBm/EBm/AG ABm/F#

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This is the chords of Brother by Saul on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Bm Bm Bm/G Bm/E
Bm Bm/G Bm/E

[Verse]
Bm
I write this letter
Bm
It’s a letter I’ll never send
Bm/G
Words I’d never say
Bm/E
Would you read it anyway?
Bm/G Bm/A Bm
Tell me brother what’s my fate?
Bm
Did you see the sunrise?
Bm
Did you see the rain?
Bm
We’ve come so far
Bm/G Bm/A
Penniless in pain this is my fate
Bm Bm/A
The world awaits

[Pre Chorus}
Bm/G Bm/A Bm
Hold.. my.. hands and tell me that it’s alright
Bm/G Bm/A Bm
You… proud of everything I’ve done in my life?

[Chorus]
G A Bm
Are you still listening?
Bm
Oh tell me brother
G A Bm
Are you still proud of me?
Bm Bm Bm/G Bm/E
After everything that I’ve done?

[Verse]
Bm
Clock is staring
Bm
With no sympathy at all
Bm/G
I tremble and I fall
Bm/E Bm/F# Bm/G
We need answers now!
Bm Bm/A Bm
Didn’t make the sunrise
Bm
Now only pain
Bm
I’m sorry brother
Bm/G Bm/A
I walked away

[Pre Chorus}
Bm/G Bm/A Bm
Hold.. my.. hands and tell me that it’s alright
Bm/G Bm/A Bm
You… proud of everything I’ve done in my life?

[Chorus]
G A Bm
Are you still listening?
Bm
Oh tell me brother
G A Bm
Are you still proud of me?
Bm G
After everything that I’ve done?

[Solo]
G A Bm

[Bridge]
Bm/G Bm/A Bm
You said you’d never leave. Brother
Bm/G Bm/A Bm
You said you’d never leave. Brother

[Chorus]
G A Bm
Are you still listening?
Bm
Oh tell me brother
G A Bm
Are you still proud of me?
Bm G
After everything that I’ve done?
A Bm
You said you’d never leave
G A Bm
Are you still proud of me?
Bm G A Bm
After everything that I’ve done?

How to play Brother: key, chords and progression

Brother by Saul keeps coming home to B minor (two sharps: F♯, C♯). You need 7 chords: Bm, Bm/G, Bm/E, Bm/A, G, A and Bm/F#.

Most of the song cycles through Bm – G – A – Bm (i – VI – VII – i in B minor). Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes Em, C, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.