Lady Lamb The Beekeeper – Little Brother chords
Chords:
Standard tuning Capo 3 The picking pattern varies a bit throughout the song, but here is the main idea. The B in the chords below signifies the root note transition, not the actual chord (which would be a G if you decided to play it out).Main picking pattern: C Em Am Am B/Ge|--------0----------------0----------------------------------------------------|B|-(1)--------1---1----------------0--------1-------1--------1------------------|G|----0---------0------0-------0--------2-------2--------2-------2---0----------|D|------2---2------------2-------2--------2---2---2--------2--------------------|A|--3----------------2-------2--------0----------------0-------0---2------------|E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|C Em Am Am B CI'm not sure how these marks came to be on my heartEm Am Am B Cin your bed as I slept with the devil had a brawlEm Am Am B Cwhen I awoke prayed to god it had been but a drawEm Am Am B Coh my what more of a mess I will be if I've lostInterlude picking pattern: C Em Am Am Ge|-------------------------3---0------------0----------------------------------|B|-(1)----3-------1----------------0------------1------------1-----------------|G|----0-------0--------0----------------2-----------2----2-------2---0---------|D|------2-------2--------2-------2--------2---2---2--------2-------------------|A|--3-------3--------2-------2--------0----------------0-------0---------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------3-----------|F F C E now I dream of the sky running towards me, liquid like an oceanF F C E my little brother is there and I carry him like a newbornF F C E it seems I'm always lifting him to escape from rabid beasts and stormsF F Cbehind my eyelids he is light - he's the weight of a quarterE Ebut in daylight he is broad and olderC Em Am Am B Coh lord, call me back, back to you I will come,Em Am Am B Cseal my soul like an envelope, use your spit lick it shutEm Am Am B Cbring your knives, use your tools, perform open heartEm Am Am B Cthe water is scalding, so cold that it burnsEm Am Am B Cbut when I lay in your likeness how you slay all my hurtEm (Am)all my hurt, all my hurt