Marty Robbins – Five Brothers chords

Music/Lyrics by Tompall Glaser, and popularized by Marty Robbins.

Capos are for the lazy.



Em                B7Five brothers who left Arkansas

Em                              B7Set out to find the gambler who murdered their pa

C                  GFive brothers, and three in their teens

Em             Am                   Em    B7    EmGotta find the man who killed their pa in New Orleans



     Em                              B7They heard of him in Houston, and his trail was leadin' west

     Em                              B7He'd left there many months ago, and so they couldn't rest

C                  GFive brothers, and three in their teens

Em             Am                   Em    B7    EmGotta find the man who killed their pa in New Orleans

FmNew Orleans



    Fm                           C7The sun was hot as fire, and the nights were cold as steel

Fm                                       C7Hate was strong, and youth was wild, and so they couldn't feel

C#                 G#Five brothers, and three in their teens

Fm             A#m                  Fm    C7    FmGotta find the man who killed their pa in New Orleans



    Fm                                 C7His trail led to the Badlands, and the desert promised death

    Fm                                    C7The gambler's odds were different now, he treasured every breath

C#                 G#Five brothers, and three in their teens

Fm               A#m                  Fm    C7    FmClose behind the man who killed their pa in New Orleans

F#mNew Orleans



     F#m                               C#7When first they saw the killer, he was by the waterhole

     F#m                                     C#7Five rifles rang out through the night, they killed the gambler cold

D                  AFive brothers, and three in their teens

F#m             Bm                   F#m   C#7   F#mFinally got the man who killed their pa in New Orleans



    F#m                             C#7The desert is their keeper now, for this a traveler said

     F#m                               C#7That poison lived within the hole, now six of them are dead

D                  AFive brothers, and three in their teens

F#m            Bm                   F#m   C#7   F#mLay beside the man who killed their pa in New Orleans

F#m            Bm                   F#m   C#7   F#mLay beside the man who killed their pa in New Orleans