
Brothers In Arms (base)
Dire Straits
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Tom : B
[intro]
G#m/D# G#m/B G#m G#m/B G#m/D# G#m/B G#m F# E
[Verso 1]
F#
These mist covered moun_tains
B Bsus4 B
Are a home now for me,
B/A# G#m D#m
But my home is the low_lands
E F#sus4
And always will be.
F# G#m D#m
Some day you'll return__ to___
E C#m F#sus4
Your valleys and your farms,
F# G#m E F#sus4
And you'll no longer burn to be bro_thers in arms.__
[interlúdio]
F# G#m E C#m E G#m E C#m G#m F# E F#
Through these fields of destruc_tion,__
B Bsus4 B
Baptisms of fire.____
B/A# G#m D#m
I've witnessed your suf__fering
E F#sus4
As the battle raged higher.
F# G#m D#m
And though they did hurt me so bad___
E C#m F#sus4
In the fear and alarm,
F# G#m E F#sus4
You did not de_sert me my bro_thers in arms.__
[interlúdio]
F# G#m E C#m E G#m E C#m G#m F# G#m B F#
There's so ma_ny different worlds,
B E F#sus4
So ma_ny different suns,
F# G#m B F#
And we have just one world,
B E
But we live in different ones.
[solo]
G#m E C#m E G#m E C#m G#m E C#m E G#m E C#m G#m F# E F#
Now the sun's gone to hell__ and
B Bsus4 B
The moon's riding high.
B/A# G#m D#m
Let me bid you farewell,
E F#sus4
Every man has to die.___
F# G#m D#m
But it's written in the star___ light
E C#m F#sus4
And every line in your palm,
F# G#m E F#sus4 F#
We're fools to make war on our bro_thers in arms.___
[solo]
G#m E C#m E G#m E C#m G#m E C#m E F# G#m E C#m G#m E C#m E G#m E C#m G#m
E (fade out)
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