The Middle East – Blood chords

these are chords for piano.. :)


B     C#m      B/D#               G#m/D#older brother, restless soul, lie down
B         C#m             B/D#           G#mlie for a while with your ear against the earth
           B                C#mand you'll hear your sister sleep talking
          B/D#             C#m                G#msay "your hair is long but not long enough to reach
        Bhome to me
         G#mbut your beard
              Bsomeday might be"


           B/D#         C#m               Band she'll wake up in a cold sweat on the floor
           B/D#           C#m                 Bnext to a family portrait drawn when you were four
    B/D#            C#m                     B           Band beside a jar of two cent coins that are no good any more
              Bshe'll lay it aside


B/D#    B    C#m    G#m


B     C#m     B/D#               G#m/D#older father, weary soul, you'll drive
B           C#m          B/D#         G#m/D#back to the home you made on the mountainside
B               C#mwith that ugly, terrible thing
      B/D#       C#mthose papers for divorce
             G#mand a lonely ring
         Ba lonely ring
            G#msit on your porch
               Band pluck your strings


Band you'll find somebody you can blame

and you'll follow the creek that runs out into the sea

and you'll find the peace of the Lord.


B    C#m     B/D#               G#m/Bgrandfather, weary soul, you'll fly
B         C#m       B/D#            G#m/Bover your life once more before you die
B                 C#msince our grandma passed away
       B/D#          C#m        G#myou've waited for forever and a day
        Bjust to die
            G#mand someday soon
         Byou will die


           B/D# C#m            Bit was the only woman you ever loved
         B/D#                 C#m                Bthat got burnt by the sun too often when she was young
        B/D#                 C#m          Band the cancer spread and it ran into her body and her blood
            B/D#            C#m         Band there's nothing you can do about it now