Chords for Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint - Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further
Tempo:
136.2 bpm
Chords used:
C
Gm
Bb
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb]
[G] [Bb]
[D] [Bb]
[G] [Bb]
[Gm] We may seem happy, like everything's alright.
But from the outside looking in, everything's a lie.
[C] But deep down inside,
[Bb] [C] we're covering up the [Bb] pain.
[Gm] It's an old thing, it's a soul thing, but it's a [D] real thing.
[Bb]
[F] Pray tell what's gonna happen, [Fm] oh brother, [C] who's gonna [C] help him get further?
[Gm] Who wanna know?
[C] [Gm] Who wanna know?
[C] [G] [Dm] There's old [Gm] Duke, standing [C] in the corner, [G] waiting for a [Gm] box to pass.
[C] [G] Only [Gm] thing he's got to [C] go by [G] is this white and [Gm] solid ass.
[C] And there's old John, two dollars [Bb] in his pocket, [C] talking loud, but they see the [Bb] rich.
[G] And look at the little [Gm] folks who could have [C] gone to school, [G] get a job, and pay [Gm] easy quits.
[C] [F] Pray tell what's gonna happen, oh brother, [C] who's [D] gonna help him get further?
Who [G] wanna know?
[Gm]
[C] [Gm] Who wanna know?
[C] [Gm] Yeah, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah.
[Gm] Yeah, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah.
[Gm] Pray [D] [Gm]
[Bb]
[G] [Bb]
[C]
[Bb]
[Gm]
[G] [Gm]
[C] [F] tell [C] what's gonna happen, [Eb] oh brother, [C] [Gm] who's gonna help him get further?
[Bb] [Gm]
[C] [Gm] Mama get up early, early [C] in the [Gm] morning, [Dm] papa's already gone.
[C] Gone, [Gm] gone, gone.
Gone out of work, and I have [C] a wife [G] now, you [Gm] know that's wrong.
[C] What happened to the liberty bell?
[Bb] [C] I heard so much [Bb] about it.
Did [Gm] it, did it ding dong?
Ding [C] dong.
[Gm] It must have dinged [G] wrong, it didn't ding long.
[F] Pray [Bb] tell what's gonna [Eb] happen, oh brother, [C] who's gonna [Gm] help him get further?
[C] [Gm] Who wanna know?
[C] [Gm] Who wanna know?
[C] [Gm] Yeah, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah.
[G] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Eb] [D] [Db]
[C] [Eb] [D] [Db]
[Cm] [Eb] [Db]
[C] [B] [Bb] [Am]
[D] [Gb]
[G] Mama get [Gm] up early, [C] early in [Gm] the morning, [Dm] papa's [Gm] already gone.
[C] [G] Gone, gone, gone.
And you [Gm] just put half [C] of what [Gm] it's worth in, you know that's [C] wrong.
What happened to the liberty bell?
[Bb] [C] I heard so much about [Bb]
it.
Did [Gm] it really ding dong?
Ding [C] dong.
[Gm] It must have dinged wrong, it didn't [C] ding long.
[F] Pray tell what's gonna happen, oh [C] brother, who's gonna help him get [F] further?
[Gm] Who wanna [Dm] know?
[N]
[G] [Bb]
[D] [Bb]
[G] [Bb]
[Gm] We may seem happy, like everything's alright.
But from the outside looking in, everything's a lie.
[C] But deep down inside,
[Bb] [C] we're covering up the [Bb] pain.
[Gm] It's an old thing, it's a soul thing, but it's a [D] real thing.
[Bb]
[F] Pray tell what's gonna happen, [Fm] oh brother, [C] who's gonna [C] help him get further?
[Gm] Who wanna know?
[C] [Gm] Who wanna know?
[C] [G] [Dm] There's old [Gm] Duke, standing [C] in the corner, [G] waiting for a [Gm] box to pass.
[C] [G] Only [Gm] thing he's got to [C] go by [G] is this white and [Gm] solid ass.
[C] And there's old John, two dollars [Bb] in his pocket, [C] talking loud, but they see the [Bb] rich.
[G] And look at the little [Gm] folks who could have [C] gone to school, [G] get a job, and pay [Gm] easy quits.
[C] [F] Pray tell what's gonna happen, oh brother, [C] who's [D] gonna help him get further?
Who [G] wanna know?
[Gm]
[C] [Gm] Who wanna know?
[C] [Gm] Yeah, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah.
[Gm] Yeah, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah.
[Gm] Pray [D] [Gm]
[Bb]
[G] [Bb]
[C]
[Bb]
[Gm]
[G] [Gm]
[C] [F] tell [C] what's gonna happen, [Eb] oh brother, [C] [Gm] who's gonna help him get further?
[Bb] [Gm]
[C] [Gm] Mama get up early, early [C] in the [Gm] morning, [Dm] papa's already gone.
[C] Gone, [Gm] gone, gone.
Gone out of work, and I have [C] a wife [G] now, you [Gm] know that's wrong.
[C] What happened to the liberty bell?
[Bb] [C] I heard so much [Bb] about it.
Did [Gm] it, did it ding dong?
Ding [C] dong.
[Gm] It must have dinged [G] wrong, it didn't ding long.
[F] Pray [Bb] tell what's gonna [Eb] happen, oh brother, [C] who's gonna [Gm] help him get further?
[C] [Gm] Who wanna know?
[C] [Gm] Who wanna know?
[C] [Gm] Yeah, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah.
[G] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Eb] [D] [Db]
[C] [Eb] [D] [Db]
[Cm] [Eb] [Db]
[C] [B] [Bb] [Am]
[D] [Gb]
[G] Mama get [Gm] up early, [C] early in [Gm] the morning, [Dm] papa's [Gm] already gone.
[C] [G] Gone, gone, gone.
And you [Gm] just put half [C] of what [Gm] it's worth in, you know that's [C] wrong.
What happened to the liberty bell?
[Bb] [C] I heard so much about [Bb]
it.
Did [Gm] it really ding dong?
Ding [C] dong.
[Gm] It must have dinged wrong, it didn't [C] ding long.
[F] Pray tell what's gonna happen, oh [C] brother, who's gonna help him get [F] further?
[Gm] Who wanna [Dm] know?
[N]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] We may seem happy, _ _ like everything's alright.
But from the outside looking in, _ _ _ _ everything's a lie.
_ _ [C] But deep down inside, _
[Bb] _ _ [C] we're covering up the [Bb] pain.
_ [Gm] It's an old thing, it's a soul thing, but it's a [D] real thing.
[Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ Pray tell what's gonna happen, [Fm] oh brother, [C] who's gonna [C] help him get further?
[Gm] Who wanna know? _ _ _ _
[C] [Gm] Who wanna know? _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] [Dm] There's old [Gm] Duke, standing [C] in the corner, [G] waiting for a [Gm] box to pass.
[C] _ _ [G] Only [Gm] thing he's got to [C] go by [G] is this white and [Gm] solid ass. _
[C] _ And there's old John, two dollars [Bb] in his pocket, [C] talking loud, but they see the [Bb] rich.
_ [G] And look at the little [Gm] folks who could have [C] gone to school, [G] get a job, and pay [Gm] easy quits. _
[C] _ _ [F] _ Pray tell what's gonna happen, oh brother, [C] who's [D] gonna help him get further?
Who [G] wanna know?
_ [Gm] _ _ _
[C] _ [Gm] Who wanna know? _ _ _
[C] _ [Gm] _ Yeah, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah.
[Gm] _ Yeah, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah.
[Gm] _ Pray [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ tell [C] what's gonna happen, [Eb] oh brother, [C] _ [Gm] who's gonna help him get further?
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Gm] _ Mama get up early, early [C] in the [Gm] morning, [Dm] papa's already gone.
[C] Gone, [Gm] gone, gone.
Gone out of work, and I have [C] a wife [G] now, you [Gm] know that's wrong.
[C] _ What happened to the liberty bell?
[Bb] _ _ [C] I heard so much [Bb] about it.
Did [Gm] it, did it ding dong?
Ding [C] dong.
[Gm] It must have dinged [G] wrong, it didn't ding long.
[F] _ Pray [Bb] tell what's gonna [Eb] happen, oh brother, [C] _ who's gonna [Gm] help him get further?
[C] _ [Gm] Who wanna know? _ _ _
[C] _ [Gm] Who wanna know? _ _ _
[C] _ [Gm] _ _ Yeah, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah.
_ [G] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ [Db] _ _
[C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ [Db] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[C] _ _ [B] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Mama get [Gm] up early, [C] early in [Gm] the morning, [Dm] papa's [Gm] already gone.
[C] _ [G] Gone, gone, gone.
And you [Gm] just put half [C] of what [Gm] it's worth in, you know that's [C] wrong.
What happened to the liberty bell? _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ I heard so much about [Bb]
it.
Did [Gm] it really ding dong?
Ding [C] dong.
[Gm] It must have dinged wrong, it didn't [C] ding long.
[F] _ Pray tell what's gonna happen, oh [C] brother, who's gonna help him get [F] further?
[Gm] Who wanna [Dm] know?
_ _ [N] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] We may seem happy, _ _ like everything's alright.
But from the outside looking in, _ _ _ _ everything's a lie.
_ _ [C] But deep down inside, _
[Bb] _ _ [C] we're covering up the [Bb] pain.
_ [Gm] It's an old thing, it's a soul thing, but it's a [D] real thing.
[Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ Pray tell what's gonna happen, [Fm] oh brother, [C] who's gonna [C] help him get further?
[Gm] Who wanna know? _ _ _ _
[C] [Gm] Who wanna know? _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] [Dm] There's old [Gm] Duke, standing [C] in the corner, [G] waiting for a [Gm] box to pass.
[C] _ _ [G] Only [Gm] thing he's got to [C] go by [G] is this white and [Gm] solid ass. _
[C] _ And there's old John, two dollars [Bb] in his pocket, [C] talking loud, but they see the [Bb] rich.
_ [G] And look at the little [Gm] folks who could have [C] gone to school, [G] get a job, and pay [Gm] easy quits. _
[C] _ _ [F] _ Pray tell what's gonna happen, oh brother, [C] who's [D] gonna help him get further?
Who [G] wanna know?
_ [Gm] _ _ _
[C] _ [Gm] Who wanna know? _ _ _
[C] _ [Gm] _ Yeah, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah.
[Gm] _ Yeah, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah.
[Gm] _ Pray [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ tell [C] what's gonna happen, [Eb] oh brother, [C] _ [Gm] who's gonna help him get further?
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Gm] _ Mama get up early, early [C] in the [Gm] morning, [Dm] papa's already gone.
[C] Gone, [Gm] gone, gone.
Gone out of work, and I have [C] a wife [G] now, you [Gm] know that's wrong.
[C] _ What happened to the liberty bell?
[Bb] _ _ [C] I heard so much [Bb] about it.
Did [Gm] it, did it ding dong?
Ding [C] dong.
[Gm] It must have dinged [G] wrong, it didn't ding long.
[F] _ Pray [Bb] tell what's gonna [Eb] happen, oh brother, [C] _ who's gonna [Gm] help him get further?
[C] _ [Gm] Who wanna know? _ _ _
[C] _ [Gm] Who wanna know? _ _ _
[C] _ [Gm] _ _ Yeah, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah.
_ [G] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ [Db] _ _
[C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ [Db] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[C] _ _ [B] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Mama get [Gm] up early, [C] early in [Gm] the morning, [Dm] papa's [Gm] already gone.
[C] _ [G] Gone, gone, gone.
And you [Gm] just put half [C] of what [Gm] it's worth in, you know that's [C] wrong.
What happened to the liberty bell? _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ I heard so much about [Bb]
it.
Did [Gm] it really ding dong?
Ding [C] dong.
[Gm] It must have dinged wrong, it didn't [C] ding long.
[F] _ Pray tell what's gonna happen, oh [C] brother, who's gonna help him get [F] further?
[Gm] Who wanna [Dm] know?
_ _ [N] _