Chords for The Neville Brothers - Brother Jake - 10/31/1991 - Municipal Auditorium New Orleans (Official)

_ This next song is actually a true story.
This is [N] the truth.
Every word of it actually happened,
but none of the names were changed
[F]
because nobody was [Em] innocent. _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
Come on, y'all.
Gotta make some noise.
Put your hands together, New Orleans.
Come on.
Get it.
[D] Get it.
Get [Am] it.
Ah!
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_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _
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_ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[E] Oh!
_ _ _ [C] Come on, y'all. _
_ [D] _ [A] And my brother [C] Jake, _ _
_ [E] _ my brother Jake is finally [C]
home.
[D] _ [Am] And my brother [C] Jake, oh, my brother [E] Jake,
my brother Jake is finally [C]
home.
[D] _ [Gb] Oh, my brother [Em] Jake, _ _ _ _ he was on the run. _ _
_ [D] _ [Am] The man [C] behind him, man behind him,
[E] _ with a gatling gun, a gatling gun, a gatling gun,
a gatling [Am] gun.
I remember the moment. _ _
_ [D] _ [Am] Oh, when he hopped that [G] freight.
[C] Oh, when he hopped that [Dm] freight.
[Am] He was head and [C] waist. _
_ _ [E] And he couldn't be [C] late.
Couldn't be late.
[E] _ _ [Am] _ [C] Oh, brother Jake, you know he had to [Dm] ride the rail [Am] car
or [C] get locked up in the [Dm] Paris jail.
Well, [C] he had a lot of weight upon his chest.
[Am] You know, like shallow battle [C] warning for [D] his arrest.
[G] You know.
[A] [E] He was bound for train and [A] city.
_ _ [A] Put his life on run [D] and never see.
[G] _ _ [A] He hopped off the [Am] train and knew he was going to be [G] there.
Oh, he was on the run.
[Am]
He was on the run.
Oh, my brother [G] Jake, _ [C] _
_ [E] _ my brother Jake is [C] finally home.
[Am] _ [C] Oh, my brother Jake, my brother _ _ [Am] _ [A] Jake is [C] finally home.
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_ [G] Oh, [Am] he finally made [Em] it, finally made it [E] _ [Am] back to New Orleans.
[D] Back to New Orleans.
[Am] Man in his [Gm] hometown.
[C] Man in his [D] hometown.
[A] Showed up with me.
[D] _ Showed up with me.
[E] He was back in the jungle.
[C] In his jungle.
[Am] He lived his life.
He lived his life.
[D] Oh, where [C] the laws of man.
_ The laws of the [D] man.
He wasn't [C] gone in a night.
My baby, baby, _ I'm going to live one night.
Down on the [A] Alps.
_ _ [E] My brother Jake, he died a break of truth.
[G] He [Am] died a strong. [C] Oh, Lord.
With family [D] and friends.
[Am] Somebody called him up.
He brought him back [A] to New _ Orleans.
_ _ Oh, Lord.
[Bb] My brother [C] Jake.
_ _ _ _ [E]
My brother Jake is [C] finally [Am] home.
I know my brother [C] Jake.
Oh, my brother.
[A] _ _
[D] My brother Jake is [C] finally [D] home.
No more looking [Em] at her honey.
_ _ _ _ [E] But he's finally home.
My brother Jake is [C] finally home.
My brother Jake is finally home.
[Am] No more looking at her.
[C] No more looking at mama.
No more looking at her honey.
[D] But [Em] he's finally home.
My brother Jake is [E] finally home.
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[A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ My brother Jake is finally home.
My brother Jake is finally home.
_ _ [Am] My brother Jake is finally home.
My brother Jake is finally home. _ _ _ _ _