Little Brother chords

Little Brother

• B

Standard tuning 
3
Capo 3

The picking pattern varies a bit throughout the song, but here is the main idea. 

The B in the chords below signifies the root note transition, not the actual chord 
(which would be a G if you decided to play it out). 

Main picking pattern: 
    C                Em               Am               Am          B/G 
e|--------0----------------0----------------------------------------------------| 
B|-(1)--------1---1----------------0--------1-------1--------1------------------| 
G|----0---------0------0-------0--------2-------2--------2-------2---0----------| 
D|------2---2------------2-------2--------2---2---2--------2--------------------| 
A|--3----------------2-------2--------0----------------0-------0---2------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 

C         Em            Am           Am    B     C 
I'm not sure how these marks came to be on my heart 
         Em        Am           Am        B C 
in your bed as I slept with the devil had a brawl 
         Em            Am          Am      B C 
when I awoke prayed to god it had been but a draw 
   Em                Am          Am    B    C 
oh my what more of a mess I will be if I've lost 

Interlude picking pattern: 
    C                Em               Am               Am          G 
e|-------------------------3---0------------0----------------------------------| 
B|-(1)----3-------1----------------0------------1------------1-----------------| 
G|----0-------0--------0----------------2-----------2----2-------2---0---------| 
D|------2-------2--------2-------2--------2---2---2--------2-------------------| 
A|--3-------3--------2-------2--------0----------------0-------0---------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------3-----------|
 

F                    F                        C             E 
  now I dream of the sky running towards me, liquid like an ocean 
F                      F                 C           E 
  my little brother is there and I carry him like a newborn 
F                     F                 C               E 
  it seems I'm always lifting him to escape from rabid beasts and storms 
  F               F                      C 
behind my eyelids he is light - he's the weight of a quarter 
         E            E 
but in daylight he is broad and older 

C  Em            Am            Am    B    C 
oh lord, call me back, back to you I will come, 
        Em           Am            Am             B  C 
seal my soul like an envelope, use your spit lick it shut 
           Em               Am            Am B  C 
bring your knives, use your tools, perform open heart 
             Em           Am           Am B    C 
the water is scalding, so cold that it burns 
           Em                   Am      Am   B      C 
but when I lay in your likeness how you slay all my hurt 
       Em          (Am) 
all my hurt, all my hurt  

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