My Brother Esau / The Grateful Dead ~ lyrics and guitar chords

My Brother Esau

The Grateful Dead

G C G (x4)
    G Thing (x4)
                  G                                F C C2 C/B       G     F C C2 C/B
            My brother Esau killed a hunter back in 1969
            G Bm         Em                    A       C
            Before the killing was done his inheritance was mine
            C7                                                           G Thing
            But his birthright was a wand to wave before a weary band
            G      Bm         Em         A      C
            Esau gave me sleeplessness and a piece of moral land
                                                                                                       G Thing (x2)

            Our father favored Esau who was eager to obey
            All the bloody wild commandments the old man shot his way
            But all this favor ended when my brother failed at war
            He staggered home and found me in the door

                             Bm                    Em      C     G
                             Esau skates on mirrors anymore
                             Bm                       Em      A          C
                             Meets his pale reflection at the door
                             G Thing
                             Late sometimes at night I dream he's still that hairy man
                             G           Bm              Em        A C
                             Shadow boxing the apocalypse and wandering the land
                             Shadow boxing the apocalypse and wandering the land
                                                    *Solo*   (verse & chorus)

            Esau holds the blessing, brother Esau holds the curse
            I would say that the blame was mine, but I suspected something worse
            The more my brother looks like me, the less I understand
            The silent war that bloodied both our hands

                             G      Bm        Em    A C                                    G Bm Em A C
                             Sometimes at night...    I think I understand
                             Way, way, late at night more feel than understand
                             It's brother to brother and it's man to man
                             Face to face and it's hand to hand

                             We're still fighting a war nobody understands
                             We're fighting a war nobody could ever win
                             It never ends and we can't remember when it began
                             Shadow boxing the apocalypse, again... and again

                             Shadow boxing the apocalypse and wandering the land
                             Shadow boxing the apocalypse and wandering the land
                             Shadow boxing the apocalypse and wandering the land
                             Shadow boxing the apocalypse and wandering the land...

                                                                                                  (hang on C, end on G)

   Chords:
          G  F  C  C2 C/B A  C7 Bm Em
      e |-3--1--0--0---0--0--0--2--0--
      B |-0--1--1--1---1--2--1--3--0--
      G |-0--2--0--0---0--2--3--4--0--
      D |-0--3--2--0---0--2--2--4--2--
      A |-2--3--3--3---2--0--3--2--2--
      E |-3--1---------------------0--

   G Thing:
          G      F   C   C2  C/B
      e |-3-3-3--1---------------
      B |-0-0-0--1---------------
      G |-0-0-0--2---------------
      D |-0-0-0--3-3-2-2-0-0---0-
      A |-2-2-2--3-----------2---
      E |-3-3-3--1---------------

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