Brother Down Guitar Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 Ver 4 
	

Band: Sam Roberts
Song: Brother Down
tabbed by: Psymon help from Andrew Laronde
distortioned@hotmail.com
I listened to this song at first and it seemed like it would
be a fun song to play but the tab I found wasn't entirely correct
therefore, with a few adjustments, here you have it,
it sounds perfect to me and it becomes really easy!!!
standard tuning
Intro and verse
----1---1--1--1-3p1--1-----0---1--1--1-3p1--1---
----3-----3--3------3------1-----3--3------3----
----2----------------------0--------------------
-0----0-----------------------0-----------------
------------------------3-----------------------
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----3---1--1--1-3p1--1-----3---1--1--1-3p1--1---
----3-----3--3------3------3-----3--3------3----
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------0-----------0-----------0-----------------
-2----------------------2-----------------------
-3----------------------3-----------------------
Chorus
----1~~~----------------------------------------
----3~~~----------------------------------------
----2~~~----------------------------------------
----0~~~----------------------------------------
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----3---1--1--1-3p1--1-----3---1--1--1-3p1--1---
----3-----3--3------3------3-----3--3------3----
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------0-----------0-----------0-----------------
-2----------------------2-----------------------
-3----------------------3-----------------------
-1---0-------1---0------------------------------
---------3~---------3~--------------------------
------------------------4---5---7~--4---5---7~--
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-1---0-------1---0------5---3---1~--5---3---1~--
---------3~---------3~--------------------------
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===========Sam Roberts
Brother Down
By:Andrew Laronde
lardo12@hotmail.com
standard tuning
Intro
------1-----3p1---1--0-----3p1--1----3----3p1--1--3----3p1--1
------3---3----3-----1---3----3------3--3----3----3--3----3--
------2----2----2----0----2----2---------2----2-------2----2-
-0------0--------------0---------------0-----------0---------
-------------------3---------------2-------------2-----------
-----------------------------------3-------------3-----------

Source: GuitarMasta.net
http://www.guitarmasta.net/s/sam_roberts/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture eric was here Professional Badass	#1 by eric was here at Sep 29, 2007 at 11:41 PM EST
	i can't even express how much i love this song.

No Picture geoff Average	#2 by geoff at Oct 2, 2007 at 8:38 PM EST
	There's a man over there says he's tougher than me, but I've got eyes that can see through fantasy ...spoken by one of the shortest guys you'll ever meet. i love sam- he is amazing- we were born in a flame is an awesome album - keep em comin.

No Picture Gabe Professional	#3 by Gabe Hawkins at Oct 5, 2007 at 2:39 PM EST
	sweet. i like. check out ogulate

No Picture Dustin Wanna Be	#4 by Dustin Cogburn at Oct 9, 2007 at 3:31 PM EST
	Oh shit. I think everyone feels this way sometimes. After I read the lyrics I thought to myself, "god, life can be shitty." The part, "I think my life is passing me by" is so true. This song is great. Other Sam Roberts music songs are awesome too, download them.

No Picture Tye Musical Genius	#5 by Tye williston at Oct 11, 2007 at 8:32 PM EST
	One thing, yes, it's blind, not lying. Just a minor correction (check the CD booklet one) Okay, my basic view on this song, I found it to be rather refreshing and very calm for me and I agree with the lyrics, because I feel like everything's moving ahead of me, but I'm still behind, watching the mayhem and carnage caused by the uprooting of their home and mobility of their legs.

No Picture Kornowski - Wanna Be	#6 by Kornowski - Im не русский, Бог Черт возьми! at Oct 13, 2007 at 1:10 PM EST
	Man this song is good. It's very spiritual to me. I love closing my eyes and flowing with the acoustic guitar and the bass...

No Picture dimebag 66' Average	#7 by dimebag 66' at Oct 14, 2007 at 5:52 AM EST
	"and the only sound you hear is a closing door"

No Picture black Rhythm Player	#8 by black rose at Oct 14, 2007 at 9:52 AM EST
	Ah, christ. I also forgot, It's not cap my brother down, it's 'got my brother down' Why I know this? I'm a lipreader. ¬_¬

No Picture Gary Wanna Be	#9 by Gary Rossington at Oct 18, 2007 at 8:49 PM EST
	first of all don't download his songs, if you like the music go out and buy the cd, this is a canadian band that's had a fairly difficult time getting started (I'm refering to Northstar and what Sam has told me) second just a little info on the song, Sam wrote it while on the train or the bus from montreal to pembroke to record the album, it was in the middle of winter when it was written but many people consider it a summer song

No Picture nick Professional	#10 by nick Sutliff at Oct 19, 2007 at 3:16 PM EST
	This IS an awesome song, thanks for posting lyrics, Humbert!!! But, I think it's "poor man smiling 'cause he knows he ain't blind".... I'm not sure, the captioning said "blind" and it sorta looks like he's saying it. Oh well, not that important. Anyway, I love the video for this song, it reflects the lyrics really well. I think Sam Roberts wrote this when he was thinking about how you can work so hard to get no where, and it doesn't matter if you cheat or do the wrong thing because even if you do the right thing life will just pass you by. The people in society who are on the top (the rich, the tough) always seem so much better off, but the rest of the world can see through it. And all the while, nothing means anything, there's nothing there, no reason for anything. "Someone else telling you what you're living for, been knocking you down, now you're looking for more." That line really pumps me up, and makes me motivated to prove to everyone who's judged me wrong. But then it goes on to say "All sudden you hear is a closing door, been looking for peace but they're bringing you war." And the door just closed in my face and I'm right back where I began. Life is a hopeless case. Why bother trying? (That is just my take.)