[Intro]
         

[Verse 1]
            
He-e-e-e   was

      
 my brother
             
 Five years ol

         
der than I
            
He-e-e-e   was

      
 my brother
             
 Twenty-three 

             
years old  the

                    
 day he died

[Verse 2]
           
Fre-e-e-edom r

     
ider
             
 They cursed m

              
y brother to h

   
is face
            
Go        home

         
 outsider
             
 This town's g

             
onna be your b

                       
uryin' place

[Verse 3]
            
He-e-e-e   was

             
 singin' on hi

        
s knees
             
 An angry mob 

         
trailed along
            
They        sh

             
ot my brother 

     
dead
            
 Because he ha

              
ted what was w

         
rong

[Verse 4]
            
He-e-e-e   was

      
 my brother
             
 Tears can't b

              
ring him back 

   
to me
            
He  -  He was 

        
my  brother
             
And he died so

             
 his brothers 

              
could be free
             
He died so his

             
 brothers coul

                 
d be   free