Brother Bill (The Last Clean Shirt) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
Some [C]People
say it was cocaine
Some people say it was gin
[F]But [C]I know the name o[F]f
[C]the bothersome dude
[F]Who [C]did my brother in

[Verse 2]
They put the [F]last clean shirt on
my brother [C]Bill[F][C]
They put the [G]last clean [F]shirt on
my brother Bill
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[Verse 3]
You know they found him in the back seat
Of an old abandoned Ford
[F]When [C]I touched the hand of my brother Bill
It was stiff as a running board

[Verse 4]
They put the [F]last clean shirt
on my brother [C]Bill
They put the [G]last clean [F]shirt on my brother Bill

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
[C]Preacher says he's [F]gone
[C]Gone to a better [F]world
He's [C]through with his [F]last [C]fight man
He's done lovin' on his last girl

[Verse 6]
They put the [F]last clean shirt
on my brother [C]Bill
They put [F]the [G]last clean shirt
[F]on my brother Bill
[C]

[Verse 7]
They put [F]the last clean [C]shirt
On my brother Bill
That's all my family had left
All left in [F]his [C]will
Well there's [F]one clean [C]shirt
Last clean shirt
They put it all [F]my [C]brother
When they laid him down
As a King in the [G]ground
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Last clean [C]shirt!