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B Gang of Youths B Older brother, restless soul, lie down B Lie for a while with your ear against the earth B And you’ll hear your sister sleep talking B Say, “Your hair is long but not long enough to reach B Home to me B But your beard B Someday might be” G#m E B And she woke up in a cold sweat on the floor G#m E B Next to a family portrait drawn when you were four G#m E B E And beside a jar of two-cent coins that are no good no more B She’ll lay it aside E B (2x) Mumford & Sons B Older father, weary soul, you’ll drive B Out to the home you made on the mountainside G#m E B With that ugly, terrible thing E B Those papers for divorce E And a lonely ring B A lonely ring E Sit on your porch B And pluck your strings G#m E B And you’ll find somebody you can blame G#m E B And you’ll follow the creek that runs out into the sea G#m E And you’ll find the peace of the Lord B C#m G#m B E 4x Gang of Youths E Grandfather, weary soul, you’ll fly E B Over your life once more before you die G#m E B Since our grandma passed away E B E You’ve waited for forever and a day B Just to die E And someday soon B You will die Gang of Youths - Mumford & Sons G#m E B Oh the only woman you ever loved G#m E B She got burnt by the sun too often when she was young G#m E G#m E And the cancer spread and ran into her body and her blood G#m E B And there’s nothing that you can do about it now B B C#m G#m B E B