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Other Son words and music by Rob Button ©1996 |
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Emaj7 Amaj7 |
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They've cleaned up the mess, they've picked up the favors |
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The paper's gone to press, and they're pounding on the pavers |
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C#m B A |
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I guess the party's over, I guess the fun is done. |
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He's officially been welcomed, he's back, my father's other son. |
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He squandered his great fortune, it didn't buy him any fame |
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He let us all down, I want to curse, curse his name |
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And then, suddenly he appears, and he gets the fatted calf |
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I have been here all these years, years, and now he's the better half |
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Well, I guess the party's over, I guess the fun is done |
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He's officially been welcomed back, he's back, |
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G#m |
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my father's no-good other son |
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F# E |
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But that's not the way I was taught to treat one another, |
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F# G#m F# E F# |
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So from now until we are old, I will always love my brother. |
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