Doobie Brothers

A Brighter Day

Doobie Brothers


Tom: C#m

G#m, Bb.

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  Drums - - -   Bass in - -

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                       B             E
There’s a little bitty boy down in Jamaica
    B                             F#
Who has the gift of seeing second sight
            B                  E
He sees the world and all it’s troubles
      B                  F#             B
But inside his heart the sun is shining bright

          B             E
Everybody shout to your brother
          B                         F#
Everybody sing let your spirit fly away
(F#) (G#) (Bb) B             E
 Oh,  oh,  oh  shout to your brother
   B              F#             |B    | B | E |
So all the people have a brighter day

                 B                     E
Well the network news went down to the island
   B                               F#
To try to understand the things he sees
            B                           E
But he just laughed and he waved at the camera
          B            F#              B
He said, "Open up your mind and follow me."

          B             E
Everybody shout to your brother
          B                         F#
Everybody sing let your spirit fly away
           B             E
Oh, oh, oh shout to your brother
   B              F#              B
So all the people have a brighter day

     D                            A
When people go to war it hurts us all you see
E                                 B
They don’t feel the need to congregate
  D                          A
I may be just a boy but I am not a fool
    C#m                      E                F#
Our leaders need to simplify instead of complicate

          B             E
Everybody shout to your brother
          B                         F#
Everybody sing let your spirit fly away
           B             E
Oh, oh, oh shout to your brother
   B              F#             |B   |
So all the people have a brighter day

| B . . . . | B . . . (Everybody) |
| B . . . (Yeah, yeah) | B .  (Everybody) Oh, oh |

          B             E
Everybody shout to your brother
          B                 F#
Everybody sing . . . Can ya hear him say
           B             E
Oh, oh, oh shout to your brother
   B              F#             |B   |
So all the people have a brighter day

          B                  E
Everybody shout . . . to the little bitty boy
          B                              F#
Everybody sing . . . all the people just gotta believe
           B             E
Oh, oh, oh shout to your brother (I wanna tell ya)
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All the people have a brighter day
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  Ohh,  ooh, can ya hear what the little boy  - say?