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My Brother Lived in San Francisco From Elegies For Angels Punks and Raging Queens For Voice and Piano

The document is a poem about the speaker's brother who lived in San Francisco. It describes how the brother found his place in San Francisco and how when the speaker visits the city, they see their brother's face everywhere. It also mentions how the brother and the speaker faced childhood under Montana skies.

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My Brother Lived in San Francisco From Elegies For Angels Punks and Raging Queens For Voice and Piano

The document is a poem about the speaker's brother who lived in San Francisco. It describes how the brother found his place in San Francisco and how when the speaker visits the city, they see their brother's face everywhere. It also mentions how the brother and the speaker faced childhood under Montana skies.

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My brother lived in San Francisco

Bill Russel Elgies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens Janet Hold


 43 
   
            
    
Rubato

 43    
My broth er lived in San Fran cis co. He said: he fin' ally found his place. And

    
   
C C/B F/A C/G


3        
4   

 
                 
 = 88

   
Legato

      
when I go to San Fran cis co ev' ery where I look I see his face.

           
G Fm


F C/E C/G C/B♭ C open


            
    
  
  
    
        
   

3

      


Bud and I faced child hood un der stark mon tan a skies. And

          


 
C F Gm Dm C C


C F

 
          
      

   
 sim.  
             
        

     
Bud he seemed to al ways have cit ies in his eyes. He loged for pos si

     
      
F D D/F♯ G

    
F C/E Am G/B Am

  
  
 
 
     
        
 
Possantino
  
             
     
3

        
bil it y. He lived to move a way and he fin' lly found his dream in the

        
         
Fm F


Em/G D/F♯ C/G Am G

 
        
       
   
   

  
              
3

     
             
ci ty by the bay. Joe and I where

         
C/G B♭ F/A C open C C

     
                
          

  

            
       
3

         


best of friends in our small time coll age town. And Joe had per son

      
 
F Gm Dm C C F

   
F F

        


 
      

                 
   
3

     
al it y. What a cam pus clown. His jokes hit deep er ri vers that

      
         
D D/F♯ G

  
C/E Am G/B Am Em/G


         
          

2
   
                
   

          


bubb led far be low and he rode the curr ent west where the ra pid wat ers

     
          
Fm F

    
D/F♯ C/E Am G C/G

            
     
   
   

              

3 3

 
             
       
flow. Lots of us had broth ers there who would

          


B D D♭/C


A♭

      
    
            
cresc. 

     
  
      
  

 
          
  

       
    
love to show the si ghts and share the bal my fre edom of San Fran cis co


        
  
E♭/G

  
G♭/B♭ G♭ B♭m E♭


D♭/A♭ D♭/F

   
       
          
   


             
     

3

      
nights. They liked it so much more than an y where they've

       
      



A♭ G♭m


A♭/C B♭m Fm/A♭

 
    
         
  
3
            
   

  
3

  
          
         
been and we thought they would be there 3 we
when made it back ag

 
           
E♭/G D♭/A♭ B♭m A♭ G♭ open D♭/A♭

 
               
           



         
           

    
ain My broth er lived in San Fran cis co. He

             


C♭ B B/A♯


           
    


            
            

  
       
said he fin' lly found his place. And when I go to San Fran cis co ev 'ry where I

      
   
E/G♯ B/F♯ E B/D♯ G♯m B/F♯

   
        


    
    


 
         

  B open

look I see hi s face.

    
       
Em B/A
F♯

       
    
  

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