Licks & Riffs : Brand New Heavies - Brother Sister
See also the Percussion riff for the song
We've used our own chords to create a similar effect to that found in
Brand New Heavies 'Brother Sister'. The chords we've used are
The trick to the rhythm is the precise timing of the off-beat triplets. This is helped of course by the drum beat.
In the original track the two off-beat chords at the end of each four bar phrase are more extended jazz-inflected chords, probably
built on intervals of a fourth.
Lyrics
Don't let your young life get you down It always had a certain mystery Many changes come to everyone About the time that they turn s...
